Cyprus options

Ardennes1944

Basically id like to know is there anyway of flying to cyprus without going through a travel agent? Id like to book it all myself if possible. Thank you

MOH

Paphos or Larnaca?
Can't get to either directly from Dublin, as far as I know, without going through a travel agent who will absolutely fleece you. Cheapest we were offered a couple of years ago was about €500 each flight only, ended up booking it ourselves for less than half that via the UK.

A few of the UK charter flights (Thomson and the like) go direct from Belfast during the summer months, you can book flight only direct with them, often quite reasonable.

Other than that, try looking at Manchester/Gatwick/Stansted and an Easyjet connection - matching the times up is the tricky bit. I looked recently and midweek found connecting flights for Stansted outbound/Gatwick on the return. In the past I've gone through Manchester both ways.

Both BA and Cyprus Airways also fly from London, they can occasionally be cheap but usually a fair bit dearer. I've found Cyprus Airways pretty poor in the past, I'd actually prefer Easyjet at this stage.

Another option might be Ryanair, they fly to both Paphos and Larnaca to a number of European cities, but again it's finding a connecting flight that's the problem.

I also got a dirt cheap flight back from Paphos once with Jetairfly to Brussels, and then Ryanair on to Dublin, but that involved getting from Brussels airport out to Charleroi, if I was doing it again I'd probably pay the extra to get Aer Lingus for the second leg.

Savman

€250ish return with Lufthansa, connecting in Frankfurt. So it can be done.

Bannerman7

Savman wrote: »

€250ish return with Lufthansa, connecting in Frankfurt. So it can be done.

Yeah but takes 15hrs+ outbound and inbound.:mad:

Bannerman7

Dub - Larnaca direct is available with First Choice.


Dep Dub on Sundays at 13:55

Arr Larnaca 21:00

Dep Larnaca 22:10
Arr Dub 01:40 ( nxt day )

Times local.

http://flights.firstchoice.co.uk/firstchoice/en-GB/booking/standardsearch

Ardennes1944

Thanks all. Will look at first choice and via england have any of you been there? Is it worth the effort? We would be going to the quiet half

Bannerman7

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

Thanks all. Will look at first choice and via england have any of you been there? Is it worth the effort? We would be going to the quiet half

Have been to Limassol 5 times as have friends there. Have looked at going in Sept so flights will prob be with FC.

Ardennes1944

560€ for one person return with FC!

Bannerman7

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

560€ for one person return with FC!

At that price you would need free accommodation when you get there.:D

Ardennes1944

exactly what i was thinking!

Savman

OP I don't think you are looking hard enough, a couple of minutes poking around the LH site got me this itinerary for €224

06:45Dublin 09:55Frankfurt
10:55Frankfurt 15:35Larnaca

03:25Larnaca 06:35Frankfurt
10:05Frankfurt 11:10Dublin

This is for May, I'm sure it'd probably be pricier in the Summer, nonetheless it's most definitely feasible and in well under '15hrs'.

Also have a look and see which airlines serve Larnaca and see if you can get anything from the airlines sites directly, much handier if you know the routing you are trying to find:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larnaca_International_Airport

rossie1977

ryanair now also fly to cyprus via charleroi and stansted