The Low Cost Airlines Guide to France

France is a major tourist and business destination and Paris has one of the busiest airports in the world.
Except for Transavia, a low fare airline owned by Air France / KLM, France doesn't boasts any low cost carriers.
But that doesn't mean France is expensive to reach, as several foreign low cost carriers offer cheap flights to France from almost every European country.

Oh yeah, if you're flying to Paris, don't forget to book your low cost door to door transfer with Paris Shuttle, from £10.

This page gives you information on low cost routes to France from Great Britain and other European countries.

BMI Baby operates several low cost routes to France, including the Island of Corsica,from the United Kingdom.

BMI Baby routes are:

Bordeaux to Manchester.
Grenoble to Birmingham, Cardiff, East Midlands and Manchester.
Lourdes to Manchester.
Nice to Birmingham and East Midlands.
Paris to East Midlands.
Toulouse to Manchester.

Corsica Island:
Bastia to East Midlands.

Click here to book your flight with bmibaby

EasyJet has bases in France so it operates a wide network of low cost routes to many European countries.
EasyJet also provides low cost domestic flights in France

EasyJet routes from France to the UK are:

Biarritz to Bristol and London Gatwick
Bordeaux to Bristol, London Luton and Liverpool
Grenoble to Birmingham, Bristol, London Gatwick and London Luton.
La Rochelle to Bristol and London Gatwick
Lyons to Endinburgh, London Gatwick and London Stansted.
Montpellier to London Gatwick and London Luton
Paris to Belfast, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, London Luton and Newcastle.
Toulouse to Bristol and London Gatwick

Corsica Island:
Ajaccio to London Gatwick
Bastia to Bristol, London Gatwick and Manchester.

EasyJet also links France to the following countries:

Croatia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Morocco
Poland
Portugal
Spain
Please refer to the appropriate low cost cost airline guide for routes between France and those countries.

Click here to visit EasyJet's website.

Flybe has a lot of regional low cost flights from Great Britain to France.

Avignon to Exeter and Southampton.
Bergerac to Birmingham, Edinburgh, Exeter, Leeds / Bradford, London Gatwick and Southampton.
Bordeaux to Southampton.
Brest (Brittany) to Birmingham, Exeter, Manchester and Southampton.
Chambéry to Birmingham, Exeter, Norwich and Southampton.
La Rochelle to Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester and Southampton.
Limoges to Newcastle and Southampton.
Nice to Exeter, Jersey and Southampton.
Paris to Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter, Glasgow, Jersey, Manchester and Southampton.
Perpignan to Southampton.
Rennes (Brittany) to Belfast, Edinburgh, Exeter, Manchester, Newcastle and Southampton.
Toulouse to Birmingham.

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Ryanair operates a base at Marseilles airport. This ultra-low cost airline has an incredible network of routes out of France, so check their website for the latest updates on routes and prices.

Low cost routes from Ryanair between France and the UK include:

Angouleme to London Stansted.
Bergerac to Bristol, East Midlands, Liverpool, London Luton and London Stansted.
Beziers to Bristol and London Luton
Biarritz to Birmingham and London Stansted.
Brest to London Stansted.
Carcasonne to Bristol, Bournemouth, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Liverpool and London Stansted.
Dinard to East Midlands and London Stansted
Grenoble to Birmingham, Ediburgh, Liverpool and London Stansted
La Rochelle to London Stansted.
Limoges to Birmingham, Bristol, Bournemouth, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London Luton and London Stansted.
Marseille to Birmingham, Bournemouth, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London Gatwick, London Stansted and Manchester.
Montpellier to Bristol, Leeds and London Stansted
Nantes to East Midlands, Leeds / Bradford and Liverpool.
Nîmes to Liverpool and London Luton
Pau to Bristol and London Stansted.
Paris (Beauvais) to Glasgow
Poitiers to Birmingham, Edinburgh and London Stansted.
Rodez to London Stansted.
Toulon to Bristol and London Stansted
Tours to London Stansted.

Ryanair also serves the following countries from France:

Belgium
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Morocco
Netherlands
Norway.
Portugal
Slovakia
Spain

Please refer to the low cost airline guide of the chosen country for information on more Ryanair routes to France

Click here to book a cheap Ryanair flight to France

ThomsonFly has flights fromthe UK to the French Island of Corsica.

ThomsonFly routes include:

Calvi to Manchester and London Gatwick.
Figari to London Gatwick and Manchester.

Click here to book your low cost flight to Corsica with ThomsonFly.

Air France is France's national airline.
It's definetly not a low cost airline, but Air France's special offers are absolutely value for money.

