New Cheap Short-Trip Flights to Izmir

British owners of homes in Altinkum have found their choices on when to visit and for how long restricted by the flights available. During the summer we largely have to rely on the charter airlines and their 7, 14 and 21 day holiday flights, and during the winter on expensive BA and Lufthansa flights via Germany or Istanbul.

But now two new German players have entered the game - GermanWings and Sun Express. Both fly from the UK and Ireland via Germany but undercut BA / Lufthansa prices considerably, and fly on several days of the week, allowing the canny flyer to potentially spend a long weekend in Altinkum for under £150!

At the moment, GermanWings flies from Dublin, Edinburgh, Birmingham and London Stansted to Cologne/Bonn and Stuttgart, and from Cologne/Bonn and Stuttgart to Izmir during the summer months.

Sun Express offers a winter service to Izmir from Cologne/Bonn, Berlin Schoenfeld, Stuttgart, Frankfurt-Main, Hanover, Zurich and Munich, enabling passengers to connect from all over the UK and Ireland on Easyjet and Ryanair.

Congratulations to both these operators for recognising the demand for greater flexibility and cheaper prices and for making the effort to meet this demand. And many thanks to Barry D and Graham B for their great recommendations.