Route Atlas: where the UK is flying

UK travel guide

Popular routes, live prices

The atlas tracks the routes with the most searches from UK airports: Malaga, Alicante, Tenerife, Faro, Palma, Rome, Dubai, New York and Orlando among them. Each board shows current fares so you can see what a realistic price looks like before you commit.

Use it for inspiration rather than a fixed plan. If Barcelona is expensive this month and Valencia is not, the atlas makes the swap obvious.

The routes behind the boards

Each of these has its own page with the numbers for every month of the year.

• London Gatwick to Alicante: the fare in each month, and the window that books best.
• London Gatwick to Amsterdam: what a return costs month by month.
• Manchester to Alicante: the cheap weeks, and the ones to skip.
• Manchester to Amsterdam: monthly fare bands plus the transfer into town.
• Birmingham to Alicante: how the price moves across the year.
• Birmingham to Amsterdam: the fare in each month, and the window that books best.
• London Stansted to Alicante: what a return costs month by month.
• London Stansted to Amsterdam: the cheap weeks, and the ones to skip.
• Edinburgh to Alicante: monthly fare bands plus the transfer into town.
• Edinburgh to Amsterdam: how the price moves across the year.
• Bristol to Alicante: the fare in each month, and the window that books best.
• Bristol to Amsterdam: what a return costs month by month.
• Glasgow to Alicante: the cheap weeks, and the ones to skip.
• Glasgow to Antalya: monthly fare bands plus the transfer into town.
• London Heathrow to Amsterdam: how the price moves across the year.
• London Heathrow to Barcelona: the fare in each month, and the window that books best.
• London Luton to Alicante: what a return costs month by month.
• London Luton to Amsterdam: the cheap weeks, and the ones to skip.

When to book a popular route

For summer sun routes, the cheapest window is usually eight to twelve weeks before departure. Booking earlier locks in a price but rarely the lowest one; booking later risks paying peak rates.

Long-haul fares behave differently: they tend to bottom out three to five months ahead, and premium cabins are cheapest when the route first goes on sale.

Reading the boards

Prices shown are the lowest available fare in the next few weeks from any UK airport, so they are a benchmark rather than a quote. Click through to search exact dates and see the seats that are actually available.

Fares refresh constantly. If a route looks cheap today, it may not be tomorrow — the boards are a starting point, not a price promise.

Keep planning

• Compare flights from UK airports
• Check flight times and stops
• Find a hotel or apartment

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