Aegean Air is a low-cost airline that mainly serves flights within Greece, but it does fly to other locations in Western Europe. For more information go to www.aegeanair.com
Aer Arran is a low-cost airline that was established in 1970 as an air service to the Aran Islands from Galway, the Irish airline now operates more than 500 flights per week across 13 UK, five domestic and three French routes. During peak periods in the summer they fly over 25 daily flights to the Arran Islands. For more information go to www.aerarann.ie
Aer Lingus is Ireland's national airline was established in 1936 and is based at Dublin Airport with additional hubs at Cork and Shannon airports. It’s a member of the one world alliance. In recent years, Aer Lingus has rebranded itself as a low-cost airline and offers low fares to cities in the UK (Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Jersey, Liverpool, London Heathrow and Manchester), Europe, the USA and Middle East. For more information go to www.aerlingus.com
Air 2000 is a low-cost airline is based in Manchester and it has routes between England and Portugal, plus flights to Spain. For more information go to www.air2000.com
Air Baltic is the national airline, which operates direct flights out of the Latvian capital Riga and Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. SAS Scandinavian is a major shareholder in the airline, and Hapag-Lloyd Express is a partner airline. From London Gatwick, Manchester and Dublin airports, Air Baltic flies to several destinations including Baku, Vilnius, St Petersburg, Tallinn, Moscow and Kiev. For more information go to www.airbaltic.com
Air Berlin is a scheduled German airline with a dense network in Germany, Air Berlin joined forces with Niki, the former F1 driver Niki Lauda's airline, in 2004. From London Stansted, the airline flies to Hanover, Munster, Berlin, Leipzig, Nuremberg, Paderborn and Dusseldorf in Germany as well as Paderborn and Dusseldorf in Germany as well as Belfast and several cities in Spain, Portugal, Austria, Egypt, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Switzerland, Tunisia and Turkey. From Manchester, the airline flies to Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig, Munster, Nuremberg and Paderborn and Palma, Zurich and Vienna. From Bournemouth, Air Berlin operates a service to Paderborn. For more information go to www.airberlin.com
Air Iceland has domestic services throughout Iceland and to ten major destinations which link up with regional carriers in the west, north and east of the country. For further information go to www.airiceland.is
Air Finland is an airline that is based in Helsinki and it mainly serves flights within Finland, but they also fly to France, Italy and Spain. For more information go to www.airfinland.fi
Air Greenland is an airline that is based in Iceland and for more information on the airline go to www.aktravel.is
Air Service Plus is an airline that is based in Pescara, Italy and it serves flights within Italy and also fly’s to Brussels and Paris. For more information go to www.airserviceplus.com
Air Southwest is a regional airline dedicated to providing air services to and from Devon, Cornwall and Somerset in the South West of England. Cities served include Bristol, Cardiff, Jersey, Dublin, Leeds Bradford, London Gatwick, Manchester, Newquay and Norwich. In partnership with Skybus, Air Southwest flies from Newquay and Bristol to the Isles of Sicily. www.airsouthwest.com
Air Turquoise is a French company that is based in Reims in the north of France. It serves flights mainly within France. For more information go to www.airturquoise.com
Alitalia is Italy's national airline and has hubs at Milan Malpensa International Airport and Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport. It is a member of the Skyteam alliance with Air France, Delta Airlines, AeroMexico, Korean Air, CSA Czech Airlines, Northwest, Continental and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. Alitalia flies domestically and internationally. In the UK and Ireland it flies from London Heathrow and Dublin to Milan and Rome, Birmingham and Newcastle to Paris (CDG) and Manchester to Milan. www.alitalia.co.uk
For more information on Atlas Jet go to www.atlasjet.com
Baboo is an airline that is based in Geneva, Switzerland and they fly between Switzerland and the Czech Republic, France, Italy, and Spain. For more information go to www.flybaboo.com
