Budget Airlines to Where? March 10, 2008

RyanAir and EasyJet come to mind when I think of European budget airlines, and if I were recommending American budget airlines to people, I would suggest Southwest (although not as budgety as RyanAir). But I’ve decided that this week I am going to look into other budget airlines to get me to places that those three don’t go, for example St Petersburg.

One idea I had last week was to fly to Athens in order to get to Cairo (EgyptAir) and see both at once in a nice, long trip. I was thinking, aside from lodging and vacation-days-required, that it might be cheaper to make the stop than to fly direct to Cairo from home. Flights to Athens from home, though, are quite pricey, and EgyptAir, a national airline, isn’t as “budget” as I’d like, even on the short ATH-CAI flight. So that’s the kind of thing I’ll be looking into (for my own personal gain!) — what other cities could I visit on the way (assuming I wanted to visit them in the first place) in order to get the best bang-for-the-buck on a trip to, say, Cairo or St Pete?