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SWISS vs Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines scores 8.8/10 against SWISS at 7.3/10 on seat, screens, lounge and fare.

By Jon Miksis · cabin data verified · fares for travel November 8–14, 2026

Best product each one flies

Scored on what can be verified. Service, food and ground recovery are absent deliberately: they need someone in the seat, and they live in the reviews rather than here.

One caveat on the Value line, stated rather than buried: Value is computed from business fares, and a carrier with too few of them does not get a Value score at all. Where you see a dash, we have fewer than three priced business routes for that airline and did not want to invent a figure from one or two — so its product score is the mean of three dimensions rather than four, and it is not directly comparable to a score built on hundreds of fares. The airlines with the most fares behind them are named on the business-class ranking.

SWISS

A330-300 · flown by Jon

Seat
5/10
IFE
8/10
Lounge & bags
10/10
Value
6/10
Product score
7.3/10

Turkish Airlines

787-9 / A350-900

Seat
8/10
IFE
8/10
Lounge & bags
10/10
Value
9/10
Product score
8.8/10

Dimension by dimension

  • Seat: Turkish Airlines

    5/10 on the A330-300 against 8/10 on the 787-9 / A350-900.

  • IFE: level

    Screens, connectivity and power: 8/10 against 8/10.

  • Lounge & bags: level

    What the fare includes before you board: 10/10 against 10/10.

  • Value: Turkish Airlines

    Median premium over the cheapest carrier on the same route: 6/10 against 9/10.

Where both were priced on the same dates

Every fare is November 8–14, 2026, so a difference between two rows is a difference between two airlines and nothing else. These are economy fares, while the cabin scores above describe the business product — read them as how each airline prices against its competitors, not as what its business seat costs.

