Thomsonfly

[Tourangelle]

We used them for the first time this Christmas.  They fly from Coventry to Lyon and Marseille.  The flights to Lyon only started on the 16th December.  I wonder if they will continue this summer, but I suspect not, it may just be for the skiing.  That said, it was 245 euros for two of us, there and back which is not as cheap as all your Ryanairs and so on but if you want to go to the West Midlands area from the south east of France there isn't anything better available.  Coventry airport, however, is another story.  It is an old airfield, not an airport, and it is all corrugated iron huts.  Inside, they display the destinations at check in by hooking little boards above the desk and then taking them down when they have finished.  It is slightly rustic, but hey, it does the job, so who cares.  They try to sell you loads of stuff on the flight (who thinks 'I am on a flight and what I really want to buy is a scratchcard?'), but generally it is fine, and much cheaper than BA.

Jane