BelleAir is an airline that has flights from Italy to Albania, Greece, and Turkey. For more information go to www.belleair.it
British Airways is not a low-cost airline, British Airways competes against the no-frills airlines with its regular seat sales. BA is one of the world’s largest and most successful international airlines, carrying around 36 million passengers to more than 550 destinations. It is also a one world alliance member with Aer Lingus, American Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, LAN and Qantas. The airline's two main operating bases are London Heathrow and Gatwick. The airline also has five franchisee airlines: BMED, Comair, GB Airways, Loganair and Sun Air of Scandinavia. www.britishairways.com
Blue-Express is an airline that is based in Rome, Italy. They have flights within Italy and Italy to Austria, France, Germany, and Libya. For more information go to www.blu-express.com
Blue Air is an airline that is based in Romania and has flights between Romania and France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, and Turkey. For more information go to www.blueair-web.com
BMI Baby is the low-cost offshoot of bmi has been in existence since January 2002. The airline flies from 18 airports around the UK to European destinations including the Channel Islands, Republic of Ireland (Cork, Dublin and Knock), the Czech Republic, France, Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands. For more information go to www.bmibaby.com
Blue1 is based in Helsinki and has flights within Finland and from Finland to Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. For more information go to www.blue1.com
Budget Air is the low-cost brand of Budget Travel, an Irish tour operator. The airline flies from Dublin, Cork and Shannon to Europe’s most popular holiday destinations including Alicante, Malaga, Faro, Nice, Bodrum, Corfu, Ibiza and Tenerife. For more information on Budget Air go to www.budgetair.ie
Clickair is an airline that is based in Barcelona and has flights between Spain and Czech Rep., France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, and Switzerland. For more information go to www.clickair.com
Condor is an airline that is based in Germany and has flights between Germany and Canada, Caribbean, Costa Rica, East Africa, Egypt, Gambia, India, Mexico, Senegal, Thailand, and USA. For more information go to www.condor.de
Corendon Airlines is an airline that has flights between Netherlands and Turkey. For more information go to www.corendon.com or www.corendon-airlines.com
The Czech national airline is based in Prague and is a member of the Skyteam alliance along with Delta Airlines, Alitalia, Korean Air, Air France, KLM, Northwest Airlines and Continental Airlines. With these partners, Czech Airlines offers a comprehensive network of flights to Europe, the US, the Middle East and Asia. The airline flies from London Heathrow and Stansted, Edinburgh and Manchester. From Ireland, the airline flies from Cork and Dublin airports. For more information go to www.czechairlines.com
Cyprus Turkish Airlines is the national airlines of the TRNC. For more information on flights go to www.kthy.net/kthyen/html/index.htm
Dau Air is an airline that is based in Dortmund and has flights between Germany and Poland, and Switzerland. For more information go to www.dauair.com
Fly DBA is an airline that has flights within Germany and from Germany to France, and Spain. For more information go to www.flydba.com
Fly-Baden is an airline that is based in Black Forrest region of Germany. It has routes flying to Spain, Italy, England, Sweden and Ireland. For more information go to www.fly-baden.com
Easyjet is the orange-liveried airline that is one of the first and best low-cost airlines in Europe. Easyjet flies 258 routes across 72 airports around the UK and in Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Greece and Germany. In the past couple of years, Easyjet has expanded into Eastern and Central Europe with flights to the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia, and Latvia, Estonia. For more information go to www.easyjet.com
Eastern Airways has flights within the UK and to Belgium. For more information go to www.easternairways.com
EVolaVia is an airline that is based in Ancona, Italy and has flights between Italy and France, Russia, and Spain. For more information go to www.evolavia.com
