Direct flights from the UK to Rhodes have normally been charter flights with the main days of flying Wednesday and Saturday with Wednesday offering more departures from UK airports than Saturday. Now that XL has ceased operating and First Choice and MyTravel have been merged into Thomson / Thomas Cook respectively, the bulk of the flights to Rhodes are operated and sold by Thomson and Thomas Cook who have flights from all over the UK. There are also flights from Jet2 (Leeds Bradford, Manchester and Newcastle) and more recently easyJet has started offering low cost flights to Rhodes – but only from Gatwick so far. To search all airlines flights to Rhodes use this helpful gadget below. You can change the departure airport if you want or just click “show flights” to see all options, then you can narrow your search by date or see a graph by month.
Cheapest flights to Rhodes tend to be from Gatwick thanks to a choice of 3 airlines on the route. There is also “healthy competition” on flights to Rhodes from Birmingham, Cardiff, East Midlands, Glasgow Leeds Bradford and Manchester which helps to keep the air fare prices cheaper. Like most of the Greek islands, holiday flights to Rhodes tend to operate from May to October inclusive. Rhodes flights for 2011 are now on sale.
Quick Facts on Flights to Rhodes Greece
Flight time to Rhodes – Approximately four hours from UK airports.
Rhodes Airport Code – RHO.
Rhodes Airport Name – “Diagoras”
From which UK airports can you fly to Rhodes ?
Birmingham
Bournemouth
Bristol
Cardiff
Doncaster Sheffield
East Midlands
Edinburgh
Exeter
Gatwick
Glasgow
Leeds Bradford
Luton
Manchester
Newcastle
Stansted