Bristol Flights: Bargains and When to Book in 2026
Best time to book flights from Bristol Airport? Typical fares, the bargains we found and what booking early or late did, one airline at a time, in 2026.
Written By Rick Blyth
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Published on 12th November 2026
“In our trip search, Bristol Airport had more great-value city break destinations* than any other airport in the South West and Wales.”
*Great value: return flights under £150 per person. Europe Unlocked trip search, 12th November 2026. Against the other UK airports our trip search covers, all searched the same day.
86city break destinations*
28countries
38of them under £50 return
77of them in Europe
Here's what we found from Bristol Airport, in pictures: the bargains, when to book each airline, what return trips cost day by day, what flights to Europe cost, the cheapest months and how long the flights are. It's the Bristol part of our 2026 study of the best time to book flights to Europe.
The Short Answers for Bristol Airport ✈️
📅Book easyJet 1 to 14 weeks aheadThat's when its fares from Bristol were near their lowest.
🗓️Jet2 cost more months aheadJet2 fares from Bristol were lowest in the final days, and 6 months out they were typically 124% above that.
💷Jet2: typically £56One way, when its fares were lowest. 40% were under £50.
From the flights we tracked from Bristol, March to November 2026. One-way fares per person, each flight against its own fare at its airline’s lowest point. “Near their lowest” means within 3 percentage points of it.
Good News from Bristol Airport 🎉
What we found when we searched for city breaks from Bristol Airport: return trips, flights only.
City break in EuropeFuerteventura1 night in December, from £28 returnCheapest from any airport in the South West and WalesMore cheap city breaksSofia3 nights in December£30Bydgoszcz7 nights in November£30Gran Canaria6 nights in December£30Faro2 nights in December£31
Two cities, one tripBarcelona and Marrakech3 nights in December, from £43 returnCheapest from any airport in the South West and WalesMore multi-city tripsPalma de Mallorca and Málaga3 nights in December£45Turin and Barcelona2 nights in December£45Barcelona and Turin4 nights in December£46Alicante and Porto3 nights in December£47
City break in the UKBelfast1 night in December, from £30 return
Return trips, flights only, per person, from our trip search on 12th November 2026. Fares move, and you book each flight directly with the airline. Compared with the other UK airports our trip search covers, searched the same day: we only say "more" when an airport is well ahead, and "cheapest" when it's at least £5 lower.
When's the Best Time to Book Flights from Bristol Airport? 💡
easyJet: 1 to 14 weeks ahead. Jet2 fares were higher months ahead.
2026 fare studyEuropeUnlocked
Airlines flying many routes from Bristol AirportHow much more fares were than at each airline's lowest point, from 6 months out to the day.
Jet2lowest
easyJet+11%
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2026 fare studyEuropeUnlocked
Airlines flying many routes from Bristol AirportHow much more fares were than at each airline's lowest point, from 6 months out to the day.
Jet2lowest
easyJet+11%
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Each airline from Bristol Airport followed its own pattern. Each figure is how much more fares typically were than at that airline's lowest point, flight by flight.
easyJet: Fares were near their lowest 1 to 14 weeks out. In the final days they were typically 11% above that, though not a clear rise: it varied a lot from flight to flight. Six months ahead, typically 20% above that.
Jet2: Fares were lowest in the final days. Six months ahead, typically 124% above the final days.
A fall here is what these flights did, not a reason to wait: it varied from flight to flight.
2026 fare studyEuropeUnlocked
Airlines flying one route from Bristol AirportEach line is one airline on one route, against its own lowest point, so the figures are that route's.
Ryanair to Dublin+182%
KLM to Amsterdam+511%
Each line is 0% where its airline's fares were typically lowest, ringed. Each point is the typical (median) difference between each flight's fare then and its own fare at that low, among the flights we tracked with a fare at both: 100 or more each, and not the same flights at every point. One-way fares for one person, without bags.