Estonia Air is an airline that was established in 1991, shortly after the country declared its independence. Privatized in 1996, 49 per cent of the airline's shares are owned by Maersk Air, the Danish airline. Estonian Air flies from London Gatwick and Dublin to Tallinn, Helsinki, Riga and Vilnius and from Manchester to Tallinn and Riga. For more information on Estonia Air go to www.estonian-air.ee
Excel Airways is an airline that has flights from England and Scotland to Egypt, France, Greece, Malta, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey. For more information go to www.excelairways.com
Fare4U is an airline that is based in Malta and has flights between Malta and London Stansted. For more information go to www.airmalta.com
Flybe is a low-cost airline that was Jersey European and then British European became Flybe in 2002. The Exeter Airport-based airline operates 108 routes to and from 40 airports and spans seven countries. Flybe flies from Birmingham, Belfast, Exeter, Manchester, Southampton, Leeds Bradford, Bristol, Newcastle, Norwich, Edinburgh and London Gatwick to cities around the UK and the Channel Islands, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland and Austria. For more information go to www.flybe.com
FlyMe is an airline that has flights within Sweden and Finland. For more information go to www.flyme.com
FlyNordic is an airline that is a subsidiary of Finnair. From its hub at Stockholm, FlyNordic flies to Lulea, Umea, Kiruna, Ostersund, Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Oslo, Bergen, Berlin, Munich, Dublin, Tallinn, Barcelona and Bordeaux. Flights to Alicante, Malaga and Nice are operated in co-operation with Sterling. For more information go to www.flynordic.com
For information on Futura Airways go to www.futura-aer.com
Germanwings is a low-cost airline that is based in Germany and flies from London Gatwick to Hamburg and from London Stansted to Cologne-Bonn and Stuttgart. The low-cost airline also flies from Dublin, Birmingham and Edinburgh to Cologne-Bonn. Lufthansa owns almost half of Germanwings' parent airline, Eurowings. Centralwings, the low-cost airline offshoot of LOT, the Polish national airline, is its partner in Europe. For more information go to www.germanwings.com
Golden Air is an low-cost airline that is based in Finland and for information go to www.goldenair.se
Hapag-Lloyd Express is a German airline, which started flying in 2002. It is a subsidiary of TUI AG, one of the largest travel and tourism companies in the world. The airline has its headquarters at Hanover Airport and flies to 36 destinations in nine European countries from Cologne-Bonn, Hanover, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Berlin-Tegel and Munich airports. Hapag-Lloyd Express departs from Birmingham to Cologne-Bonn, Manchester to Hanover, Cologne-Bonn and Stuttgart and Newcastle to Hanover. The airline with the New York checkered cab-style livery also flies from Dublin Airport to Stuttgart. For more information go to www.hlx.com
The Swiss airline of Helvetic is based in Zurich and connects the city with London Luton. From Zurich, Helvetic Airways also flies to Alicante, Balaton/Lake Balaton, Barcelona, Brindisi, Cagliari, Ibiza, Lamezia Terme, Malaga, Naples, Olbia, Palermo, Palma, Pisa, Rimini, Skopje and Valencia. For more informaiton go to www.helvetic.com
Iceland Express is a privately owned airline that is based at Keflavik Airport near Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, and began operations in 2003. Iceland Express flies daily to the Icelandic capital from London Stansted and Copenhagen and three times a week from Frankfurt Hahn. Flights also operate to the Faroe Islands and Greenland during the summer months. For more information go to www.icelandexpress.co.uk
Intersky airline is based in Vienna and has flights between Austria and France, Italy, and Switzerland. For more information on Intersky go to www.intersky.biz
Itali airlines has flights within Italy and Italy to Croatia. For more information go to www.italiweb.it
JAT Airways is based in Serbia and it has direct daily flights to London and other destinations every day. For more information go to www.jat.com
Jet2’s home airport is Leeds Bradford with hubs at Manchester and Belfast International. The airline flies from Belfast, Blackpool, Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle to popular European cities including Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Budapest, Faro, Ibiza, Malaga, Murcia, Nice, Palma, Paris (Charles de Gaulle), Pisa, Prague, Tenerife, Valencia and Venice. For more information go to www.jet2.com
