I just saw this article that there is a new budget airline coming in 2024 called Fly Atlantic, based in Belfast. It would be nice if something like that would stick around, but I think the odds are against it.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/amp/fly-atlantic-low-cost-airline-belfast/index.html
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Huntsville, AL, USA
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Right now, you can get to Belfast out of Melbourne, FL airport starting 6/22/2023.on TUI Airlines.
TUI also flies to six other U.K. cities from there--including Gatwick. I don't know how inexpensive they are.
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That's fine if you live in Florida, but this would supposedly be going to many more markets in the US. I will definitely be checking it out. And it sounds like fares will be in the same ballpark as WOW Airlines or Play.
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Huntsville, AL, USA
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Look for Summer, 2023 to be very busy wiith all the pent up demand for travel after being coop'd up for a couple of years with the pandemic. High demand means high prices in most cases. I'm seeing $1500 airfares to be the norm in Economy Class.
We seldom travel internationally unless my wife can find a flight at 50% or less than the normal airfares. And she's usually successful.
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Duluth 🛶
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David, it pays to travel off season. Delta tickets for my trip to Scotland in 2023 cost me $900 RT (main cabin) but the trip is in May. Those same tickets in June are around $1600 to $1700.