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All direct flights to Avignon from the UK & Ireland

Flight Summary

Flights to Avignon are available with Flybe, Jet2 and Air France CityJet, but the airport's relatively short runway length keeps away airlines which use bigger aircraft such as Ryanair and easyJet. It is almost as easy to reach Avignon by finding flights to Marseille instead, and then taking local transport from there. There has been a huge expansion in the availability of cheap flights to Marseille following the opening up of a new no-frills terminal there, which has attracted airlines like BmiBaby, as well as Ryanair and easyJet. Alternatively, Ryanair also offer flights to nearby Nimes. Meanwhile, Avignon's stunning TGV station, which deserves to be a destination in its own right, is also easily reachable by train from London, Paris Charles de Gaulle airport and Lyon Saint Exupery airport. Allow around 6 hours 40 minutes (with a change in Lille) for the train journey from London to Avignon, 3 hours 15 minutes from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Avignon and just under an hour from Lyon Saint Exupery to Avignon.

Destination Summary

Avignon is a beautiful walled city in the heart of Provence famed for it's annual arts festival, the Festival d'Avignon, which held during the last three weeks of July.

Quick Facts

Airport Code: AVN
Alternative Name: Caumont
Miles From London: 918

Your Comments (3)

Tom Friedland

22 January 2012 at 22:37 | #

A lovely airport to use - compact, but with enough flights to still be useful, not a sprawling mess like Marseille.

For once, a relly nicely designed terminal - simple pastel colours but nothing too fancy or over the top.

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Harald 22

23 January 2012 at 01:35 | #

I'm looking for flights to Avignon in June, but can't find much. Jet2 don't seem to do the route anymore, and Flybe have it as an option from Manchester, but nothing to book.

Am I best going down to Birmingham, where I can find flights, but only on a Saturday (midweek flights suit me much better) - or is there a better option?

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- James Avery
  
  23 January 2012 at 02:02 | #
  
  Harald - yes, I see that Jet2 haven't included this route in their Summer programme.
  
  Flybe also don't do Avignon flights from Manchester - but for some reason, they do operate direct flights to Avignon from Exeter and Southampton. Birmingham is a weekly service, but they also add Wednesday flights, but only in July and August.
  
  There are a few airports with flights to Marseille, but not near Manchester. I'd consider flying to Paris CDG instead, and taking the train down from there.
  
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