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2026 fare studyEuropeUnlocked
Airlines flying one route from Bristol AirportEach line is one airline on one route, against its own lowest point, so the figures are that route's.
Ryanair to Dublin+182%
KLM to Amsterdam+511%
Each line is 0% where its airline's fares were typically lowest, ringed. Each point is the typical (median) difference between each flight's fare then and its own fare at that low, among the flights we tracked with a fare at both: 100 or more each, and not the same flights at every point. One-way fares for one person, without bags.
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Each line here is one airline on one route from Bristol Airport, so its figures are that route's. Each figure is how much more fares typically were than at that airline's lowest point, flight by flight.
KLM to Amsterdam: Fares were near their lowest 6 to 18 weeks out. In the final days they were typically 511% above that, more than six times each flight's own fare at the low. Six months ahead, typically 11% above that.
Ryanair to Dublin: Fares were near their lowest 2 to 8 weeks out. In the final days they were typically 182% above that, more than twice each flight's own fare at the low. Six months ahead, typically 50% above that.
What Return Trips from Bristol Airport Cost, Day by Day 📈
We priced 9,550 return trips from Bristol Airport every day for the 12 weeks before they left: a flight out and the same airline’s flight home 2 to 7 days later.
In each chart, the thick line is the typical (median) trip each day and the shaded band is where the middle half of trips sat. The thin line is one real trip that stayed close to the typical one.
2026 fare studyEuropeUnlocked
Ryanair: return trips from Bristol Airport, priced every day for 12 weeksThe typical (median) price each day across 7,306 return trips, the middle half of them shaded, and one real trip.
£6512 weeks out£49lowest, about 5 weeks out£135final days
A real trip: Palma de Mallorca and back, 3 nights, out 16th June 2026
Return trips per person, flights only, without bags, on the flights we tracked from Bristol, flights out March to November 2026.
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Ryanair: return trips from Bristol Airport, priced every day for 12 weeksThe typical (median) price each day across 7,306 return trips, the middle half of them shaded, and one real trip.
£6512 weeks out£49lowest, about 5 weeks out£135final days
A real trip: Palma de Mallorca and back, 3 nights, out 16th June 2026
Return trips per person, flights only, without bags, on the flights we tracked from Bristol, flights out March to November 2026.
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The typical Ryanair trip was £65 at 12 weeks out, lowest about 5 weeks out (£49), then £135 in the final days.
76% of its 7,306 trips cost more at the end than at 12 weeks out. The thin line is Palma de Mallorca and back, 3 nights, out 16th June 2026.
2026 fare studyEuropeUnlocked
easyJet: return trips from Bristol Airport, priced every day for 12 weeksThe typical (median) price each day across 2,072 return trips, the middle half of them shaded, and one real trip.
£15112 weeks out£143lowest, about 9 weeks out£210final days
A real trip: Palma de Mallorca and back, 5 nights, out 18th August 2026
Return trips per person, flights only, without bags, on the flights we tracked from Bristol, flights out March to November 2026.
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easyJet: return trips from Bristol Airport, priced every day for 12 weeksThe typical (median) price each day across 2,072 return trips, the middle half of them shaded, and one real trip.
£15112 weeks out£143lowest, about 9 weeks out£210final days
A real trip: Palma de Mallorca and back, 5 nights, out 18th August 2026
Return trips per person, flights only, without bags, on the flights we tracked from Bristol, flights out March to November 2026.
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The typical easyJet trip was £151 at 12 weeks out, lowest about 9 weeks out (£143), then £210 in the final days.
74% of its 2,072 trips cost more at the end than at 12 weeks out. The thin line is Palma de Mallorca and back, 5 nights, out 18th August 2026.
2026 fare studyEuropeUnlocked
Jet2: return trips from Bristol Airport, priced every day for 12 weeksThe typical (median) price each day across 172 return trips, the middle half of them shaded, and one real trip.
