London to Paris expensive

AirFlights.TO survey
28 Sep 2007 flights
survey on 2 Sep 2007

National Express coach UK Catching a National Express coach is the cheapest way of getting from London to Paris (they keep their prices pretty constant over time at £34). Average flight prices have gone up over the last week, almost to the record level of flights on the 28th July ). Now, is not a cost-effective time to fly from London to Paris.

If you take the National Express coach, it will take you 12hrs (including a 100 minute wait for a ferry at Dover for a ferry port).

Survey date	Flight date	Air France	British Airways	easyJet	KLM	National Express	Eurostar
2 Sep 2007	28 Sep 2007	£374	£90	£74 ¹	£346 ²	£34 *	£155 **
12 Aug 2007	7 Sep 2007	£78	£46	£53 ¹	£347 ²	£34 *	£155 **

[Survey of coaches, trains and flights from London to Paris,
leaving between 1700 and 2000 (London time).]

¹ easyjet charge extra for checked-in luggage. KLM (economy class) allow 2 pieces of checked luggage weighing up to 23kg in total. British Airways (World Traveller and Euro Traveller) allow 1 piece of luggage weighing up to 23kg. Air France (Temp class) allows 2 pieces of checked luggage weighing up to 23kg in total. All airlines charge extra for non-standard sized baggage.

² Only business class tickets were available.

* coach/ferry ** train