RouteCabinSWISSTurkish AirlinesCheaper
JFK → BUDeconomy$691$719SWISS by $28
BOS → MLAeconomy$737$702Turkish Airlines by $35
BOS → VLCeconomy$836$737Turkish Airlines by $99
IAD → VCEeconomy$1041$739Turkish Airlines by $302
IAD → FCOeconomy$815$740Turkish Airlines by $75
MIA → MLAeconomy$741$952SWISS by $211
ORD → MLAeconomy$792$759Turkish Airlines by $33
ORD → ZRHeconomy$857$759Turkish Airlines by $98
IAD → ZRHeconomy$812$759Turkish Airlines by $53
ORD → BUDeconomy$853$760Turkish Airlines by $93
ORD → FCOeconomy$774$760Turkish Airlines by $14
ORD → PRGeconomy$1001$760Turkish Airlines by $241
ORD → VCEeconomy$777$760Turkish Airlines by $17
IAD → MXPeconomy$960$760Turkish Airlines by $200
BOS → MXPeconomy$1947$761Turkish Airlines by $1186
ORD → ATHeconomy$842$761Turkish Airlines by $81
LAX → ZRHeconomy$762$859SWISS by $97
BOS → ATHeconomy$763$1033SWISS by $270
JFK → VCEeconomy$804$781Turkish Airlines by $23
SFO → MXPeconomy$782$904SWISS by $122
ORD → VLCeconomy$821$784Turkish Airlines by $37
IAD → MLAeconomy$787$921SWISS by $134
IAD → BUDeconomy$843$790Turkish Airlines by $53
IAD → PRGeconomy$892$790Turkish Airlines by $102
JFK → MLAeconomy$799$852SWISS by $53
IAD → VLCeconomy$821$804Turkish Airlines by $17
SFO → VCEeconomy$805$834SWISS by $29
IAD → BCNeconomy$1068$810Turkish Airlines by $258
SFO → VLCeconomy$821$836SWISS by $15
BOS → HAMeconomy$917$839Turkish Airlines by $78
SFO → FCOeconomy$840$961SWISS by $121
IAD → NCEeconomy$841$858SWISS by $17
SFO → AMSeconomy$847$904SWISS by $57
BOS → VCEeconomy$853$867SWISS by $14
LAX → VLCeconomy$857$856Turkish Airlines by $1
SFO → ATHeconomy$894$860Turkish Airlines by $34
SFO → BUDeconomy$887$860Turkish Airlines by $27
BOS → PRGeconomy$882$862Turkish Airlines by $20
MIA → VLCeconomy$896$864Turkish Airlines by $32
BOS → BUDeconomy$867$869SWISS by $2
LAX → BEReconomy$896$869Turkish Airlines by $27
SFO → PRGeconomy$879$880SWISS by $1
MIA → BUDeconomy$883$949SWISS by $66
IAD → LGWeconomy$886$923SWISS by $37
SFO → BEReconomy$921$889Turkish Airlines by $32
LAX → ATHeconomy$894$891Turkish Airlines by $3
ORD → HAMeconomy$900$934SWISS by $34
ORD → LGWeconomy$906$904Turkish Airlines by $2
LAX → MANeconomy$913$954SWISS by $41
IAD → HAMeconomy$921$954SWISS by $33
MIA → ATHeconomy$998$922Turkish Airlines by $76
SFO → LGWeconomy$924$948SWISS by $24
LAX → LGWeconomy$925$932SWISS by $7
SFO → HAMeconomy$925$1011SWISS by $86
JFK → BEReconomy$957$929Turkish Airlines by $28
IAD → MANeconomy$992$938Turkish Airlines by $54
MIA → LGWeconomy$953$983SWISS by $30
SFO → MANeconomy$1028$1023Turkish Airlines by $5
BOS → AMSbusiness$4461$3366Turkish Airlines by $1095
JFK → PRGbusiness$12159$3842Turkish Airlines by $8317
ORD → ZRHbusiness$6792$3929Turkish Airlines by $2863
JFK → VCEbusiness$5280$3996Turkish Airlines by $1284
BOS → BUDbusiness$5990$4003Turkish Airlines by $1987
JFK → BUDbusiness$5293$4034Turkish Airlines by $1259
JFK → LGWbusiness$4583$4163Turkish Airlines by $420
BOS → VCEbusiness$4203$4246SWISS by $43
LAX → LGWbusiness$5598$4203Turkish Airlines by $1395
ORD → FCObusiness$4277$4574SWISS by $297
LAX → BERbusiness$5364$4297Turkish Airlines by $1067
LAX → HAMbusiness$5339$4302Turkish Airlines by $1037
JFK → MLAbusiness$5383$4363Turkish Airlines by $1020
ORD → LGWbusiness$5753$4393Turkish Airlines by $1360
ORD → VLCbusiness$7437$4446Turkish Airlines by $2991
ORD → CPHbusiness$5295$4461Turkish Airlines by $834
ORD → HAMbusiness$6553$4462Turkish Airlines by $2091
ORD → LISbusiness$5029$4507Turkish Airlines by $522
LAX → PRGbusiness$5475$4511Turkish Airlines by $964
LAX → VLCbusiness$5482$4516Turkish Airlines by $966
MIA → VCEbusiness$4981$4528Turkish Airlines by $453
BOS → VLCbusiness$8237$4536Turkish Airlines by $3701
ORD → MLAbusiness$7269$4544Turkish Airlines by $2725
ORD → VCEbusiness$6320$4571Turkish Airlines by $1749
ORD → PRGbusiness$7459$4650Turkish Airlines by $2809
ORD → BUDbusiness$6067$4651Turkish Airlines by $1416
BOS → MANbusiness$8716$4658Turkish Airlines by $4058
LAX → VCEbusiness$4792$4696Turkish Airlines by $96
LAX → CPHbusiness$6853$4701Turkish Airlines by $2152
MIA → HAMbusiness$5497$4702Turkish Airlines by $795
JFK → KRKbusiness$4847$4756Turkish Airlines by $91
BOS → ARNbusiness$5267$4792Turkish Airlines by $475
LAX → FCObusiness$4805$4961SWISS by $156
LAX → OPObusiness$5146$4805Turkish Airlines by $341
LAX → BUDbusiness$6457$4851Turkish Airlines by $1606
MIA → VLCbusiness$7410$4854Turkish Airlines by $2556
LAX → MXPbusiness$4860$5535SWISS by $675
MIA → BERbusiness$5493$4897Turkish Airlines by $596
MIA → BUDbusiness$6551$4950Turkish Airlines by $1601
BOS → FCObusiness$5439$4961Turkish Airlines by $478
MIA → OSLbusiness$7404$4977Turkish Airlines by $2427
ORD → NCEbusiness$7598$5071Turkish Airlines by $2527
LAX → DUBbusiness$6217$5086Turkish Airlines by $1131
MIA → PRGbusiness$5443$5150Turkish Airlines by $293
BOS → BCNbusiness$6019$5171Turkish Airlines by $848
BOS → PRGbusiness$5287$5737SWISS by $450
MIA → LGWbusiness$6353$5303Turkish Airlines by $1050
BOS → HAMbusiness$5341$5812SWISS by $471
MIA → ATHbusiness$7035$5386Turkish Airlines by $1649
BOS → ATHbusiness$5406$8428SWISS by $3022
LAX → NCEbusiness$5596$5637SWISS by $41
IAD → ARNbusiness$5971$5612Turkish Airlines by $359
IAD → CPHbusiness$5637$5681SWISS by $44
IAD → OSLbusiness$6823$5657Turkish Airlines by $1166
IAD → MXPbusiness$6467$5717Turkish Airlines by $750
IAD → MLAbusiness$6102$5894Turkish Airlines by $208
BOS → MXPbusiness$12251$5895Turkish Airlines by $6356
IAD → HAMbusiness$6865$5952Turkish Airlines by $913
IAD → MANbusiness$7160$5978Turkish Airlines by $1182
IAD → LGWbusiness$6032$5983Turkish Airlines by $49
IAD → VCEbusiness$5986$6221SWISS by $235
IAD → PRGbusiness$5989$6650SWISS by $661
IAD → BUDbusiness$5997$6651SWISS by $654
IAD → ZRHbusiness$6771$6149Turkish Airlines by $622
IAD → NCEbusiness$6939$6570Turkish Airlines by $369
SFO → LGWbusiness$6689$9808SWISS by $3119
SFO → MADbusiness$6746$8390SWISS by $1644
SFO → VCEbusiness$6810$9611SWISS by $2801
SFO → MXPbusiness$9932$8935Turkish Airlines by $997

