Low cost carriers such as Easyjet, BMIbaby, Flybe and Ryanair mean that flying to Scotland's capital for the festival in August needn't be too expensive.
Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, is well served by budget airlines. So, while accommodation at the Edinburgh festival may prove rather costly, at least visitors can get a cheap flight to the city’s airport. Here are just some of the destinations that visitors can get low cost deals to Edinburgh from.
Easyjet flies to the Scottish capital on the routes from London Gatwick, London Luton, London Stansted, Bristol and Birmingham.
BMIbaby offers cheap flights to Edinburgh from Nottingham East Midlands and Birmingham.
BMI has good deals to Edinburgh from Leeds-Bradford Manchester airports.
Flybe operates flights from Southampton, Newquay and Exeter to Edinburgh airport.
Budget airline BMIbaby flies regularly and direct from Cardiff to Edinburgh.
Visitors looking for cheap flights from Belfast to Edinburgh should check out the Easyjet and Flybe websites.
Flybe and BMI offer regular air services from Jersey to Edinburgh.
Cheap Flights with Budget Airlines to Edinburgh, Scotland from Switzerland
BMI offer good value deals from Zurich, whilst low cost carriers Flyglobespan and Easyjet fly to Edinburgh from Geneva.
Ryanair and Aer Lingus fly direct to Edinburgh from Dublin, while Aer Arann is good for cheap flight deals from Cork and Galway. Ryanair also operates a service from Shannon airport.
Cheap Flights with Budget Airlines to Edinburgh, Scotland from Italy
Jet2.com has cheap flights from Milan and Pisa to Edinburgh. Easyjet also offers a service from Milan. Meanwhile, Flyglobespan and British Airways fly direct from Rome.
Cheap Flights with Budget Airlines to Edinburgh, Scotland from Poland
Centralwings flies cheaply to Edinburgh from Gdansk, Warsaw and Katowice.
Sterling offers low cost deals to Edinburgh from Stockholm.
Low cost carrier Easyjet has regular flights from Amsterdam to Edinburgh.
Cheap Flights with Budget Airlines to Edinburgh, Scotland from Germany
Try Easyjet from Dortmund or Munich, Germanwings from Cologne and British Airways from Hamburg.
Cheap Flights with Budget Airlines to Edinburgh, Scotland from Spain
Flyglobespan is the main operator to Edinburgh from Spain. The airline has routes from Palma, Murcia, Malaga, Barcelona, Alicante, Ibiza and Tenerife. Easyjet flies from Alicante, Palma and Madrid, while Clickair goes from Barcelona and Jet2.com operates a service from Murcia.