Budget
Airlines For UK & European
Air Travel
As
many as five budget airlines
were flying the skies of
Europe until recently, but two
have been swallowed up by
their bigger
brothers.
The
main players are: EasyJet,
RyanAir and
BMIBaby.
EasyJet
http://www.EasyJet.com/
The
original budget airline,
EasyJet was formed in
1996.
Their
website tells you everything
you’d want to know about
budget air
travel.
EasyJet
fly
to
Edinburgh
from:
-
London Gatwick
-
London Luton
-
London Stansted
-
Belfast
-
Bristol
-
East Midlands
-
Amsterdam
EasyJet
fly
to
Glasgow
Airport
from:
-
All the above
airports
except
London Gatwick
RyanAir
http://www.RyanAir.com/
EasyJet’s
main
rival.
Frequently
offers insane special offers
on their home
page.
(Also
see their “Destinations” page
for a great map of
Europe.
RyanAir
fly
to
Edinburgh
from:
Which
is terrific if you live in
Dublin, but what if you live
somewhere
else?
Luckily,
they also fly into Glasgow
Prestwick:
RyanAir
fly
to
Glasgow
Prestwick
from:
-
London Stansted
-
Dublin
-
Bournemouth
-
Paris
-
Barcelona
-
Brussels
-
Frankfurt
-
Oslo
-
Stockholm
BMIBaby
http://www.bmibaby.com/
British
Midland’s little brother and
very much the new kid on the
block.
BMIBaby
fly
to
Edinburgh
from:
·
Cardiff
·
East
Midlands (3 airports:
Nottingham, Derby,
Leicester)
Fares
as low as £1 one-way (plus
taxes)
Other
“
budgets
” you may hear
about:
Buzz
Taken
over by RyanAir
Go
Taken
over by EasyJet
Virgin Express
Doesn’t
fly to
Scotland.
(Maybe
some day, Richard?)
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