Tips On Flying To or From Almeria

We are having another guest week here on Almerimar Life. This time we have lined up Linda Craik to provide some great content:

Because a number of airlines have cancelled routes as part of a general cost cutting exercise, you can now get scheduled and charter flights from six different UK Airports. If you want to fly from the London area easyJet and flythomascook.charter operate flights from Gatwick and Ryanair flys from Stansted.

Monarch and flythomascook.charter operate flights from Birmingham and Manchester International Airports. You can fly from Leeds Bradford with Jet2.com and Nottingham East Midlands with bmiBaby.

Almeria Airport handles a large number of direct and indirect internal flights on a daily basis. The main Spanish airports with direct flights to Almeria are Barcelona Airport and Melilla Airport via Spain’s international carrier Iberia, and Palma de Mallorca airport with Air Berlin.

As you know, things have changed dramatically in the airline industry over the past few years with rising fuel costs. As part of their cost cuts they have changed the way they price their tickets and it is no longer a good idea to try and book last minute seats as nine times out of ten this is by far the most expensive option. Try and book as far in advance as you can to secure the most competitive rates.

With online booking now so easy it is also worth getting costs for flying out with one airline and back with another. Also try and keep your dates and times as flexible as possible (I know this is not easy) as flying early or late in the day on a mid week flight will be much cheaper than a mid day flight on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday.

If you can avoid taking your holidays during the most popular times (Easter, July, August and Christmas and New Year) when the schools have broken up, again you will find the ticket prices are a lot cheaper off season.

The writer of this article is Linda Craik who has lived in Spain for a number of years. She works for Plus Four SL who specialise in writing airport guides including the Spanish Airport Guide which includes information on Almeria Airport