Paris, Ile de France -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/21/2010 -- In the last ten years low cost airline companies have completely turned our travel habits inside out. liligo.com has integrated these 70 companies into their flight search engine. Today, however, not all travellers are equal when faced with a "low cost" offer.

Stacking up low cost airlines

TOP 15 low cost airline companies (Number of routes available)

1-Ryanair 3087
2-Easyjet 1659
3-Air Berlin 1512
4-Vueling 699
5-Flybe 660
6-Wizz Air 530
7-Air Baltic 411
8-Meridiana 395
9-Germanwings 365
10-Pegasus Airlines 311
11-Condor 242
12-Jetairfly 201
13-Air Asia 171
14-FlyNiki 166
15-Transavia 165

TOP 10 airlines departing from the UK (Number of clicks)
1-Easyjet
2-Ryanair
3-Flybe
4-Wizz Air
5-Thomson Airways
6-Bmibaby
7-Aurigny.com
8-Norwegian Air
9-Jet2
10-Germanwings

Stacking up countries: Italy leads in low cost service

TOP 5 countries serving the most cities with low cost flights
1-Italy
2-Spain
3-Germany
4-France
5-United Kingdom

Italy is at the head of the pack with more than 2300 routes available. That's 50% more destination cities than the UK.

UK cities do not offer equal low cost service

TOP 10 UK cities (Number of cities accessible by low cost airlines)

1-London 648
2-Manchester 152
3-Birmingham 108
4-Bristol 73
5-Liverpool 65
6-Glasgow 61
7-Leeds 56
8-Edinburgh 54
9-Belfast 52
10-Nottingham 40

The most accessible European cities with low cost airlines

TOP 15 cities (Number of routes to the city)
1-London 452
2-Paris 421
3-Barcelona 316
4-Rome 298
5-Milan 252
6-Madrid 238
7-Berlin 195
8-Palma de Majorque 174
9-Brussels 171
10-Malaga 155
11-Bucharest 142
12-Amsterdam 130
13-Alicante 114
14-Vienna 112
15-Ibiza 110

Low cost flight prices

Route Minimum price (€)1 Average price (€) Airline company
London Paris
48 106 Easyjet
London Edinburgh
45 86 Easyjet
London Amsterdam
51 100 Easyjet
London Dublin
12 59 Ryanair
London Madrid
28 142 Ryanair
London Budapest
48 91 Wizz Air
Manchester Pisa 45 86 Ryanair
Manchester Geneva 55 70 Easyjet
Glasgow Belfast 54 68 Ryanair
Glasgow London 12 45 Ryanair

1 Flight prices (round trip) found on liligo.com from July-October in 2010

About liligo.com
liligo.com is the first travel search engine to integrate more than 250 sites and allows travellers to access travel solutions easily from all corners of the web, sorted and presented in a cohesive and objective manner. Available in 10 domains, liligo.com is a product of Findworks Technologies, an enterprise of 40 people.

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liligo.com, the travel search engine, has uncovered the best weekend travel deals of the season for visiting the most beautiful Christmas Markets in Europe. Family, friends and loved ones won’t be able to resist a quick holiday getaway at these prices!

Paris, Ile de France -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/22/2010 -- From mid-November until late December, European cities and villages alike with Christmas markets, open their doors to delight travellers from around the world.

The market booths filled with toys inspire the young and the smells of traditional foods cooking over open fires tempt the taste buds of the old. For many travellers, these Christmas markets are the perfect reason to search for travel deals to Europe.

Many of these markets can be reached by combining cheap flights from both low cost and regular airlines companies with cheap hotels. Cheap weekend getaways are sure to take the stress off of Christmas shopping, so enjoy!

Budapest, Hungary
Flight London Budapest from 10/12 until 12/12
92£ per person with Wizz Air
Hotel Budapest 2*
From 13£/night/room

Prague, Czech Republic
Flight London Prague from 17/12 until 19/12
126£ per person with Wizz Air
Hotel Prague 3*
From 14£/night/room

Berlin, Germany
Flight London Berlin from 09/12 until 13/12
85£ per person with Easyjet
Hotel Berlin 3*
From 19£/night/room

Brussels, Belgium
Flight London Brussels from 09/12 until 13/12
114£ per person with Brussels Air
Hotel Brussels 3*
From 40£/night/room

Copenhagen, Denmark
Flight London Copenhagen from 16/12 until 20/12
74£ per person with Bmi
Hotel Copenhagen 2*
From 35£/night/room

Vienna, Austria
Flight London Vienna from 10/12 until 12/12
60£ per person with Ryanair
Hotel Vienna 3*
From 22£/night/room

All deals found on http://www.liligo.co.uk on Nov, 11th 2010. No guarantee on prices.

About liligo.com
liligo.com is the first travel search engine to integrate more than 250 sites of which 70 are low cost in each search. liligo.com allows travellers to access travel solutions easily from all corners of the web, sorted and presented in a cohesive and objective manner. Comprehensive, exhaustive, innovative, objective, liligo.com is dedicated to help the user find their holidays and trips simply, the most effectively as possible. Available in 10 domains, liligo.com is a product of Findworks Technologies, an enterprise of 40 people.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm