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FLIGHTS TO ITALY AND FRANCEAside from the major carriers, there are many low-cost airlines now connecting cities around Europe.  See the website of the companies below, or the website of your destination airport to see flight schedules:

ITALY
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Alitalia – Italy’s national airline
* Meridiana – an Italian low-cost airline with flights throughout the country
* Air Dolomiti – specializing in flights to Northern Italy
* Ryan Air – more flights than you can imagine, throughout Europe
* BMI Airlines – based in Birmingham, with flights from the U.S. to Europe
* BMI Baby – a London-based airline
* Transavia – small company based in Amsterdam
* TUI Fly – small Germany-based company
* AirOne – Italian airline with flights throughout the peninsula and Europe
* ThomsonFly – based out of London’s Luton airport
* EasyJet – a British-based low-cost airline serving all Europe
* Jet2.com – a London-based low-cost airline (formerly Channel Express)


FRANCE
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Air France – France’s national airline
* Ryan Air
* EasyJet
* BMI Baby an affiliate of British Midland Airways, based in Birmingham
* TUIFly small German-based company
* Fly Be
* Virgin Express flights based out of Brussels
* Aerlingus well established airline based in Dublin, Ireland



FLIGHTS FROM THE U.K. AND IRELAND – Here are some Italian and French cities and their connections to England and Ireland.  Also check the major carriers Air France and Alitalia.  Please see your destination city’s airport website to check on flights.

ITALY

* Bari (Ryan Air):  London Stansted
(British Airways): London
(AirOne): London

* Bologna-Forli (Ryan Air):  London Stansted, Dublin
(British Airways): London

* Florence (Meridiana): London Gatwick

* Genoa (AirOne): London
(Ryan Air): London Stansted

* Milan-Bergamo (RyanAir):  Dublin, East Midlands, London Luton, London Stansted, Newcastle, Shannon
(Jet2): Leeds-Bradford, Manchester, Belfast, Edinburgh

* Milan-Linate (EasyJet): London Gatwick
(British Airways): London
(AirOne): London

* Milan-Malpensa (EasyJet): Edinburgh, London Gatwick
(British Airways): London

* Naples (EasyJet): London Stansted
(ThomsonFly): London Gatwick, Manchester
(FlyBMI): Aberdeen, Durham Tees Valley, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London Heathrow, Manchester
(AirOne): London

* Perugia (RyanAir): London Stansted

* Pisa (Ryan Air):  Bournemouth, Doncaster (Sheffield), East Midlands, Liverpool, London Stansted, Dublin
(ThomsonFly): Coventry, Doncaster-Sheffield
(British Airways): London
(Jet2): Leeds-Bradford, Manchester, Belfast, Edinburgh, Newcastle

* Rome-Ciampino (RyanAir):  Dublin, East Midlands, Glasgow, Liverpool, London Luton, London Stansted, Shannon
(EasyJet): Belfast, Bristol, East Midlands, London Gatwick, Newcastle

* Rome-Fiumicino (Jet2): Leeds-Bradford, Manchester
(BMIBaby): Birmingham
(AirOne): London

* Venice (RyanAir):  Dublin, Liverpool, London Stansted, Shannon
(EasyJet):  Bristol, East Midlands, London Gatwick
(Jet2): Leeds-Bradford, Manchester
(FlyBMI): Belfast, Dublin, Durham Tees Valley, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds-Bradford, London Heathrow, Manchester
(BMIBaby): London Heathrow
(TUIFLy): London Gatwick
(AirOne): London

* Verona (British Airways): London

FRANCE

* Avignon (FlyBe): Exeter, Southampton

* Bergerac (Ryan Air):  East Midlands, Liverpool, London Stansted
(FlyBe): Birmingham, Edinburgh, Exeter, Leeds-Bradford, Southampton

* Bordeaux (EasyJet):  Bristol, London Luton
(FlyBMI): Birmingham, Manchester
(FlyBe): Southampton
(BMIBaby): Birmingham, Manchester
(British Airways): London Gatwick
(AerLingus): Dublin

* Marseille-Marignane (EasyJet): Bristol, London Gatwick
(British Airways): London
(FlyBMI): Birmingham
(BMIBaby): Birmingham

* Marseille
-MP2 (Ryan Air):  Dublin, Glasgow, Stansted

* Nimes (RyanAir):  East Midlands, Liverpool, London Luton

General Information

FLYING TO ITALY & FRANCE

* If you are flying from outside of Europe, it is easiest to book a direct flight to your destination (or close to it!) with one company.  However, if the connections don't work or if you plan on cutting up your trip, consider connecting via one of the low-cost airlines.  BE AWARE that many of the prices listed are one-way, and there are hefty taxes involved!  The advantage of these "low-cost" airlines is not always the price, but the fact that they service the smaller airports close to the beginning of our trips (Bergerac, Bari, etc.).

* Remember that many cities have more than one airport, so connections could mean a trip across town (London, Paris, Milan, Rome).  See the airport website for transport between airports, and give yourself plenty of time to connect!

* Check out these websites for deals on internal European flights:
-- www.opodo.com an interesting site created jointly by Aer Lingus, Air France, Alitalia, Austrian Airlines, British Airways, Finnair, Iberia, KLM and Lufthansa.

-- Another similar site is www.skyscanner.net

-- See the Italian version of expedia at www.expedia.it

-- Try any of the "lastminute" websites starting in your country of departure:  UK www.lastminute.com;  Italy www.it.lastminute.com;  France www.fr.lastminute.com

-- For travel to/from France, see www.volsfrance.com, a complete listing of low-cost flights from every city in France to the rest of Europe.
-- Another general travel site with lots of links is www.guardian.co.uk, the select "travel."

ITALIAN AIRPORTS: Most intercontinental flights land either at Rome's Leonardo Da Vinci airport (also called Fiumicino) or at Milan's Malpensa airport. You can also fly to regional airports such as Florence, Pisa, Bologna, Venice, Genoa, Naples and Bari through European gateway airports like London, Frankfurt, Paris and Amsterdam. See your particular trip for more information.


FRENCH AIRPORTS: most intercontinental flights fly into Paris Roissy ("Charles de Gaulle"), but there are now a number of smaller airports throughout France that will get you closer to your trip destination.

  • Paris Orly and Paris Roissy ("Charles de Gaulle") share a website at Aeroports de Paris with useful information on schedules, ground transportation, etc.
  • Marseille now has two airports:  "Marignane" and the new "MP2" receiving mostly flights from low-cost airlines (website not in English yet).
  • Nimes Airport: Ryan Air flies into this small airport (between Nimes and Arles) from a few destinations in England and Brussels-Charleroi. Website in French but easy to read timetable, or see the Ryan Air website.
  • Avignon Airport:  this tiny airport has a pretty useless website, but the timetable is helpful (only in French). There are four flights from Paris Orly every day on Air France. There are also a few flights a week from Southampton and Exeter with the low-cost FlyBe airlines.
  • Bordeaux Airport: some low-cost airlines now fly here, as well as the standard big companies.  Convenient for getting to our Dordogne departures.
  • Bergerac Airport: a small airport just five kilometers from Bergerac, it receives daily flights from London, Liverpool, etc.