| Adria Airways |
020 7734 4630 |
Slovenia's national carrier with a network linking Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, with more than 40 destinations, mainly in Europe, including Gatwick. |
| Aegean Airlines |
00 30 2106 261000 |
Low-cost carrier to the Aegean. Launched twice daily year-round Stansted-Athens service in May 08 and Heathrow (+ six UK airports via partner bmi) Oct 09. From its base in Athens, Aegean flies to 11 other international destinations (London, Larnaca, Munich, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Rome, Milan, Sofia, Bucharest, Cairo and Tirana) and 17 Greek destinations (Athens, Thessaloniki, Heraklion, Chania, Rhodes, Kos, Samos, Mytilene, Chios, Alexandroupolis, Mykonos, Santorini, Kavala, Limnos, Corfu, Ioannina and Kefalonia). |
| Aer Arann Express |
00 353 1 814 5250 |
Low cost flights from Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Luton, Manchester & Southampton to Cork, Galway & Waterford. |
| Aer Lingus |
0845 084 4444 |
Irish flag carrier. Member of OneWorld alliance. |
| Aeroflot |
020 7491 1764 |
Russian carrier |
| Aerolíneas Argentinas |
020 7290 7887 |
Argentinian flag carrier |
| Afriqiyah |
0870 608 0737 |
Set up by the Libyan government to link Africa with Europe and beyond. Afriqiyah is launching a Tripoli - Gatwick service in Sept 04. |
| Air Algerie |
0207 487 5903 |
Algerian flag carrier with a network of routes to European capitals, North Africa and the Middle East. |
| AirAsia X |
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Low-cost long-haul carrier to destinations in China, Australia, Taipei, India, and Korea. Affiliated to regional low-cost airline, Air Asia. |
| Air Baltic |
0870 60727727 |
Latvian carrier |
| Air Berlin |
0870 738 88 80 |
Europe's third largest low-cost-carrier was voted one of the top three European short haul airlines, in the Observer/Guardian annual travel industry awards, May 2004. In the UK, Air Berlin operates out of Stansted to 12 cities in Spain, six in Germany as well as to Budapest, Milan, Vienna and Zurich. It offers low-cost prices but complimentary service includes seat reservation at check-in as well as a snack, drinks and a newspaper available on the flight. Some AB flights are operated by its low-cost partner, NIKI. |
| Air Canada |
0990 247226 |
Canadian flag carrier. Member of Star Alliance. |
| Air China |
020 7630 0919 |
Claims to be the largest commercial airline in China. It operates six times weekly direct flights between London & Beijing. |
| Air Europa |
0870 240 1501 |
Madrid based airline with an extensive network of routes to North & South America and Europe including London. |
| Air France |
0845 084 5111 |
French flag carrier. Member of the SkyTeam alliance. |
| Air India |
020 8745 1000 |
Indian flag carrier |
| Air Jamaica |
020 8570 7999 |
Jamaican flag carrier |
| Air Malta |
020 7292 4949 |
Maltese flag carrier |
| Air Mauritius |
020 7434 4375 |
Mauritian flag carrier |
| Air Namibia |
020 7960 6016 |
Namibian flag carrier |
| Air New Zealand |
020 8741 2299 |
New Zealand flag carrier. Member of Star Alliance. |
| Air Seychelles |
01293 529429 |
Seychelles flag carrier |
| Air Southwest |
0870 241 8202 |
Plymouth-based regional airline flying to Gatwick, Bristol, Manchester, Leeds, Jersey and Dublin. |
| Air Turquoise |
n/a |
French regional airline based in Rheims with flights to London Luton. |
| Alitalia |
0870 607 6005 |
New privatised version of the Italian state flag carrier. Member of the SkyTeam alliance. |
| All Nippon Airways |
0345 262 262 |
Member of Star Alliance. |
| American Airlines |
020 8572 5555 |
Member of OneWorld alliance. |
| Asiana Airlines |
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South Korean carrier with a strong network in the China region. Member of Star Alliance. |
| Astraeus |
01293 874380 |
