London to Paris -
bus is cheapest

AirFlights.TO survey
14 Sep 2007 flights
survey on 19 Aug 2007

The average cost of hopping on a flight from London to Paris has spiked to £291, making it worthwhile to hop onto National Express coaches & a ferry, for just £34 (even the Eurostar rail trip is looking attractively priced, at £155 ). From a flight point of view British Airways flights from London to Paris have gone up to £391, Air France flights to £375 and KLM flights are at at £343; only easyjet flights at at £53 look reasonable (just remember that they're starting to charge extra for luggage seperately).

Survey date	Flight date	Air France	British Airways	easyJet	KLM	National Express	Eurostar
19 Aug 2007	14 Sep 2007	£375	£391	£53 ¹	£343 ²	£34 *	£155 **
12 Aug 2007	7 Sep 2007	£78	£46	£53 ¹	£347 ²	£34 *	£155 **

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

¹ Easyjet are in the process of changing to a system of charging extra for 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.

* bus/ferry ** train

London to Paris - bus is cheapest

London to Paris -
bus is cheapest