Showing posts with label 2011 holidays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2011 holidays. Show all posts

Lesvos - 2011 flight info


Update 23 February 2011

As ever, for UK birders there are two different routes and several different carriers to choose from for your flight out to Lesvos.



DIRECT CHARTER FLIGHTS
Fly direct from Gatwick or Manchester by charter flight with Thomson/First Choice.

Last year was a bit of a debacle with flight only deals hard to come by at a reasonable price. The first flight of the season (15 April) was cancelled (again), so I would strongly advise anyone wishing to travel to Lesvos before 21 April this year to use the Athens route (below).

As at 09 Feb 11 I've been Thomson have lowered there prices, e.g. c.£229 (+ add ons such as suitcase at £25 each) from Manchester departing 14 April. I've also been told that the 14 April outbound flight only has 9 seats left. I don't know about prices for other departure dates. If you do, then please let me know and we can share with others.

Book Thomsonfly flights online or via your local travel agent.


FLIGHTS VIA ATHENS

Aegean Airlines (tel. 0871 200 0040)

23/02/11 - Aegean have just rescheduled many of their routes, including London Heathrow to Athens and Athens to Mytilini. It is no longer possible to fly to Lesvos via Athens on the same day (other than going via Munich).

Check out Aegean flights here.


Olympic Air (tel. 0870 6060 460)

23/02/11 - Olympic have just rescheduled many of their routes, including London Heathrow to Athens and Athens to Mytilini. It is no longer possible to fly to Lesvos via Athens on the same day.

Check out Olympic flights here.


British Airways (tel. 0844 493 0787)

British Airways have a regular schedule of flights to/from Athens that will link up with your Aegean or Olympic flight to/from Mytilini.

Book BA flights here.



EasyJet offer flights to Athens from Gatwick and Manchester to connect with your onward flight to Mytilini with Aegean or Olympic.

Book EasyJet flights here.


European birders will have to contact your local travel operator for flight options.

Car hire
And don't forget to book your car hire! 15% off TSALIS vehicles when you mention Lesvos Birding - see here.

Lesvos Birding's 2011 group holiday dates

Come and enjoy the real Lesvos with Lesvos Birding's Steve Dudley, author of A Birdwatching Guide to Lesvos.

Group holidays (max. 7 participants)
For 2011 spring dates for guided bird and wildlife holidays see here.

Day trips and excursions (early mornings, half day and full day) - for more details see here.