Planning to Fly Around the World on a Budget?

If you do your homework it is now possible to fly completely around the world on budget fares! No need to pack sandwiches either as most of the budget carriers provide meals and in-flight entertainment on their long-haul flights and seats are assigned at check-in.  If you plan carefully you should be able to find budget airline tickets for less than half the amount you’d normally pay.  Here are a few suggestions:

Try Zoom Airlines for a budget fare between London and New York. Starting daily from June 21st. They also fly to Bermuda and cities in Canada (www.flyzoom.com).

You can now fly from Heathrow to Toronto twice weekly on a budget flight with Air Transat.  Fares include meals, tea, coffee, etc. (www.airtransat.co.uk).

Low-cost Oasis Hong Kong Airline flies from Gatwick to Hong Kong for about £150 each way, inclusive of taxes.  They plan to add a further flight from Hong Kong to Oakland, California beginning in July. Future plans for Oasis include routes from Hong Kong to Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and Toronto (www.oasishongkong.com).

If you want to take in Australia it will take a bit more planning to do it on a budget but it’s possible.  Your could take the Oasis flight to Hong Kong and then use Jetstar (www.jetstar.com) to take in Singapore, Sydney and Hawaii. From Honolulu you could take ATA (www.ata.com) to San Francisco and then on to New York and back to London.  Other airlines to consider for travel Down Under include Richard Branson’s Virgin Blue (www.virginblue.com.au) and Skywest (www.skywest.com.au). Between Oz and NZ try Freedom Air (www.freedomair.co.nz); also Jetconnect and Jetstar. 

Air New Zealand (www.airnewzealand.co.uk) plans to start operating flights from Auckland to Vancouver from November this year which will provide a great link for those wishing to visit New Zealand and western Canada. Westjet flies from Toronto to New York (www.westjet.com).  Or you could take in Las Vegas before returning to New York with JetBlue (www.jetblue.com). 

Royal Bengal Airline plans to start flights from Stansted to Dhaka, Bangladesh, with future plans to add links from Manchester and Birmingham (www.royalbengalairline.com).

If you were hoping for a bargain air fare to Malaysia, AirAsia X has delayed its launch date until next year.  They’ve bought some of the new Airbus planes so watch out for budget flights as their future plans include routes between Kuala Lumpur and Stansted or Manchester. Watch for updates on their website (www.flyasianxpress.com).

Keep an eye out for Kingfisher Airlines for flights in India.  They’ve also purchased the new Superjumbo plane which should translate into cheaper flights (www.flykingfisher.com).

This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007 at 8:28 am and is filed under Airlines, Travel News .

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