Air France operates worldwide network and connects the UK to the entire world via its hub at Paris CDG

Book here your flight with Air France

Believe it or not, British Airways' fares sometimes match the ones offered by Low Cost Carriers.
Don't forget to compare British Airways flights when flying into a major city in France.

Click here to book you flight with British Airways

Italian low cost airline Blu Express has one route from France:

Nice to Rome

Click here to book a flight with Blu Express.

Blue1 offers low fare flights from Finland.

Paris to Helsinki

Click here to visit Blue1 Website

Brussels Airlines connect several cities in France with Belgium:

Lyon to Brussels
Marseille to Brussels
Nice to Brussels
Strasbourg to Brussels
Toulouse to Brussels

Note that Brussels Airlines also flies from Brussels to Paris, but those flights are not cheap. They're mostly used as connecting flights to feed Brussels Airlines flights to Africa, Asia, and worldwide destinations.

Click here to visit Brussels Airlines website

GermanWings has offers the following low cost routes between Germany and France.

Marseille to Cologne / Bonn
Nice to Cologne / Bonn
Toulouse to Cologne / Bonn and Hamburg

Seasonal flights to Corsica Island:
Bastia to Berlin, Cologne / Bonn and Stuttgart.

Click here to book a flight with GermanWings.

Iceland Express is the cheapest way to get from France to Iceland.

Currently there is only one route:

Paris to Reykjavik

Note that Iceland Express also serves neighbouring Luxemburg, Switzerland and Germany, so airports close to the French border might be another option.

Click here to fly to Iceland with Iceland Express

Meridiana has low fare flights between Paris and Italy.
Routes to mainland Italy are:

Nice to Rome
Paris to Milan

Additionally, Meridiana aslo serves the following routes bertween France and the Italian Mediterranean Islands:

Sardinia:
Paris to Cagliari and Olbia.

Sicily:
Paris to Catania and Palermo

Click here to book a flight to Italy with Meridiana.

Norwegian Air Shuttle has direct low cost flights from 3 Scandinavian countries to France.

Norwegian Air Shuttle routes by acountry are:

Denmark:
Nice to Copenhagen
Paris to Aalborg and Copenhagen

Norway :
Bordeaux to Oslo
Nice to Bergen, Trondheim and Oslo
Paris to Bergen, Oslo and Stavenger.

Sweden :
Nice to Stockholm

Click here to book a flight with Norwegian

Smart Wings operates a low cost route from France to The Czech Republic:

Paris to Prague

Click here to book a flight to Prague with Smart Wings

Transavia is France's own low fare carrier. It's a low cost / charter hybrid airline owned by Air France / KLM.

Their main hub in France is Paris, although they serve other destinations.
Transavia routes from France are:

Denmark:
Grenoble to Copenhagen
Montpellier to Copenhagen
Nice to Copenhagen

Egypt:
Paris to Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh

Greece:
Paris to Heraklion (Kreata) and Rhodes

Iceland:
Paris to Reikjavik

The Netherlands:
Bergerac to Amsterdam
Motpellier to Amsterdam
Nice to Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Pau to Amsterdam
Toulon to Rotterdam

Morocco:
Paris to Agadir, Oujda and Marrakech

Poland:
Paris to Krakow

Portugal:
Paris to Porto and Funchal (Madeira Island)

Spain:
Paris to Sevilla

Including the Canary Islands:
Paris to Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Tenerife.

Sicily:
Paris to Palermo

Tunisia:
Paris to Djerba, Monastir and Tozeur

Transavia also has a seasonal low fare route to Corsica Island:
Ajaccio to Amsterdam

Click here to book a flight with Transavia

Vueling connects France with several cities in Spain and one in Italy.

Vueling routes are:

Italy:
Paris to Rome

Spain:
Nice to Barcelona
Paris to Alicante, Barcelona, Madrid, Malaga, Santiago de Compostela, Sevilla and Valencia.

Click here to book a flight with Vueling.

Windjet is Sicily's own low cost airline. It connects France with Sicily but also with mainland Italy.

Current Windjet routes are:

Lyon to Catania and Palermo
Nantes to Catania and Palermo
Paris to Catania, Forli and Palermo

Click here to book a low cost flight to Sicily with Windjet

Wizzair connects France with several cities in Central Europe on low cost flights.

Wizzair routes include:

Bulgaria:
Paris to Sofia

Czech Republic:
Paris to Prague

Hungary:
Paris to Budapest

Poland:
Paris to Gdansk, Katowice / Krakow and Warsaw
Stockholm to Gdansk, Katowice / Krakow, Warsaw and Wroclaw

Romania:
Granoble to Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca
Paris to Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca and Timisoara.

Click here to book your low cost flight with Wizzair