Cheap flights to south of France

Nowadays there are a myriad of cheap flights on budget airlines between the UK and France – and new routes seem to open every year.

For example, Bergerac airport, almost unknown three or four years ago, now has direct connections with nine different UK airports. And still Angouleme airport has just opened, not far to the north!

It is difficult to keep track of which airlines fly to which destinations, and there is no single effective site for buying tickets from these discount airlines – hence you need to check them all!

I have done a bit of research into the airlines that offer cheap flights to the south of France and the following seems to be the current situation:

Angouleme (Poitou-Charentes and northern Dordogne):

London Stansted – Angouleme : Ryanair

Avignon (western Provence)

Edinburgh – Avignon : Jet2

Exeter – Avignon : Flybe

Leeds/Bradford – Avignon : Jet2

Southampton – Avignon : Flybe

Bergerac (western Dordogne)

Birmingham – Bergerac : Flybe

Bristol – Bergerac : Ryanair

Edinburgh – Bergerac : Flybe

East Midlands – Bergerac : Ryanair

Exeter – Bergerac : Flybe

Leeds/Bradford – Bergerac : Flybe

Liverpool – Bergerac : Ryanair

London Gatwick – Bergerac : Flybe

Southampton – Bergerac : Flybe

Beziers (Languedoc-Roussillon)

Bristol – Beziers : Ryanair

Luton – Beziers : Ryanair

London Stansted – Beziers : Ryanair

Biarritz (south-west Aquitaine)

Birmingham – Biarritz : Ryanair

Bristol – Biarritz : Easyjet

London Gatwick – Biarritz : Easyjet

London Stansted – Biarritz : Ryanair

Luton – Biarritz : Ryanair

Bordeaux (northern Aquitaine):

Birmingham – Bordeaux : BMIbaby

Bristol – Bordeaux : Easyjet

London Gatwick – Bordeaux : British Airways

Luton – Bordeaux : Easyjet

Manchester – Bordeaux : BMIbaby

Southampton – Bordeaux : Flybe

Carcassonne (Languedoc-Roussillon):

East Midlands – Carcassonne : Ryanair

Liverpool – Carcassonne : Ryanair

London Stansted – Carcassonne : Easyjet, Ryanair

Marseille (Provence):

Birmingham – Marseille : BMIbaby, Ryanair

Bournemouth – Marseille : Ryanair

Bristol – Marseille : Easyjet

Edinburgh – Marseille : Ryanair

Glasgow – Marseille : Ryanair

London Stansted – Marseille : Ryanair

London Gatwick – Marseille : Easyjet, British Airways

Manchester – Marseille : Ryanair

Prestwick – Marseille : Ryanair

Montpellier (Languedoc-Roussillon):

London Gatwick – Montpellier : Easyjet

London Stansted – Montpellier : Ryanair

Nice (Cote d’Azur):

Birmingham – Nice : BMIbaby

Bristol – Nice : Easyjet

East Midlands – Nice : BMIbaby

Edinburgh – Nice : Easyjet

Exeter – Nice : Flybe

Leeds/Bradford – Nice : Jet2

Liverpool – Nice : Easyjet

London City – Nice : Air France, British Airways

London Gatwick – Nice : Easyjet

London Heathrow – Nice : British Airways

London Stansted – Nice : Easyjet

Luton – Nice : Easyjet

Manchester – Nice : Jet2

Newcastle – Nice : Easyjet

Southampton – Nice : Flybe

Nimes (Provence – Languedoc-Roussillon borders):

East Midlands – Nimes : Ryanair

Liverpool – Nimes : Ryanair

Luton – Nimes : Ryanair

Pau (south-west France / Aquitaine):

Bristol – Pau : Ryanair

London Stansted – Pau : Ryanair

Perpignan (Languedoc-Roussillon):

Birmingham – Perpignan : Ryanair

London Stansted – Perpignan : Ryanair

Manchester – Perpignan : BMIbaby

Southampton – Perpignan : Flybe

Toulouse (Midi-Pyrenees):

Birmingham – Toulouse : Flybe

Bristol – Toulouse : Easyjet

Edinburgh – Toulouse : Jet2

London Gatwick – Toulouse : Easyjet, British Airways

For other destinations eg in the northern part of France please see cheap flights to France where flights to 30 different French airports are listed.

Note that because a destination is listed above doesn’t mean it has daily flights or off-season flights – some routes are available for a couple of days a week during the summer season only.