Budget Airlines in Scotland

The difference between Budget/No Frills airlines and “conventional” airlines is not as clear as it was prior to 9/11. The majority of all airline prices have decreased in real terms and several of the conventional airlines have tried to compete with their newer “budget” colleagues, some with more success than others. However, in general terms, when referring to Budget/No Frills airlines you are talking about, in Scottish flight terms, the following:

easyJet – no definitive “base” in Scotland but has flights from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Aberdeen

Zoom – with trans-Atlantic flights from Glasgow

Ryanair – from its base at Prestwick Airport, and also from Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Inverness. It has flights to many destinations within the UK and in Europe.

FlyBE – flights into and out of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness.

bmi baby – flights into and out of Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Germanwings – flights into and out of Edinburgh from Cologne.

Aer Arann – flights into and out of Edinburgh and Prestwick to Cork and Donegal respectively.

FlyGlobescan – flights into and out of Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow to several European and Trans Atlantic destinations.

Flywhoosh – flights into and out of Dundee to Belfast City and Birmingham.

Wizz Air – flights into and out of Glasgow Prestwick to Gdansk, Warsaw and Katowice.

jet2.com – flights from Edinburgh to Avignon, Chambery, La Rochelle, Murcia, Pisa, Prague and Toulouse.

British Jet – flights from Glasgow to Malta.

City Star Airlines – flights from Aberdeen to Kristiansund Oslo, Stavanger and Alesund.