Spending time in the capital of Great Britain is not the cheapest pleasure. But the good news is that there are many ways to get to London cheap!
In this article, we look at ways to get to the city using both classic and low-cost airlines. When looking for cheap tickets, it is better to use the search engines Skyscanner and Aviasales (compare prices in both - it is more reliable).
How to get to London from Moscow
Cheapest tickets to London are at the easyJet low-cost airline - the cost of tickets starts from 3 thousand rubles for a direct round-trip flight! Muscovites who want to visit England are, of course, extremely lucky in this regard - the prices are great!
On top of that, easyJet makes it cheap to get to London even on the eve of Christmas and New Years - we wrote about this here.
The prices for flights of other airlines are significantly higher compared to easyJet: for example, airBaltic offers flights for 8 thousand and more, KLM and Transaero - from 9 thousand, and S7 and AirFrance - from 9.5 thousand rubles.
Slightly more expensive are the prices of the airlines UIA and germanwings (from 10 thousand), as well as Swiss, Lufthansa and Austrian - from 11 thousand rubles.
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How to get to London from St. Petersburg
Unfortunately, easyJet does not fly to the northern capital, so Petersburgers have to either be content with less budget airlines, or go to the nearest European countries - Riga, Vilnius, Kaunas, Helsinki or Lappeenrantu - to get to London inexpensively.
You can fly from St. Petersburg to London with airBaltic, Austrian, AirFrance - ticket prices start at 10,000 rubles. The cost of tickets for KLM flights is from 11 thousand, and on Turkish Airlines, Finnair and Aeroflot - from 12 thousand rubles. Quite cheap tickets are with UIA - less than 10 thousand rubles (with a stopover in Kiev).
Direct flights St. Petersburg - London - St. Petersburg are operated by British Airways (from 16.5 thousand).
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How to get to London from the regions
S7 has decent tickets to London from Yekaterinburg - from 14 thousand.
The best way to find flights is on Airways and Skyscanner - they search all airlines and find the cheapest. British Airways ticket prices start from 18 thousand, Transaero - from 20 thousand, and Aeroflot offers tickets at a price of 21 thousand rubles.
It is even more expensive to fly from Novosibirsk to London: Transaero and Aeroflot airlines have tickets from 26 thousand, and S7 - from 27.5 thousand rubles. From 21 thousand VIM-avia offers together with easyJet, and these are the cheapest tickets to London from Novosibirsk.
How to get to London with low-cost airlines
You can fly from Vilnius and Riga to London with a direct airline flight Wizz air - the cost of round-trip tickets starts from 56 euros. And on Catholic Christmas and New Year's, we found a very fabulous price - 55 euros for a round-trip ticket with a departure from Riga! For WIZZ Discount Club members, the flight will cost even less - only 35 euros (just think, 1,750 rubles for a flight to London and back!). Departure to London on December 15 or 16, and back on January 8. Have time to catch the coveted ticket!
Cheap tickets to London are also offered by Ryanair (departure from Riga or Kaunas) - there are round-trip tickets for 58 euros and more. You can also fly from Tallinn with Ryanair (a round-trip ticket costs from 72 euros) and easyJet (from 76 euros).
Please note that low-cost airlines often have discounts and promotions, which we promptly inform readers about here.
