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low cost budget airlines operating into the north west England have
enjoyed explosive growth over the last couple of years.
The main operators are dominated by easyJet, Flybe and Ryanair who
have hubs in Liverpool and BMI Baby and Jet2.com who have hubs at
Manchester.
Liverpool Airport acts like a low cost airport for Manchester, both
airports have almost identical catchment areas. Manchester has better
public transport access and unlike Liverpool has an ever growing programme
of trans continental flights. Liverpool normally has cheaper flights
than Manchester for identical European destinations.
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Ryanair
An Irish airline with a hub at Liverpool.
Ryanair have a reputation for offering the lowest fares of
all the budget airlines. Ryanair are infamous for operating into secondary
airports of cities in order to cut costs.
Full details of Ryanair operations into Liverpool are on our Ryanair
page |
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easyJet
The largest carrier with Ryanair is easyJet,
The airline has a base at Liverpool airport. Its European destinations
largely mirror that of Jet2.com operating from Manchester.
Full details of easyJet operations are on our easyJet
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Flybe
A curious mixture of low cost and traditional scheduled
airline flying a programme of UK domestic flights from both Liverpool
and Manchester Airports.
Full details are on our Flybe
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Jet2.com
A low-cost budget airline with a hub at Manchester
Airport flying to the Spanish resorts and most popular European cities.
Full details on our
Jet2.com page |
Thomsonfly
Thomsonfly are the budget airline of Thomson who are
in turn owned by the German TUI travel group. Thomsonfly operate services
to popular Spanish beach resorts from Manchester.
Full details are on our Thomsonfly
page |
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BMI
Baby
BMI Baby are the low cost budget airline offshoot of BMI British Midland.
BMI baby operate many routes to the cities and sun of Europe from
Manchester.
Full details of BMI Baby operations are on our
BMI Baby page. |
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