We’re a small UK-based editorial team writing about flights — the cheap ones, mostly. We track fares out of British airports, road-test the budget carriers honestly, and dig into European destinations that quietly punch above their weight. No affiliate noise, no inflated bargains, no listicles padded with sponsored slots. Just three things we keep coming back to:
Cheap Flights to the Balkans
Wizz from Luton, easyJet from Gatwick, Pegasus via Istanbul. Which UK airports actually fly to Tirana, Pristina and Skopje — and what they really cost.
Read the guide →Budget Airlines Honestly Compared
Ryanair, easyJet, Wizz, Jet2, Vueling and Pegasus side-by-side. Real luggage costs, on-time records, hidden gotchas. The airlines that actually save you money.
Compare airlines →10 City Breaks Under £150
Tirana, Sofia, Bucharest, Wroclaw, Porto, Naples, Krakow — the European city breaks that come in under £150 return, with realistic ballpark prices.
See the list →What we actually write about
UK air travel is a peculiar market. We sit on the edge of Europe with five major hub airports, six low-cost carriers, and Brexit-era visa quirks that change which destinations are easy and which need planning. We try to translate that into useful, honest writing.
- Real prices, not headline fares. Every quoted range includes the things airlines pretend aren’t part of the ticket — cabin bags, seat selection, payment fees.
- Routes from your actual airport. Manchester, Edinburgh, Birmingham and Bristol matter as much as Heathrow. We try not to be London-myopic.
- Destinations beyond the obvious. Tirana, Sofia, Wroclaw and Porto are quietly some of the best-value city breaks in Europe. We give them the same care as the famous ones.
- Honest carrier reviews. Ryanair’s policy quirks, Wizz Air’s hand-bag rules, easyJet’s silent baggage upcharges. We name them.
About us
Freedom Flights is independent. We’re not owned by an airline, a travel platform, or a price-comparison site. We don’t take payment to recommend specific carriers. The site is funded by occasional editorial partnerships — currently one Pristina-based agency that handles outbound packages for travellers in Albania and Kosovo. We disclose that openly on the About page.
If you’re new to budget airlines, start with our flight-finding playbook — the techniques that actually work and the ones that are just airline mythology.