The KLM Cityhopper is run by KLM, which is the national airline of the Netherlands. For more information go to www.klm.com
LTU is a low-cost German airline that has flights between Germany and Canada, Caribbean, China, Egypt, Kenya, Maldives, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, and USA. For more information go to www.ltu.com
Lufthansa is one of Europe’s largest airlines, and Star Alliance founding member, Lufthansa has kept up with the budget airlines by featuring regular seat sales across its comprehensive domestic, European and worldwide network. The airline, which took over Swiss International Air Lines, last year, flies from the following UK and Irish airports: London Heathrow and London City, Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Guernsey, Inverness, Jersey, Leeds Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle, Teesside and Dublin. For more information go to www.lufthansa.com
Luxair is Luxembourg’s national airline and it offers regular services to a number of European destinations. For more information go to www.luxair.lu
Martinair is an airline that is based in the Netherlands and has flights between Netherlands and Canada, Caribbean, Costa Rica, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and United Arab Emirates, USA. For more information go to www.martinair.com
Meridiana was founded in 1963 by HH Prince Aga Khan to promote tourism to Sardinia. The airline connects 17 Italian airports with London Gatwick, Amsterdam, Paris CDG, Barcelona, Madrid and airports in Germany. From London Gatwick, Meridiana flies to Amsterdam, Florence and Olbia. For more information go to www.meridiana.it
Monarch flies to Alicante, Almeria, Barcelona, Faro, Gibraltar, Granada, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Lisbon, Malaga, Menorca, Majorca and Tenerife from a number of airports in the UK including London Gatwick and Luton, Manchester and Birmingham. Monarch Scheduled is part of the Monarch charter airline operation that has its bases at London Gatwick and Luton, Manchester, Birmingham and other regional airports. The charter airline is one of the UK's biggest and flies to Europe, the US, Caribbean, India and Africa. For more information go to www.flymonarch.com
Montenegro Airlines is the national carrier of Montenegro and is headquartered in Podgorica. It operates scheduled services throughout Europe to the Balkan region. Its primary hub is Podgorica Airport and its second base is at Tivat Airport. For more information on Montenegro Airlines go to www.montenegroairlines.com
MyAir is an airline that is based in Italy and has flights within Italy and between Italy and France, Romania and Spain. For more information go to www.myair.com
My Travel Lite is an airline that is based in England and has flights between England and France, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland. For more information go to www.mytravellite.com
Norwegian flies from London Stansted to Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Tromso and Trondheim. Norwegian operates 55 routes – nine domestic (Oslo, Stavanger, Bergen, Trondheim, Bodoe, Harstad/Narvik, Tromso, Alta and Kirkenes) and 46 international routes from cities in Norway around Europe. For more information go to www.norwegian.no
Olympic Airways is an airline that is based in Greece and the airline you would use flying around the islands. There website is www.olympic-airways.gr
Pegasus Airlines has flights within Turkey and Turkey to Germany. For more information go to www.flypgs.com
Ryanair is a low-cost airline that was established in 1991, Ryanair is now Europe's largest budget airline. The Irish airline will carry more than 35 million passengers this year. The airline has become successful by flying to out-of-town airports and cutting costs relentlessly (charging to put luggage in the hold of the aircraft for example). It operates 333 routes across 23 countries and has 12 bases including Glasgow, Shannon, Dublin, Liverpool, London Stansted and Luton, Milan, Brussels-Charleroi, Girona, Frankfurt-Hahn, Stockholm and Rome. Ryanair flies from London Luton, Stansted and Gatwick. Around the UK from East Midlands, Liverpool, Glasgow, Newcastle, Bournemouth, Blackpool, Aberdeen, Cardiff, Humberside, Newquay, Birmingham, Doncaster Sheffield, Inverness, Manchester, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds Bradford and Durham Tees Valley. Ryanair flies from six airports in the Republic of Ireland – Dublin, Shannon, Cork, Kerry, Derry and Knock-Ireland West. For more information on Ryanair go to www.ryanair.com
