European low cost airlines - Euroopan halpalentoyhtiöt

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Europe is a continent where low cost airlines have gained a strong market share. In terms of passenger numbers, the first is Ryanair in Ireland and the second is Easyjet in the UK. There are dozens of companies, and not all of them have endured going along.

Low cost airlines flying from Finland

Ryanair[1] is perhaps the most familiar low - cost airline for Finns. It flies From Tampere (TMP) directly To Budapest and Bremen (BRE) and from Lappeenranta to several destinations.

AirBaltic[2] is a Latvian company. Flies from Helsinki, Tampere and Turku Riga.

Air Berlin[3] is a German low - cost airline flying to Helsinki. It flies from Helsinki To Berlin (TXL) and To Düsseldorf. Its operation differs from others in that food is served on its flights and onward flights are possible.

Aer Lingus[4] fly to Helsinki and Dublin (DUB).

Wizz Air fly to destinations across Europe. Its main nodes are located In Poland, In Hungary, In Bulgaria and In Romania. It flies From Turku among other things To Gdansk, London and Skopje.

List of low cost airlines

New low-cost airlines are emerging and dying quickly in Europe. Here, however, are some of the biggest ones.

Airline (IATA code)NodesChange
Aer Lingus (AE)Dublin (DUB), Cork (ORK)Fly To Helsinki
Air Baltic (BT)Vilnius (VNO), Riga (RIX)Fly To Helsinki
Air Berlin (AB)Berlin (TXL)Fly To Helsinki
bmibaby (WW)Birmingham (BMH), Cardiff (CWL), East Midlands (EMA), Manchester (MAN)
clickair (XG)Barcelona (BCN)
Condor (DE)Frankfurt (FRA), Munich (MUC)Also intercontinental flights
easyJet (U2)London (LGW, LTN, STN), Berlin (SXF), Paris (ORL), Genoa (GVA) and numerous othersFly To Helsinki
FlyBe (BE)Belfast (BHD), Birmingham (BHX), Exeter (EXT), Southampton (SOU)
FlyGlobeSpan (Y2)Glasgow (GLA), Edinburgh (EDI)Also intercontinental flights
FlyNordic (LF)Stockholm (ARN)
Germanwings (4U)Cologne-Bonn (CGN), Stuttgart (STR), Berlin (SXF), Hamburg (HAM)
Iceland Express (HW)Reykjavik (KEF)
Jet2.com (LS)Leeds (LBA), Manchester (MAN)
Lauda Air (NG)Vienna (VIE)
Martinair (MP)Amsterdam (AMS)Intercontinental flights
Meridiana (IG)Catania (CTA), Florence (FLR), Verona (VRN)
MyAir (8I)Milan (Bergamo, BGY)
Monarch Airlines (ZB)London (LTN, LGW), Birmingham (BHX), Manchester (MAN)
Niki (HG)Salzburg (SZG), Vienna (VIE)
Norwegian Air Shuttle (DY)Oslo (OSL)
Ryanair (FR)Dublin (DUB), Kaunas (KUN), London (LTN, STN), Frankfurt-Hahn (HHN), Rome (CIA), Stockholm (NYO) and numerous othersFly to Tampere
SkyEurope (NE, 5P)Bratislava (BTS), Budapest (BUD), Krakow (KRK), Prague (PRG), Vienna (VIE)
Smart Wings (QS)Prague (PRG)
ThomsonFly (BY)Birmingham (BHX), Cardiff (CWF), London (LTN, LGW), Manchester (MAN), Newcastle (NCL)
transavia.com (HV)Amsterdam (AMS)
TUIfly (X3)Hannover (HAJ), Cologne-Bonn (CGN), Stuttgart (STR)
Volare (VE)Milan (MXP)
Vueling (VY)Barcelona (BCN), Madrid (MAD), Paris (CDG)
Wizz Air (W6)Budapest (BUD), Katowice (KTW), Vilnius (VNO) Warsaw (WAW), Gdansk (GDN)Fly To Turku
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