UK independent airline commenced operations in 2002. Astreaus operates a fleet of Boeing 737 and 757 aircraft from a number of UK airports, flying charter and scheduled route to destinations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa - particularly West African countries including Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Cape Verde, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea and Liberia. |
| Augsburg Airways |
0345 737747 |
Lufthansa group regional carrier flying routes in Germany, Europe and to London City. |
| Aurigny Air Services |
01481 822886 |
Channel Islands airline flying from London Stansted, London Gatwick, Manchester, East Midlands, Bristol and Southampton to the Channel Islands. It also operates flights between Dinard in France, Guernsey and Jersey. |
| Austrian Airlines |
020 7766 0300 |
Austrian flag carrier. Member of Star Alliance. |
| Baboo |
00800 445 445 45 |
Swiss regional airline launched 2003, flying from Geneva into London City Airport and Oxford Airport. |
| Blue Air |
0871 744 0104 |
Romanian low cost carrier flying to 24 destinations, including London Luton (13 flights weekly) from their base at Bucharest's Baneasa airport. |
| bmi Baby |
0870 264 2229 |
Low-cost subsidiary of bmi British Midland. |
| bmi - British Midland |
0870 60 70 555 |
Formerly British Midland, but international passengers used to think it was a regional airline, hence 'bmi'. Member of Star Alliance. |
British Airwaysg(17066602)a(1687362)) |
0870 850 9 850 |
 UK flag carrier. Member of OneWorld alliance. |
| Brussels Airlines |
0905 60 95 609 |
Network of flights to 50 airports in Europe and long haul to North America, UAE, and China. There are flights to Brussels from Heathrow (codeshared with BA) Gatwick, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester and Newcastle. Brussels Airlines was formed from the merger between Virgin Express and SN Brussels Airlines, the Belgian airline born after the demise of Sabena. |
| Caribbean Airlines |
0870 774 7336 |
Caribbean carrier flying from London. Used to be BWIA. |
| Cathay Pacific |
020 7747 8888 |
Hong Kong carrier. Member of OneWorld alliance. Cathay Pacific operates 4 daily flights from London Heathrow to Hong Kong International Airport with onward connections to 119 destinations worldwide, including 40 Asian cities and more than 18 destinations in China (through its sister airline, Dragonair). |
| City Airline |
0870 330 8800 |
City Airline is a Swedish, Gothenburg based airline that flies to Gothenburg from Manchester and (Nov 03) launched three direct daily services from Birmingham to Gothenburg through a codeshare agreement with British Midland. |
| CityJet |
0871 666 50 50 |
Short haul airline flying from London City airport to 12 major cities in Europe and the UK. Part of KLM-Air France group and has taken over the former VLM planes & routes. |
| Continental Airlines |
01293 776464 |
US international carrier |
| Croatia Airlines |
020 8563 0022 |
Croatian flag carrier |
| Cubana |
01293 596677 |
Cuba flag carrier |
| Cyprus Airways |
020 8359 1333 |
Cyprus flag carrier. Operates around 30 scheduled flights per week from the four major UK airports. |
| Czech Airlines |
020 7255 1898 |
Czech flag carrier operating to 72 destinations in 43 countries and the largest national carrier of the new EU member countries according to the number of passengers carried. Winner of the OAG "Best Airline Based in Central/Eastern Europe" award three years in a row (04,05,06) and GT Tested Awards' "Best Airline in Eastern Europe" for two years in a row. Member of the SkyTeam alliance. |
| Daallo Airlines |
0208 7408548 |
Local airline covering the Horn of Africa (including Addis Ababa and Mogadishu) and long-haul international flights from Djibouti to Paris and Gatwick. |
| Darwin Airline |
+800 177 177 77 |
Small Swiss airline launched in Aug 03 and based in Lugano, now flying into London City Airport. |
| Delta Airlines |
0800 414767 |
The world's largest airline. Member of the SkyTeam alliance. |
| Eastern Airways |
01652 680 600 |