Scanjet is an airline that is based in Sweden and has flights between Sweden and Bosnia, and Croatia. For more information on Scanjet go to www.scandjet.se
This airline is based in Scotland and for more information go to www.scotairways.co.uk
SkyEurope flies to 37 destinations in 19 countries from its bases in Budapest, Krakow, Warsaw, Prague and Bratislava. From London Stansted, the airline flies to Bratislava, Budapest, Debrecan, Gliwice, Katowice, Kosice, Krakow, Poprad (Tatry), Vienna and Warsaw. SkyEurope also flies from Edinburgh, Manchester and Birmingham airports. From Dublin Airport, there are flights to Bratislava, Gliwice, Katowice, Kosice, Krakow and Vienna. www.skyeurope.com
Smart Wings airline is based in Prague and has flights between Czech Republic and Denmark, France, Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland. For more information go to www.smartwings.net
Snalskjutsen is an airline that is based in Sweden and has flights within Sweden and from Sweden to France, Ireland, Italy, and Scotland. For more information go to www.snalskjutsen.com
SnowFlake Airlines is based in Copenhagen and Stockholm and has flights from Denmark and Sweden to Czech Rep., France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and Turkey. For more information go to www.flysnowflake.net
Sterling Ticket is a low-cost airline flies within Scandinavia (Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo, Stockholm, Billund and Gothenburg) and to popular European destinations including Alicante, Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, Bologna, Bordeaux, Faro, Gran Canaria, Crete, Lanzarote, Malaga, Majorca and Tenerife. Sterling Ticket flies from London Gatwick to Billund and Copenhagen, Edinburgh to Copenhagen and Helsinki and Dublin to Stockholm. For more information go to www.sterlingticket.com
Sun Express airline is based in Antalya, Turkey and has flights between Turkey and Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. For more information go to www.sunexpress.com.tr
Thomsonfly.com is part of the world of TUI, one of the largest travel and tourism businesses in the world. The airline flies from from 26 UK airports (including Coventry, Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield and Bournemouth) to more than 87 destinations in 37 countries. Destinations include Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Dublin, Faro, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Jersey, Lyon, Malaga, Palma, Paris, Pisa, Prague, Salzburg, Shannon, Tenerife, Valencia and Venice. For more information go to www.thomsonfly.com
Transavia (formerly known as Basiq Air) operates a large network of European routes (charter flights for tour operators and scheduled services for individual passengers) from its home bases at Amsterdam Schiphol and Rotterdam. Transavia is a member of the Air France-KLM Group. It flies from London Stansted to Rotterdam and from Glasgow to Amsterdam. For more information go to www.basiqair.com
Virgin Express is based in Brussels and has flights between Belgium and Denmark, England, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. For more information go to www.virgin-express.com
Vueling Airlines is based in Spain and has flights within Spain and from Spain to Brussels, and Paris. For more information go to www.vueling.com
VLM Airlines started operations in 1993 with a service from Antwerp to London City Airport. Today VLM Airlines offers more flights from London City than any other carrier. There are daily services to Amsterdam, Antwerp, Brussels, Luxembourg, Rotterdam, Manchester, Liverpool, and Jersey. For more information go to www.vlm-airlines.com
Windjet Vola is an airline that is based in Sicily and has flights within Italy. For more information go to www.volawindjet.it
Wizz Air was established in 2003, Wizz Air is a Polish/Hungarian airline focusing on the markets of Central Europe. Its main bases are in Katowice, Warsaw, Gdansk and Budapest. From these bases, the airline operates 32 scheduled routes to 17 European destinations. From London, the airline flies to Budapest, Warsaw, Katowice, Gdansk, Poznan, Zagreb, Split, Sofia, Bourgas, Ljubljana and Kaunas. There are also flights from Liverpool to Katowice, Warsaw, Gdansk and Kaunas as well as Glasgow to Gdansk and Warsaw. From Cork Airport in the Irish Republic, there are flights to Katowice. For more information go to www.wizzair.com
