transfer time in istanbul

[thetoad]

I'm looking at tickets to Israel for Pesach and the cheapest tickets are on Turkish Air.  I'm wondering how much time one should provide for transfering between the flights.  One itenerary gave me only 1 hour on the flight to Israel.  which seems too little?   Otherwise I'm looking at a 3 hour layover which seems like it should be more than enough.  I'm figuring the first itenerary isn't a good option but wanted to check in and see what others thought?

[D93]

I'm looking at tickets to Israel for Pesach and the cheapest tickets are on Turkish Air.  I'm wondering how much time one should provide for transfering between the flights.  One itenerary gave me only 1 hour on the flight to Israel.  which seems too little?   Otherwise I'm looking at a 3 hour layover which seems like it should be more than enough.  I'm figuring the first itenerary isn't a good option but wanted to check in and see what others thought?

If it's bookable, that means it's a legal connection so even if you're delayed and miss your connection, the airline will rebook you.

[Der Deutsche Jude]

If it's bookable, that means it's a legal connection so even if you're delayed and miss your connection, the airline will rebook you.

Yes.  Plus there are eight flights a day from Ataturk to Tel Aviv, so you probably wouldn't have to wait very long if you miss your connecting flight.

[shauly]

Obviously this isn't ideal, but one time when we flew through IST our first flight was delayed and we ended up having 20 minutes on the ground in IST. It was rushed but we made it, so an hour should be more than enough.