Cheap Flights to Paris Beauvais Airport (BVA)
Discount Tickets on Low-Cost Airlines Ryanair, Wizz, and Blue Air
Aug 5, 2008
Paris Beauvais Tillé Aéroport (BVA) with around two million annual passengers is after Charles de Gaulle and Orly the third airport in the Paris region. Paris Beauvais is currently used by ultra low-cost airlines Ryanair, Wizz Air, and Blue Air for cheap flights from mainly Ireland, Eastern Europe, and the Mediterranean. Travelers familiar with these budget airlines will not be surprised to learn that Paris Beauvais is the least convenient of Paris’ three airports for travelers heading to the center of the French capital.
- Flying to Paris Beauvais Tillé Airport is not the outright adventure it used to be – the huge tent used as arrival hall as recently as 2005 has since been replaced by a modern, permanent structure.
Cheap Flights to Paris Beauvais Airport (BVA) on Low-Cost Airline Ryanair (FR)
Irish budget carrier Ryanair is by far the largest airline flying to Paris Beauvais. Ryanair currently operates around three-quarters of all flights to this small airport. It was mainly Ryanair’s decision to fly to Beauvais Airport in 1997 that initiated the ballooning of passenger numbers from 64,000 in 1996 to over 2 million in 2007.
Ryanair currently offers cheap flights to Paris Beauvais Airport (BVA) from Alicante, Bournemouth, Dublin, Girona, Glasgow-Prestwick, Madrid, Marseille, Milan-Orio al Serio, Pisa, Porto, Rome-Ciampino, Reus, Shannon, Stockholm-Skavsta, Valencia, and Venice-Treviso.
- Like Paris Beauvais Aéroport, many of these destination airports are also not the main airport usually associated with the city name.
Cheap Flights to Paris Beauvais Airport (BVA) on Low-Cost Airline Wizz Air (W6)
East European budget airline Wizz Air flies four times per week from Paris Beauvais to Budapest, Katowice, and Warsaw.
Cheap Flights to Paris Beauvais Airport (BVA) on Low-Cost Airline Blue Air (JOR)
Romanian low-cost airline has a daily flight from Paris Beauvais to Bucharest-Baneasa.
Cheap Transatlantic Travel to Paris Beauvais Airport (BVA) via Ireland
Not surprisingly, there are no transatlantic or intercontinental flights to Paris Beauvais Airport. However, transatlantic travelers can sometimes get cheap tickets especially on Aer Lingus to Shannon and Dublin airports in Ireland and from there continue on low-cost carrier Ryanair to Paris Beauvais.
Such budget travelers should bear in mind that European low-cost airlines usually have severe luggage restrictions and very heavy charges for overweight cases. Furthermore, European budget airlines offer point-to-point services only with no refunds for missed connections due to late arrivals.
- Notable destinations not served by low-cost airlines flying from Paris Beauvais Airport (BVA) include London, Brussels, Amsterdam, French, Swiss, and German cities – on these routes high-speed trains offer too strong price and time competition.
Paris Beauvais Tillé Aéroport (BVA) is around 80 km (50 miles) to the northwest of the French capital. Transportation to Beauvais Airport from downtown Paris takes over an hour and although more cumbersome than traveling to Charles de Gaulle or Orly airports, it is worth bearing in mind that those two airports are not exactly in the heart of Paris either.
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