As an example for a cheap weekend away this month, a Ryanair flight from London Stansted to Belfast City costs just £18.00, although you will pay more if you choose to take hold baggage or purchase travel insurance. Flights booked for between 13^th March and the 30^th April up to 14 days in advance are exempt from paying airport tax.

Ryanair flights land at George Best Belfast City Airport, one of two international airports serving Northern Ireland’s capital city.  The airport is just over four miles away from the city centre on the A2. It is sited on the south shore of Belfast Lough.  There is a regular bus service which means that you can quickly be in the centre of town for the price of a return ticket, only £3.00.

The same weekend, a Ryanair flight from Glasgow costs £46.98, flying from Glasgow Prestwick departing 13.35hrs.

Ryanair also has regular flights from the East Midlands, Bristol and Liverpool to Belfast, and if you are flexible with your dates a low cost flight can easily be found to visit this great city.  The Grand Opera House on Great Victoria Street and the Waterfront area are places that you should visit whilst in Belfast.  But whatever you do don’t leave the city until you have experienced The Crown public house.  It stands directly opposite the most bombed hotel during the troubles and is a great place to taste your first pint of Guinness.

Another scheduled airline that flies into Belfast City from the UK is bmi.  For the same weekend, a return flight to Belfast from London Heathrow costs £106.96.  However, bmi does have more flights each day and they also have more UK airports in their route timetable.