Texas is the only state where it's cheapest to fly to Luxembourg, one of the smallest countries in Europe. Frankfurt, Germany, is the cheapest European destination to fly to from West Virginia, according to Kayak. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options. Get the Insider App. Click here to learn more. A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation. Meredith Cash. There are direct flights to Lisbon from seven US cities on three airlines and connections through Europe on another dozen airlines, and we occasionally see 2-in-1 deals that allow you to add time in another Portuguese city or visit the stunning Azores islands.
Read our travel guide to Lisbon. In addition to serving as a major gateway to all domestic destinations in Italy including Sicily and Sardinia , expect cheap flights to Ibiza, Mallorca, and Malta along with Croatia, Israel, and the Greek islands on Ryanair and Vueling. Read our travel guide to Rome. The 12th-busiest airport in Europe, Dublin airport is the hub and headquarters of Aer Lingus national airline as well as a hub for Ryanair, the largest low-cost carrier in Ireland, which makes it easy and affordable to fly to destinations across the European continent.
There are direct flights from 16 US cities both large and small, on four airlines. Read our travel guide to Dublin. Charles de Gaulle is one of the biggest hub airports in Europe—literally. In all, Paris is served by 18 routes from the United States including major cities as well as smaller ones like Raleigh and Cincinnati.
You can get to just about anywhere in Europe on budget flights from Paris, including farther flung spots like Belgrade, Ljubljana, Bucharest, and Zagreb. Read our travel guide to Paris. From the US, there are direct flights from 10 cities on five airlines.
Madrid is a paradise for budget aviation. Amsterdam Schiphol Airport is particularly well-served by rail. Read our travel guide to Amsterdam. The European airport we've found the most deals to so far in , Barcelona is the second-busiest airport in Spain and the sixth-busiest in Europe—and its passenger volume has been increasing in recent years, not only as Barcelona becomes a more popular destination, but also thanks to the addition of services by a growing number of budget airlines due to low landing fees and taxes compared to other major European hubs.
Of course, the smaller the city, and the fewer flights and airlines operating from its airports, the fewer chances for deals. For this list, we only looked at cities with a population of more than 1 million people.
Countries in Eastern and Southern Europe dominate the list, along with a few smaller cities in Western Europe. While passengers can travel internationally to each of these airports with a connection or two, not all of them can be reached on a direct flight from the US and others might only have one or two options for direct flights.
The lack of direct flights typically translates to a lack of competition, and thus a lack of deals. There's hope! Most of these cities are located within an hour or two of a bigger airport that receives a lot more deals. We call this two-step booking process the Greek Islands trick , and it can save you hundreds of dollars.
Here are the European cities we send the least amount of deals for—and how you can still get there without overpaying for flights. Budapest is relatively cheap to fly into on the above airlines, but the biggest bonus is the price of the city itself.
This is one of the most underrated cities in all of Europe and as they maintain their own currency, it is significantly cheaper than neighbour capital cities. Related: Budapest Bucket List. Airline: Aegean Airlines; Olympic Air.
Related: Europe Bucketlist: 50 Places you must visit. Airline: Air Berlin. Nowhere near as cheap as the above alternatives, but still worth a look if you can snag a bargain. Airline: Air France. Although placed 12 on the list, Paris can at times be the cheapest point of entry into Europe, particularly for visitors from the USA and Australia. If coming from Australia, consider flying with Emirates as this is one of their cheaper points of entry into Europe, along with Moscow.
A great idea is to fly into one side of Europe and fly out of the other on two one-way tickets, saving both time and money on your European adventure. Related: 20 Places you must visit in Paris. Of all the airports in London, Heathrow is the busiest and with the most frequent flights from around the globe, but Gatwick is marginally the cheapest.
Airlines: British Airways, Virgin Atlantic.
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