Eastern Airways operates scheduled services from Aberdeen, Belfast International, Birmingham, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Humberside, Inverness, Isle of Man, Leeds Bradford, London Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Southampton, Teesside and Wick. The airline will carry more than 550,000 passengers this year. |
| easyJet |
0870 6000 000 |
The original UK low-cost airline |
| Egyptair |
020 7734 2343 |
Egyptian flag carrier |
| El Al Israel Airlines |
020 7437 9255 |
Israeli flag carrier |
Emirates |
0870 2432222 |
Dubai-based UAE flag-carrier since Oct 1985, renowned for high quality and always pushing the envelope on in-flight services. They were the first to introduce personal video screens in all classes (don't let any other airline tell you otherwise - I was there) and private cubicles in First Class. They operate services to 100 destinations in 62 countries. Including an Airbus A380 daily service from Manchester (Sep 2010). |
| Estonian Air |
020 7333 0196 |
Estonian flag carrier. They fly nine times weekly from Gatwick to Tallinn. The airline links Tallinn to 14 other European destinations: Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Kiev, Moscow, Munich, Oslo, Paris, Stockholm and Vilnius. |
Etihad Airways |
0870 241 7121 |
Abu Dhabi-based, UAE flag-carrier. Flies from Heathrow, Gatwick & Manchester to Abu Dhabi. Rapidly expanding route network with a target of 70 destinations by 2010. |
| Eurowings |
01279 680500 |
Part of the Lufthansa regional network. Flies from Birmingham to Dusseldorf & Munich, and from Newcastle to Dusseldorf. |
| EVA Airways |
020 7380 8300 |
Taiwanese flag carrier |
| Finnair |
020 7408 1222 |
Finnish flag-carrier. Member of OneWorld alliance. |
Flybeg(18877322)a(1687362)) |
0870 567 6676 |
Once Jersey European Airways (JEA), then British European (BE), now re-invented as a regional low-cost carrier. |
| FlyBosnia |
n/a |
New airline due to start twice-weekly services from Manchester & Gatwick to Sarajevo in the summer 04. |
| FlyBlu |
0121 708 4585 |
New transatlantic holiday airline flying Birmingham to Florida six times weekly starting in January 2004. |
| FlyGlobespan |
08705 561522 |
No frills airline launched Nov 2002 by the Globespan Group (travel agents and tour operator to Canada) operating scheduled services from Glasgow Prestwick International airport to Palma, Nice, Rome and Malaga |
| FlyWho |
0870 11 22 767 |
Low-fare holiday airline operating direct flights from Birmingham to Florida |
| Garuda Indonesia |
020 7486 3011 |
Indonesia flag-carrier |
| GB Airways (BA) |
0345 222111 |
Gibraltar flag-carrier with an expanded regional network |
| GermanWings |
020 8321 7255 |
Low cost German airline flying from stansted to Cologne/Bonn |
| Gulf Air |
0870 777 1717 |
Gulf Air is owned by the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Sultanate of Oman and the United Arab Emirates. Its network extends from Western Europe to Asia and covers 50 cities in 33 countries. |
| Helios Airways |
020 8819 8819 |
Holiday airline flying from Birmingham, Stansted, Gatwick, Luton and Manchester to Paphos and Larnaca. |
| Hellas Jet |
0870 751 7222 |
Hellas Jet operates from Gatwick & Heathrow to Athens. Part of the Cyprus Airways group. |
| Helvetic |
020 7026 3464 |
Swiss budget airline flying into Luton from Zurich. |
| Highland Airways |
0845 4502245 |
Operating scheduled services from Glasgow & Inverness to the Western Isles (Benbecula, Stornaway & Sumburgh) |
| Iberia |
020 7830 0011 |
Spanish flag carrier. Member of OneWorld alliance. |
| Icelandair |
020 7388 5599 |
Icelandic flag carrier with a strong transatlantic presence, flying to the USA via Iceland (which lies pretty much on the same great circle route that its competitors fly!). |
| Iceland Express |
0870 8500 737 |
Low fares carrier operating daily scheduled flights between Iceland, Denmark, the UK and six other European cities. Iceland Express started flight operations on 27 February 2003, becoming the first Icelandic low-fare airline. |
| Iran Air |
020 7491 3656 |
Iranian flag carrier |
| JAL - Japan Air Lines |
0345 747700 |
