Air Travel

There are three sites that will answer your questions and depending on what you want and where you wish to go, one of them, maybe two will answer your queries.

If you want one particular airline we may have that covered for you in a following page, but this page has information about the latest sites that compare fares with numerous airlines. I hope you agree with me, that one site with access to numerous airlines, is far easier for you to plan a trip.

Kayak.com is a new kind of travel website.

Created by co-founders of Orbitz, Travelocity and Expedia, Kayak.com is a search engine that helps consumers find great travel deals from 100+ other travel sites.

Kayak.com finds fares from airlines like Jet Blue that don’t sell through online agencies. In fact, Kayak.com displays more choices of available itinerary/price combinations than any other travel site.

Air Travel

Flight.co.uk offers scheduled, charter and low cost airlines in one easy search.

No other site in the UK offers you such a wide choice of fares bookable online! With offers from ALL UK departure airports to anywhere in the World, quite simply you need look no further for your flights needs.

If that's not enough there are only 5 steps (compared to the average 7 steps) from search to book and no annoying advertising on the site anywhere. Promote flight.co.uk today!

With Wegolo, All Low Cost Airlines are available on 1 site in just 3 steps for customers:

• 1. Find all available flights & neutrally compare the all-in fares

• 2. Wegolo allows you to combine 2 different airlines for your round trip (for even better prices and/or schedules!)

• 3. And book. Additionally, customers can book a last minute flight based on temperature! (See Hot & Cold flights)

75 Budget Airlines, 700 Low Cost Destinations and 14,000 Cheapest Fares.

More tips for finding those cheaper fares

It is important to compare fares from different sources. Airlines have one fare, their web site has another, travel agencies may have access to different fares and then there are Consolidators who buy in bulk, they say and can offer you an even cheaper fare. But be careful when it comes to reading the small print. Rules and Regulations for all these fares will be different. You must shop around.

As you probably know airfares in general are based on supply and demand and which way you are travelling at what time of year. So the season of travel is important.

High Season is when most people travel and at holiday times, such as Easter and Christmas. Low Season is usually when the weather is not so good, but then we also have Mid Season or Shoulder Season as the airlines like to call it.

Most airfares too are based on the season of the initial flight. The outbound flight and dates dictates the round trip fare, so if you want to travel in High Season try and book that first flight for the end of Shoulder Season, then your round trip fare will be based on the Shoulder Season fare, although you are travelling home in High Season. Many people know of this information so these flights book up early, so don’t delay in making your flight reservations. I’m sure there are some exceptions to this rule, so ask at the time of booking.

Be Flexible with your flight times and days of travel
As we say, supply and demand dictates the fares, so if you want to travel Friday or Saturday, be prepared for a higher fare. If you travel Thursday or Monday it maybe slightly cheaper and to travel mid-week is the best fare of all.

Depending on the airline and whether it is a scheduled airline or a charter airline, fares are different depending on how far in advance you make the reservation. On scheduled airlines there are about 5 different fares to fly from City A to City B. For those that can book and pay, maybe, 6 months in advance is the lowest fares, to book and pay, maybe, 3 months in advance there is another fare, slightly higher and so on right up to whether you can book 21 days prior to travel and at least 14 days prior to travel. The airlines move seats around at these fares too, so if a given fare at 2 months prior suddenly becomes full they release seats from another fare to accommodate the increased demand etc. Is it complicated?

Value for money
Finding the lowest fare for a given date and route can be rewarding, but be sure you know whether you are flying non stop or changing planes en route or not. Sometimes airlines say, well we are inconveniencing you by flying a round about route with two or more stops on the way, so we shall charge a lower fare, but do you want that? Non stop flights can be more expensive. Direct flights don’t necessarily mean the flight is Non-Stop either. Be careful “direct” means the flight will fly from City A to City B without a change of planes, but it could stop en route somewhere.

More information is available to you through the following pages. Air Travel and everything relating to it is a very comprehensive subject and should you keep checking back with us, you will find these pages growing all the time.

These pages are available to you today on the following subjects so please check the appropriate link for more information.

African Airlines
This comprehensive site includes every scheduled airline to be found in Africa and is listed under the country they operate in.

Budget Airlines to Africa from Europe
The large European Tour Companies operate long distance flights for their holiday offerings to Africa throughout the year. Hopefully you will find what you want here.

Airline Alliances
The main airlines around the world join an association whereby the consumer can accumulate points to exchange for future travel on any of the member airlines within the particular alliance

British Airlines within Britain
Britain and Ireland has numerous scheduled airline companies now and this is a list of who they are and where they fly

Budget Airlines within Britain and Ireland
Unlike the above this is a comprehensive list of all the smaller budget airlines that offer value for money and low cost fares depending on how far in advance you are prepared to make a booking

European Charter Flights
These pages give you information about the various independent airlines and those that belong to the various British Holiday Tour Companies that offer the consumer flights from Britain to Europe

Low Cost Airlines
This page is all about EasyJet and Ryanair, the two main low cost airlines that operate in Britain and Ireland and from Britain to and from Europe

International Airline Sites
International Airlines are as the name implies Long haul, distant airlines that fly Trans-Continental routes from Britain and Europe to Africa, North America, Asia and as far away as Australasia.

Canadian Charter Flights to Britain
Canadian Charter Flights are the main four airlines that operate principally in the summer to Britain, with a restricted service during the winter.

Budget Airlines from Canada to Europe
Unlike the above, Budget airlines are the same companies but these pages include all flights into Europe as well

Budget Airlines to Asia from Europe
The largest European airline companies also offer holidays in far of places and these pages include Asia as their destinations

Caribbean Budget Airlines
The Caribbean and/or West Indies is a popular destination for tourism from Britain and Europe and hopefully your desired flight information can be found here

Budget Airlines to USA from Europe
A lot of airlines already fly across the Atlantic to the USA but there are also a few Budget Airlines too and some of them are included here.