Showing posts with label low cost airlines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label low cost airlines. Show all posts

16 August 2007

Cheap Flights from UK to Spain

Have you wondered which airlines offer the cheapest flights to Spain? Here’s a list of low cost carriers which provide cheap fares from UK airports to the most popular destinations in Spain.

Air Berlin
Based in Germany, it is the third biggest low cost airline in Europe, and offers cheap flights from London Stansted to Barcelona, Palma, Ibiza and Malaga.

bmi baby
A British low-cost airline and a subsidiary of British Midland, it flies from its main bases at East Midlands, Manchester, Cardiff, and Birmingham International to numbers of destinations in Spain – Alicante, Barcelona, Ibiza, Malaga, Murcia, Palma de Mallorca.

EasyJet
Europe’s second largest low cost airline operates routes to Spain from all regions of the UK. EasyJet is one of the cheapest ways to fly from almost any UK airport to Barcelona, Madrid, Alicante, Almeria, Malaga, Bilbao, Murcia and many more.

Excel Airways
It is one of the UK's largest charter airlines and connects Cardiff in Wales, Glasgow in Scotland and seven cities in England to Almeria, Alicante, Malaga and Murcia on the south coast of Spain.

FlyGlobespan
The leading Scottish low cost airline flies from Glasgow and Edinburgh to the most popular tourist destinations in Spain including Alicante, Barcelona, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Las Palmas, Menorca, Malaga, Murcia, Palma de Mallorca, and Tenerife.

Jet2
This UK low cost airline offers budget flights to Barcelona, Valencia and other coastal destinations in Spain from Leeds Bradford, Manchester, and Belfast International in Northern Ireland.

Monarch
The airline connects six aiports in England and Scotland to the south coast of Spain. Unlike most of the UK low cost carriers, Monarch flies to Granada and Gibraltar. The airline also offers cheap flights to Tenerife, Gran Canaria, and Lanzarote in the Canary Islands and to Mallorca and Menorca in the Balearics.

Ryanair
The largest low cost airline in Europe serves a huge amount of routes to Spain from UK, mainly operating from London Stansted and Dublin International, flying to Barcelona, Alicante, Malaga, Tenerife, Palma de Mallorca, Fuerteventura, Seville, Valencia, and many more.

14 June 2007

Saving Tips for Booking Flights Online

Save time and money when booking your flight tickets online. Learn the best ways to get discounted fares on the Internet.

BOOK EARLY
The earlier you book the more chance you have to get the cheapest possible seat. While waiting until the last minute can pay off at other times of the year, those who wait to buy seats for the holidays may find little or no availability.

AVOID WEEKEND TRAVEL
Travelling Monday through Thursday is generally cheaper then Friday through Sunday. This applies both to departure and return travel. Airlines charge more for weekend travel. If your schedule is flexible, think about flying on less popular days. Tuesdays can save you a lot of money. Most business people travel on Mondays and Fridays, while vacationers travel on the weekends. If you are flexible, Tuesdays can be much cheaper.

AVOID PEAK TRAVEL DATES
Certain dates around the holidays are more popular for travel than others, and with so many passengers competing for a set number of seats in the airplane, booking an affordable airfare on these busy days can be quite difficult. You should try not to fly on the Wednesday before Easter, the day before Christmas Eve (December 23), the day after Christmas (December 26), and the day after New Year's (January 2).

EXTEND THE AIRPORT SEARCH
By avoiding major airports and flying out of smaller, less popular ones, you may find more availability on major carriers and have access to the many budget airlines that tend to use alternate airports as bases of operation. Most of the search engines are able to search for the lowest airfares using multiple airports within large metropolitan areas.

USE ONLINE FARE COMPARISON TOOLS
Save time using the so called fare comparison webistes, which allow you to compare prices posted on a great number of websites on the Internet, such as online travel agencies and low-cost carriers. You will no longer have to look at each website individually and worry whether you have found the best deal online.