Major Japanese airline flying to over 170 worldwide destinations. |
| Jet2 |
0870 737 8282 |
Low cost airline operating from Leeds Bradford, Belfast, and now (Dec 04) Manchester to a range of European destinations including, Prague, Budapest, Venice, Amsterdam, Geneva, Nice, Barcelona, Pisa, Palma, Alicante, Murcia, Malaga & Faro. The airline operates a fleet of identical 148-seat Boeing 737 aircraft with leather seats. Jet2.com is a ticket-less airline. However, it does operate an allocated seat system meaning you can sit next to your travelling companion. |
| Kenya Airways |
01784 888222 |
Kenyan flag carrier. |
KLMg(16896160)a(1687362)) |
08705 074074 |
Dutch flag carrier with an extensive network of feeder flights from Gatwick, Heathrow, Stansted and 13 regional airports in the UK to their hub at Schiphol. Now merged with Air France but operated with an independent brand identity. |
| Korean Air |
020 7495 3377 |
South Korean flag carrier. Member of the SkyTeam alliance. |
| Kuwait Airways |
0207 412 0007 |
Kuwaiti flag carrier |
| LanChile |
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Chilian flag carrier. Member of OneWorld alliance. |
| Lot - Polish Airlines |
020 7580 5037 |
Polish flag carrier. Member of Star Alliance. |
| Lufthansa |
0345 737747 |
German flag carrier. Member of Star Alliance. |
| Luxair |
020 8745 4254 |
Luxembourg flag carrier, with routes from Luxembourg to business & leisure destinations in Europe, and North Africa. Flights in the ex-UK from Heathrow, Stansted, Manchester and now (Nov 03) flying three times week-daily from London City airport to Luxembourg and once a day on Saturdays & Sundays. |
| Lyddair |
01797 322 207 |
Small airline operating daily flights in a Britten Norman Trislander aircraft from Lydd in Kent to Le Touquet. |
| Malaysia Airlines |
0871 423 9090 |
Malaysian flag carrier flying to some 100 destinations worldwide across 6 continents. From London, they fly 14 weekly non stop flights to Kuala Lumpur. Within the UK, they operate a codeshare with bmi by providing connectivity to passengers from Aberdeen, Belfast, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Manchester to London for onward connectivity to Kuala Lumpur. |
| Malév Hungarian Airlines |
0870 909 0577 |
Hungarian carrier flying (since 1946) to 57 cities in 35 countries from its Budapest hub. Member of Oneworld consortium since April 2007. |
| Meridiana |
020 7839 2222 |
Italian airline flying from London to Florence, and Olbia on Sardinia |
| Middle East Airlines |
020 7467 80001 |
Lebanon based airline serving the Middle East, Europe and parts of Africa. |
| Monarch Airlines |
01582 398333 |
Monarch's scheduled services are now branded as low-cost FlyMonarch.com. They fly from Luton, Gatwick and Manchester to Alicante, Barcelona, Faro, Gibraltar, Malaga, Menorca, Palma and Tenerife. |
| NIKI |
n/a |
Austrian low-cost airline set up in 2003 by Niki Lauda having sold his previous airline to Austrian Airlines. NIKI is a partner of Air Berlin and operates flights to the UK under AB flight numbers. |
| Northwest Airlines |
0990 561000 |
Claims to be the world's fourth largest airline. Partner to KLM |
| Norwegian.no |
n/a |
New low-cost Norwegian airline flying into Stansted |
| NouvelleAir |
n/a |
Tunisian charter airline that will be launching a weekly scheduled service from Gatwick to Monastir in Feb 04. |
| OLT |
n/a |
German regional airline now flying between Bremen & Bristol (previously London City) |
| Oman Air |
08444 822309 |
Flag carrier of the Sultanate of Oman. Founded in 1993, the airline has grown quickly operating direct flights from Muscat to/from major Gulf destinations, such as Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai, Jeddah, Kuwait and Riyadh; ten destinations in India ; Bangladesh, Pakistan, London, Bangkok, Cairo, Beirut and Amman. |
| Pakistan International Airlines |
020 7734 5544 |
Pakistani flag carrier |
| Planet Air |
0845 060 6666 |
Low cost holiday airline flying from Leeds-Bradford to Malta & Tenerife |
| Qantas |
0345 747767 |
