karabrittan

Hi - just planning a reccie trip to Halifax and wondered if anyone can share ideas on where I can search for flights, am checking Air Canada. We are travelling from Manchester.

Thanks

rivingtonpike

canadian affair are the cheapest

nikki dreaming

Agree CA are cheapest, you will have to get to London Gatwick though, this year they go from May to Oct one flight a week on Thursdays direct to Halifax.

jimmydean

Hi you may have to drive to Gatwick or Heathrow if you want direct flights to Halifax....there are no direct flights from Manchester..... (that I know of)

we have flown twice from Heathrow to Halifax using AirCanada after driving from 'up north' and they were ok....would have loved to have found an option from Manchester but lots of people use Canadian Affair charter flights from Gatwick to Halifax....... you could fly manchester - toronto etc and then double back but it makes it a much longer journey.

Dante_P

I have used lastminute.com for both of my ticket purchases and have gotten really great deals. I'm not sure about Halifax, but these are just examples for your research if you like..

My first flight was Heathrow to Ottawa via Detroit for 11 days : £446.07

My second will be a direct flight from Heathrow to Ottawa for 15 days : £423.47

Howefamily

Or Air Transat also go from Gatwick. We flew Canadian Affair last June from Gatwick, was very reasonable, 2 adults and 2 children came to about £1500
Flight was operated by Thomas Cook, food was fine (typical airline but lots of stuff on the tray)
Seats are leather and the leg room is more than our Virgin Atlantic Florida flights. The flight attendants were great and considerate.

I would recommend them any day of the week!

Howefamily

Is it worth getting a cost from Gatwick on Canadian Affair and then checking out a night at a hotel here to make it less stressful? There are loads of hotels round the airport - Holiday Inn, Premier Lodge, Hilton etc or B&B's in Horley (town practically on the flight path), you could look them up, they would look after your car and drop you off at the airport.

Then you could compare to Air Canada. Just a thought.....
Also, discount codes do exist for Air Canada...
4Q7ABBB1 - try this one, I think it works for flights to end of June 11

big ron

Hi
The best prices to Canada are with Canadian Affair they have an offer on until31 jan. quote canada roundup in the promo.code and save 10% Hope this helps .Sometimes you can get a better price if you ring them. London,02076169933 Glasgow 01412237515 . Hope this helps.

karabrittan

Thanks all really helpful

nikki dreaming

Hi

I dont think Air Transat are going this year to Halifax On their website it just brings up the Thursday flight using Thomas Cook

Siouxie

Air Transat are flying to Halifax in April, after that it is Thos. Cook.

jimmydean

Depends when you are looking to go....just checked for 2 adults and 2 children

14 June back on 27 June Heathrow to Halifax - Air Canada £1588

16 June back on 30 June Gatwick to Halifax - Thomas Cook £1377

NovaBlues

Condor (dodgy name) will start flying into Halifax from May. Their flights are reasonable and they fly Heathrow but it might be worth looking into them.

http://www11.condor.com/tcf-eu/index.jsp

Souvy

Condor is far from dodgy. It's been around for many years. It was part of Lufthansa until the 2000s, when it became part of Thomas Cook.

NovaBlues

I know they aren't dodgy. They're actually fairly good and I've travelled with them a few times.

It's just that I have always thought that the name sounds like a South American freight airline but hey, if it's cheap flights in and out of Nova Scotia that's good enough for me, I don't mind travelling freight!