£20112 weeks out£98final days
A real trip: Palma de Mallorca and back, 2 nights, out 6th September 2026
Return trips per person, flights only, without bags, on the flights we tracked from Bristol, flights out March to November 2026.
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2026 fare studyEuropeUnlocked
Jet2: return trips from Bristol Airport, priced every day for 12 weeksThe typical (median) price each day across 172 return trips, the middle half of them shaded, and one real trip.
£20112 weeks out£98final days
A real trip: Palma de Mallorca and back, 2 nights, out 6th September 2026
Return trips per person, flights only, without bags, on the flights we tracked from Bristol, flights out March to November 2026.
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The typical Jet2 trip went the other way: £201 at 12 weeks out and £98 in the final days.
95% of its 172 trips cost less at the end. That's what these trips did, not a reason to wait: it varied from trip to trip. The thin line is Palma de Mallorca and back, 2 nights, out 6th September 2026.
The same trips are counted every day: on a day one wasn’t priced, we use its price as last seen. A ring marks the typical line’s lowest day. A real trip is the one whose daily price stayed closest to the typical line, always under £300 and not to Dublin unless that's the airline's only route, and it's shown only where it stayed within 15% of the typical price.
How Much Are Flights from Bristol Airport to Europe? 💷
Return flights from Bristol to Europe started at £28, and 35 of the 77 destinations in Europe we found (return trips under £150) were under £50 return.
2026 fare studyEuropeUnlocked
Return flights from Bristol to EuropeHow many of the 77 destinations in Europe (Ireland included) come in under each price, return. Each bar includes the cheaper ones.
Under £306 destinations
Under £5035 destinations
Under £10071 destinations
All of them77 destinations
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2026 fare studyEuropeUnlocked
Return flights from Bristol to EuropeHow many of the 77 destinations in Europe (Ireland included) come in under each price, return. Each bar includes the cheaper ones.
The lowest return price we found to each country, flights only, per person, from our trip search on 12th November 2026, for trips from November to April. Fares move, and you book each flight directly with the airline.
Which Month Is Cheapest to Fly from Bristol Airport? 📅
In the next 6 months, December is the cheapest month to fly from Bristol Airport in our trip search: across destinations, the typical cheapest return city break is £47, against £84 in April.
A typical city break from Bristol Airport, month by month, for the next 6 months
Nov 2026£51
Dec 2026✅Cheapest£47
Jan 2027£49
Feb 2027£57
Mar 2027£63
Apr 2027£84
The typical return price of a city break leaving in each month: for every destination, its cheapest return trip that month, flights only, per person, then the middle of those, so half the destinations cost less and half cost more (46 to 68 destinations a month). From our trip search on 12th November 2026, which looks about six months ahead; November counts trips leaving from the 13th.
How Long Are Flights from Bristol Airport? ⏱️
In our trip search (return trips under £150), 25 destinations from Bristol Airport are 2 hours or less by direct flight. The cheapest of them: Dublin, from £30 return.
2026 fare studyEuropeUnlocked
Destinations by flight time from Bristol AirportHow many of the 86 destinations we found are in each band of direct-flight time.
Up to 2 hours25 destinations
2 to 3 hours36 destinations
3 to 4 hours16 destinations
Over 4 hours9 destinations
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2026 fare studyEuropeUnlocked
Destinations by flight time from Bristol AirportHow many of the 86 destinations we found are in each band of direct-flight time.
Up to 2 hours25 destinations
2 to 3 hours36 destinations
3 to 4 hours16 destinations
Over 4 hours9 destinations
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See every destination:
The cheapest destination in each flight-time band, from Bristol Airport
Scheduled direct-flight times, one way. Prices: the lowest return price we found to each destination, flights only, per person, from our trip search on 12th November 2026.
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Bristol Airport Figures for Journalists 📋
“Bristol Airport has more great-value city break destinations than any other airport in the South West and Wales.”
Great value: return flights under £150 per person. Europe Unlocked trip search, 12th November 2026, against the other UK airports it covers, all searched the same day.
