Airlines add extra flights to and from City of Derry Airport for Christmas

One-way flights departing the airport are costing from £12.24 and one-way flights to the airport are selling from £19.73.

City of Derry Airport (CoDA) says it is looking forward to connecting the North West safely this Christmas with its airline partners.

Loganair is providing services to and from Glasgow and London Stansted and Ryanair is delivering services to and from Edinburgh and Liverpool.

Both airlines have added additional services to accommodate passengers over the permitted travel period (December 22-28 December).

Throughout the permitted travel period, CoDA will have daily flights to London Stansted, sometimes twice and three times a day. It will operate three times a week to Edinburgh, four times a week to Liverpool, and twice during the travel window to Glasgow.

During the travel period, one-way flight prices departing CoDA are ranging from: £12.24 to Edinburgh, £82.19 to Glasgow, £13.84 to Liverpool and £60.19 to London Stansted.

One-way flight prices to CoDA are starting from: £19.73 from Edinburgh, £69.41 from Glasgow, £24.99 from Liverpool and £58.65 from London Stansted.

To assist passengers this Christmas, CoDA is offering 10% off car parking and Amelia Earhart Lounge access with the promotional code: MerryChristmasCoDA. It is also offering 20% off to all shoppers who quote ‘Merry Christmas CoDA’ at the airport shop.

Steve Frazer, Managing Director at City of Derry Airport, commented: “We are delighted to bring 2020 to a close by helping to connect the people of the North West this Christmas. We are thankful to our airline partners who have added additional services to their timetables and we very much look forward to bringing families together during this special time of year.

“For those who may be travelling for the first time this year, we can ensure you that your experience at City of Derry Airport will be both safe and festive. Our health and safety measures do remain a priority so passengers will feel safe and well protected when travelling through the airport.

“We are offering discount codes for our car parking, lounge, and shopping experiences as a gift to our passengers. For all you amazing NHS and care workers, your parking is on us. As well as Christmas decorations and Christmas music, there will be complimentary minces pies and selection boxes (starting on December 7), for kids, to help keep everyone’s spirits up.”

City of Derry Airport has a range of health and safety measures in place including: temperature scanning and checking as everyone enters; mask wearing is mandatory at the airport; there is a one-way system in place and throughout the airport everyone must socially distance; touchless hand-sanitiser stations are at several points within the airport; tThere are intensive cleaning regimes.

For more information on City of Derry Airport, visit: www.cityofderryairport.com

For more information on its health and safety measures, visit: www.cityofderryairport.com/2020/07/02/coda-prepare-for-take-off-with-new-health-safety-measures/