What happens if the aircraft swaps

Both carriers are paying-the-same-fare-either-way propositions on some frames. The worst product each one flies:

SWISS

A330-300 · flown by Jon

Seat
5/10
IFE
8/10
Lounge & bags
10/10
Value
6/10
Product score
7.3/10

Turkish Airlines

777-300ER (legacy)

Seat
5/10
IFE
8/10
Lounge & bags
10/10
Value
9/10
Product score
8/10

SWISS: The A340-300 runs 1-2-2 rather than 2-2-1, so which side is paired changes by aircraft.

Turkish Airlines: The cabin the retrofit is replacing, on the aircraft Turkish flies most from the US.

Common questions

Is SWISS or Turkish Airlines better to Europe?
Turkish Airlines scores 8.8/10 against SWISS at 7.3/10 on seat, screens, lounge and fare. On the four dimensions we can verify, SWISS wins 0 and Turkish Airlines wins 2. Service and food are not scored here because they cannot be read off a spec sheet.
Which is cheaper, SWISS or Turkish Airlines?
On the 127 routes where both were priced for the same week (November 8–14, 2026), SWISS was cheaper on 39 and Turkish Airlines on 88. Every pair of fares is the same departure and return date in the same cabin, so the difference is the airline rather than the dates or the cabin.
Does the aircraft change the answer?
Yes. Turkish Airlines scores 8/10 on the 787-9 / A350-900 and 5/10 on the 777-300ER (legacy). Check the equipment on your date before deciding.
Has Jon flown either of these?
SWISS, in business on a Europe route. Turkish Airlines has not been flown, so nothing here claims firsthand experience of its cabin.

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