Trips you can quote
Fuerteventura: 1 night in December for £28 return.
Sofia: 3 nights in December for £30 return.
Bydgoszcz: 7 nights in November for £30 return.
Agadir, Morocco: 7 nights in December for £36 return.
Flights only, per person, from our trip search, 12th November 2026. Fares move, and you book each flight directly with the airline.
Fare figures you can quote
Ryanair fares from Bristol Airport more than doubled in the final days.Europe Unlocked 2026 fare study: 1,037 Ryanair flights, March to November 2026, each against its own fare at the airline's lowest point.
A typical Ryanair return from Bristol Airport: £49 at its lowest, £135 in the final days.Europe Unlocked 2026 fare study: 7,306 Ryanair return trips, each priced every day for 12 weeks, flights out March to November 2026.
76% of Ryanair return trips from Bristol Airport cost more in the final days than 12 weeks before.Europe Unlocked 2026 fare study: 7,306 Ryanair return trips, flights out March to November 2026.
KLM fares to Amsterdam from Bristol Airport more than quadrupled in the final days.Europe Unlocked 2026 fare study: 385 KLM flights, March to November 2026, each against its own fare at the airline's lowest point.
Please credit Europe Unlocked with a link to this page. Figures describe the flights we tracked, not every flight.
About the Bristol Airport Research 🔍
What we tracked: 5,538 flights from Bristol Airport, departing 1 March to 7 November 2026, and 3,153,489 price checks on them: one-way base fares for one adult, without bags, on a sample of the flights we track.
How we compared: each flight against its own fare at its airline's lowest point, the stretch of weeks when that airline's fares were typically lowest (Jet2 in the final days, easyJet 10 to 12 weeks and Ryanair to Dublin 6 to 8 weeks). Typically means the middle (median) of those changes, so each line on the charts starts from its airline's low. Each airline's window is where its fares stayed within 3 percentage points of that low.
Return trips: a flight out and the same airline's flight home 2 to 7 days later, their two fares added up for each of the 12 weeks before the flight out, from the flights we tracked; on a day one wasn't priced, its price as last seen. The typical line is the middle (median) of all of an airline's trips each day, the same trips every day, for airlines with 100 or more. The real trip is the one whose price stayed closest to it.
Our trip search: the good news, the destinations, the months and the flight times come from our trip search, which finds return trips whose flights totalled less than £150 per person, so every count of destinations is a count of those.
Airlines and airports: our fare tracking looks at one airline at a time and never compares airports. The good news and the comparison with other airports come from our trip search instead.
Questions People Ask About Flights from Bristol Airport 💬
When Is the Best Time to Book Flights from Bristol Airport?
It depends on the airline. In our 2026 fare tracking, easyJet fares from Bristol were near their lowest 1 to 14 weeks out, and for Ryanair to Dublin, 2 to 8 weeks out. That's where each flight's fare typically stayed within 3 percentage points of its own fare at its airline's lowest point.
How Much Are Flights from Bristol Airport to Europe?
It depends on where and when you go. The prices from our trip search, with the day we searched, are near the top of this page: return trips whose flights totalled less than £150 per person.
Do Flights from Bristol Airport Get More Expensive Closer to the Date?
It depends on the airline. In our 2026 fare tracking, Ryanair fares to Dublin from Bristol in the final days were typically more than twice each flight's own fare at its lowest point (up 182%), though individual flights varied. The charts above show each airline.
Can I Use These Figures?
Yes, with a credit to Europe Unlocked and a link to this page. Journalists can also get the press pack.
City break in EuropeFuerteventura1 night in December, from £28 returnCheapest from any airport in the South West and WalesMore cheap city breaksSofia3 nights in December£30Bydgoszcz7 nights in November£30Gran Canaria6 nights in December£30Faro2 nights in December£31
City break in IrelandDublin2 nights in December, from £30 return
City break in the UKBelfast1 night in December, from £30 return