Australian flag carrier. Member of OneWorld alliance. |
| Qatar Airways |
020 7896 3636 |
Qatar flag carrier operating scheduled flights from Doha to 70 international destinations in Europe, North Africa, the Indian sub-continent and the Far East. Qatar Airways flies into Manchester, Heathrow and Gatwick. |
| Royal Air Maroc |
020 7439 4361 |
Moroccan flag carrier |
| Royal Brunei Airlines |
020 7584 6660 |
Brunei flag carrier, flying daily from Heathrow to Brunei (on Borneo) via Dubai, with connections on to Australia, NZ, Thailand Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, etc. (Don't be put off by their no-alcohol policy. You are very welcome to bring your own duty free which they will serve for you. I know, I've done it - Ed) |
| Royal Jordanian Airlines |
020 7878 6333 |
Jordanian flag carrier |
| Royal Nepal Airlines |
020 7287 4949 |
Nepalese flag carrier |
| Ryanair |
0871 246 0000 |
One of the two big players in the UK/Eire low-cost airline business |
| SAS Scandinavian Airlines |
0870 60 727 727 |
Member of Star Alliance. |
| Saudia |
020 8995 7777 |
Saudi flag carrier. |
| ScotAirways |
0870 6060 707 |
Low-cost flight between Dundee, Edinburgh, London City, Southampton & Amsterdam. |
Singapore Airlinesg(17718474)a(1687362)) |
020 8747 0007 |
Member of Star Alliance. SIA has a global route network, serving 60 cities in 32 countries, from its hub at Changi Airport, Singapore. |
| SkyEurope |
020 7365 0365 |
Low-cost Central European airline flying from London to Bratislava, Budapest, Vienna, Warsaw & Krakow. |
| Skywork |
031 960 21 94 |
Swiss regional airline with a small fleet of turboprops flying from Bern to 15 European cities including London (London City Airport). |
| SmartWings |
+420 255 700 827 |
Low-cost Czech airline flying from Gatwick to Prague. |
| South African Airways |
0870 747 1111 |
South African flag carrier |
| Spanair |
01293 516229 |
Member of Star Alliance. |
| SriLankan Airlines |
020 8538 2001 |
Sri Lankan flag carrier |
| Star 1 Airlines |
01293 874901 |
Lithuanian low-cost carrier flying from Stansted and Edinburgh. |
| Sunair of Scandinavia |
0870 850 9850 |
Danish airline to Billund from Edinburgh & Manchester coded & sold through British Airways. |
SWISSg(17582012)a(1687362)) |
084 560 109 56 |
Swiss flag carrier created after the collapse of Swissair |
| TAP Air Portugal |
0845 601 0932 |
Portuguese flag carrier and Star Alliance member, now (2005) sixty years old. TAP flies to 42 destinations in 25 countries and carried more than six million passengers in 2004. |
| Tarom |
020 7224 3693 |
Romanian flag carrier |
| Thai Airways International |
020 7499 9113 |
Thai flag carrier. Member of Star Alliance. |
| ThompsonFly |
0870 1900 737 |
Thompson Holidays' new no-frills airline. Flights commence in Spring 2004 from Coventry to Mediterranean destinations in Spain, Italy & France. |
| Tunis Air |
020 7734 7644 |
Tunisian flag carrier |
| Ukraine International Airlines |
01293 536609 |
Ukrainian flag carrier operating a 6 times weekly service between London - Kiev. |
| United Airlines |
0845 8444777 |
Member of Star Alliance. |
| US Airways |
0800 7835556 |
One of the 'big five' American carriers, now closely integrated in a code-share programme with United. |
Virgin Atlantic Airwaysg(19739240)a(1687362)) |
01293 747747 |
Probably time to drop 'Atlantic' from the name since they have routes to the Far East and Africa these days. |
| Vueling |
0906 754 754 1 |
Spanish low-cost airline now merged with former competitor, Clickair, and, as a result flying into the UK. |
| Wizz Air |
00 48 22 500 9499 |
Polish low-cost airline launched 19 May 2004. Wizz Air operate a pan-European network currently (Sept 05) serving 21 destinations: - London Luton, Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Budapest, Brussels, Dortmund, Frankfurt, Gdansk, Katowice, Kaunus, Liverpool, Malmo, Milan, Palma de Mallorca, Paris, Poznan, Rome, Sofia, Stockholm and Warsaw. |
| Yemenia Yemen Airways |
0207 409 2171 |
Yemen flag carrier |
