UK Airport Information Guide

Travel information about the UK's main airports including how to get there, airport hotels, car parks and lounges.

Cheap Air Travel

Ever since the Wright brothers proved to the world that powered air transport wasn't such a ridiculous theory after all, man has strived to go higher, faster and further. These days you can cheaper to that list too. Aviation has developed at a tremendous rate of knots since those early pioneering days of flight, helped along in no small way by two world wars. This ultimately led to the development of the jet engine and its refinement into the power source which now propels such engineering marvels as the Boeing 747 and Airbus A380.

Everyone today likes cheap. Whether it is cheap beer, cheap travel insurance or cheap flights, everyone seems to be cutting costs. Today's airline business model has been honed to perfection to provide flights and very low cost - even free. Ryanair and EasyJet are the main players in this area but an increasing number of regional airlines are now joining in offering very competitively pried fares. Flybe, Monarch and Jet2 are just three examples of low cost airlines. Where will it all end? We wait to see.

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Ryanair: Low Cost Airline based at Stansted Airport
EasyJet: Luton's cheap flight airline with their unmistakable orange livery
Flybe: Flybe believe that low fares do not mean low service! They say that in comparison to the budget competition, flybe continues to focus on customer service.
Monarch: As well as being one of the UK's major airline suppliers to the tour operating industry, Monarch also provides low cost scheduled flights from Manchester and London Luton airports. Leading engineering facilities offered by Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited, complete the Monarch operation
Jet2: Jet2.com has already flown over 2.5 million business and leisure passengers to 23 popular European city break, sun and snow destinations from Leeds Bradford, Manchester and/or Belfast International Airports

Fear of Flying

Air travel is becoming so much a routine mode of transport these days that a fear of flying is a phobia that can become quite restrictive. It is far from uncommon and can vary in severity from an anxiety in turbulence through to not being able to board an aircraft at all. Many airlines now offer Fear of Flying courses during which pilots and psychologists talk to attendees about the rationality of the phobia and culminates in a flight.

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Virgin Atlantic Flying without Fear