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European Budget Airlines to Launch More Flight Options From LAX

New flight options to Europe will become available this summer from the West Coast. The Los Angeles Times reports that smaller carriers are starting new routes on budget fares from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to different key cities on the other side of the Atlantic.

Thomas Cook Airlines is set to start operating a nonstop flight from Los Angeles to Manchester on May 2. Although Manchester is not usually the most convenient destination, travelers can always take a cheap flight from there to anywhere else in Europe. In terms of pricing, a round-trip fare leaving L.A. on May 23 and returning May 30 is currently going for $559.

Another airline that will begin service in the U.S. this summer is Wow Air, a budget carrier based in Iceland. Back in January, they announced summer tickets as low as $99 from LA to Iceland and $199 to other European cities, like Paris or London. Wow Air also open new routes departing from San Francisco on June 9.

Another budget carrier that will begin operations this summer is Norwegian Air Shuttle, one of the biggest low-cost carriers in Europe. After a controversial decision from the U.S. Department of Transportation, the airline will be allowed to operate trans-Atlantic flights departing from Ireland. U.S. carriers and airline workers have opposed the action, accusing the airline of skirting labor laws for workers and pilots. Norwegian has denied such claims.

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brocklee9000 April 29, 2016

And by "cheap," this is referring to airlines like Ryan Air or Transavia or the like? Yes, Manchester is a more inconvenient location. But what would be ten times more inconvenient is hoping there's a budget airline flight timed well so that you don't have a 6 hour layover after the Thomas Cook flight. And hoping there's not a schedule change (on the international or the cheap flights). Then you have to go through customs and get your bags. Recheck. Go through security. All possibly in a different terminal. A big part of connecting on the same airline or a partner is the convenience factor. Or by getting a nonstop, if able;.