Any ideas on most direct and reasonable route to get to Dublin?

summertime


Joined: 09/06/2010
Posts: 252

Message Posted:
04/05/2011 08:55

Hoping for a bit of advice, my brother is getting married in Dublin in August and i need to get there, dont want too much chopping and changing as will have my little girl with me and she will be 10mths at the time and first flight. Any ideas or recommendations would be much appreciated.



Thanks.

kavenkoy


Joined: 10/04/2008
Posts: 1787

Message Posted:
04/05/2011 09:04

think peg to stansted anf then ryanair from there or other?



or if larnaca may be lca to gatwick/heathrow and similar

carian


Joined: 13/03/2009
Posts: 336

Message Posted:
04/05/2011 09:07

One of our neighbours comes from Dublin on Turkish Airlines.

kavenkoy


Joined: 10/04/2008
Posts: 1787

Message Posted:
04/05/2011 09:07

i just entered it on sky scanner for devilment (only put in lca to dublin)



http://www.skyscanner.net/flights/lca/dub/110810/110825/airfares-from-larnaca-to-dublin-in-august-2011.html?flt=1



try your best options



kav

kavenkoy


Joined: 10/04/2008
Posts: 1787

Message Posted:
04/05/2011 09:12

tried that option

http://www.skyscanner.net/flights/ecn/dub/110810/110816/airfares-from-ercan-to-dublin-in-august-2011.html?flt=1



twice as dear ,but again you have to do the work whats best for you



kav

Happy Hussar


Joined: 01/10/2008
Posts: 318

Message Posted:
04/05/2011 09:12

I have just got back after a weeks partying at a family reunion and flew with Turkish Airlines from Ercan to Istanbul, Istanbul to Dublin. It's a great airline but the four hour wait at Istanbul is a bind. I went a week after Easter but was still charged Easter rates and so the trip cost me 469 stg.

BTW I paid 8 euros at Istanbul Airport for a coffee!



My advice is book early for a better deal.

Bast of Irish luck to you.

Tony

Carndi


Joined: 12/06/2009
Posts: 613

Message Posted:
04/05/2011 09:12

Try cheapflights.co.uk/flights/larnaca/dublin/

Bob

paddywack


Joined: 04/05/2009
Posts: 959

Message Posted:
04/05/2011 10:59

We fly Turkish Airlines from Dublin all the time.

dublinderm


Joined: 26/09/2009
Posts: 538

Message Posted:
04/05/2011 11:19

Hi all,



Without a doubt Turkish Airlines via Istanbul is the BEST way of making this trip. If you book reasonably early the cost is about €412 per person. If you choose the day you travel carefully you can reduce the waiting time at IST down to less than 2 hours. You need to get the flight from Ercan at 0500 if you want to do the trip in one day, however a stay over in Istanbul is always worth it.



As an alternative, Aer Lingus now fly Dublin to Izmir. This requires an overnight in Izmir on the way to Cyprus, and the flight prices in August will probably be huge.



Good luck and enjoy your visit to my home town.



DD

Naas26


Joined: 23/04/2007
Posts: 128

Message Posted:
04/05/2011 11:43

IMO having done this trip many times via Larnaca is the best option. Look at flight duration to see how long your stopover is. Booking ASAP is important as we booked with luftansa for august and got €345 full service airline and the price now is twice that. There is a Monarch flight leaving Lca at 12.30 am to Luton with about a 3 hour stopover then to Dublin with Ryanair. I know this is an overnight flight but very smooth stopover might not suit a baby. A suggestion for a return flight could be Ryanair Dublin / Brussels / Lca with a quick stopover arriving back in Cyprus at 6.00pm only Tuesday and thursday flights only. Lca to Dub not a good option with Ryanair as overnight needed



Naas 26

summertime


Joined: 09/06/2010
Posts: 252

Message Posted:
04/05/2011 12:23

Thanks for all your ideas i will look into them all and see which works out the best for us.

blackfig


Joined: 03/09/2010
Posts: 35

Message Posted:
04/05/2011 12:30

I always fly from Ercan to Stansted then Stansted to Dublin booking all flights on the internet (and I pre-book my Bus Eireann coach ticket on the internet too). Ryan Air have some great deals booking that far in advance -my last booking with them cost just over £20. Stansted/Dublin/Stansted (cabin baggage only). I generally allow approx. 3 hours between my flight landing from Cyprus and my flight taking off from Stansted to Dublin just in case there are any delays at the Ercan/Istanbul end but touch wood, I have never experienced any delays and the three hours does go very quickly by the time I have a snack and a walk around the duty free.



I price up Turkish Airlines through to Dublin too whenever I am due to fly but have always found them to be much more expensive than Pegasus/Ryanair.



Good luck with your booking.