Cheapest airport to fly from in Europe/Near Europe?
Feb 27, 2008, 12:22 pm
#3
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Hm, alright. Though my impression is that London usually are the cheapest of the biggest ones? (FRA, AMS, CDG, ZHR etc)
Feb 27, 2008, 2:38 pm
#4
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London can be unbelievably cheap to fly from, though usually not LHR.
STN, LGW and LTN are major LCC hubs (Easyjet and Ryanair) and can fly you almost anywhere in Europe for peanuts, even with taxes. I flew to MAD from LGW with Easyjet in September 07 for £45 return (about the price of a nice meal) and WAW with Wizzair (not recommended) from LTN for less than £50 return during the Xmas period.
The LCC market out of London is by far the biggest in Europe and the competition between the carriers can be intense at all times of the year (Easyjet v Ryanair is one of those classic business bun fights) - though you can also be suprised by how expensive LCCs can be at busy times of the year or if you reserve at the last minute.
STN, LGW and LTN are major LCC hubs (Easyjet and Ryanair) and can fly you almost anywhere in Europe for peanuts, even with taxes. I flew to MAD from LGW with Easyjet in September 07 for £45 return (about the price of a nice meal) and WAW with Wizzair (not recommended) from LTN for less than £50 return during the Xmas period.
The LCC market out of London is by far the biggest in Europe and the competition between the carriers can be intense at all times of the year (Easyjet v Ryanair is one of those classic business bun fights) - though you can also be suprised by how expensive LCCs can be at busy times of the year or if you reserve at the last minute.
Feb 28, 2008, 1:24 pm
#5
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London can be unbelievably cheap to fly from, though usually not LHR.
STN, LGW and LTN are major LCC hubs (Easyjet and Ryanair) and can fly you almost anywhere in Europe for peanuts, even with taxes. I flew to MAD from LGW with Easyjet in September 07 for £45 return (about the price of a nice meal) and WAW with Wizzair (not recommended) from LTN for less than £50 return during the Xmas period.
The LCC market out of London is by far the biggest in Europe and the competition between the carriers can be intense at all times of the year (Easyjet v Ryanair is one of those classic business bun fights) - though you can also be suprised by how expensive LCCs can be at busy times of the year or if you reserve at the last minute.
STN, LGW and LTN are major LCC hubs (Easyjet and Ryanair) and can fly you almost anywhere in Europe for peanuts, even with taxes. I flew to MAD from LGW with Easyjet in September 07 for £45 return (about the price of a nice meal) and WAW with Wizzair (not recommended) from LTN for less than £50 return during the Xmas period.
The LCC market out of London is by far the biggest in Europe and the competition between the carriers can be intense at all times of the year (Easyjet v Ryanair is one of those classic business bun fights) - though you can also be suprised by how expensive LCCs can be at busy times of the year or if you reserve at the last minute.
I am well familiar with the intra-european lcc's like ryan or easyjet. Though my main goal is to get to asia as cheap as possible, with an "status"-carrier like cx, qatar, emirates, ba, swiss etc. And my thought was that I could fly with a LCC to almost any airport in europe, and from there travel from the airport that has the best fares.