Holidays by air

Flying to Europe
We offer you a choice of scheduled flights with British Airways. In addition to scheduled flights, we can also offer you charter flights, often from your local airport to the most convenient airport for your chosen holiday. We usually include a hire-car which you really need for most destinations in order to explore properly and as most of our hotels are situated in countrified areas. You can tour France in this way, perhaps collecting your car at one airport and returning it to another. French Expressions offers you as much flexibility as you need.
Flying to the Caribbean
We have worked with British Airways for many years and include their scheduled flights in our basic holiday prices. Virgin Atlantic is also offered on applicable routes and we also work with BMI and Air France.
Premium cabins
We offer you advantageous prices for flying in the premium cabins with all our airlines. With British Airways there is a choice of Club on all routes, FIRST on Barbados and World Traveller Plus is available on Barbados, St Lucia, Antigua, Grenada, Tobago, Grand Cayman, Providenciales, Nassau, Montego Bay and Kingston. Virgin Atlantic offer Upper Class and Premium Economy on all their routes to the Caribbean. The best possible supplement for these services can be provided by calling us or by looking at our website.
Flight availability
Space does become very tight on flights to the Caribbean for the peak season dates (particularly Christmas and New Year, February and Easter). If space is not available at the special fare given to us by the scheduled airline and upon which our holiday prices are based, it may be possible to secure you space on your chosen flight, but at a supplement. This will be quoted to you based on the best available price at the time of booking. However, more stringent payment terms may be required for these seats. Details are given at the time of booking.
Flying to the Indian Ocean & Africa
Expressions Holidays offers you advantageous prices when flying in the premium cabins with all our airlines. With British Airways, there is a choice of First, Club and World Traveller Plus on most routes. With Emirates you also have a choice of First and Business. Air Mauritius and Air Seychelles also offer business class.
With our computer access to the scheduled airlines we work with, we can advise you of availability immediately for the flights you want or suggest alternatives. Likewise, for the majority of hotels we work with we can give you an immediate response about availability.
Flight availability
Space can become very tight on flights for the peak season dates (particularly Christmas and New Year). If space is not available at the special fare given to us by the scheduled airline and upon which our holiday prices are based, it may be possible to secure you space on your chosen flight, but at a supplement. This will be quoted to you based on the best available price at the time of booking. However, more stringent payment terms may be required for these seats. Details are given at the time of booking.
Flying to New Zealand, Australia & the South Pacific
We are pleased to be able to offer you a range of world-class airlines that operate a network of routes from London to New Zealand, Australia and the South Pacific.
Those airlines include Air New Zealand, Qantas, Emirates, Virgin Atlantic, Air Tahiti Nui, Malaysia Airlines and Air Mauritius. Within our agreements with these airlines we can offer you a number of different levels of on-board comfort and service, from economy to first class, and a variety of routes around the world, enabling you to fly out and back with different airlines with stopovers in different continents.
With so many options of getting to New Zealand, Australia and the South Pacific and given the distance you are travelling, it is well-worth allowing extra time for one or more of the fascinating cities en route.
Air New Zealand flies via Los Angeles.
Emirates flies via Dubai to Singapore, Australia and New Zealand.
Virgin Atlantic flies via Hong Kong to Australia.
Qantas/British Airways flies via Singapore, Bangkok and Hong Kong to Australia.
Malaysian flies via Kuala Lumpur to Australia and New Zealand.
Cathay Pacific flies via Hong Kong to New Zealand.
We suggest strongly that you consult with us at the point of booking, so that we can help construct the best possible itinerary around the world for you, costing out options for flying business or first and taking into account any special offers that are available with our airlines.
Given the length of the journey you’re considering (about 26 hours from London to New Zealand via Los Angeles with Air New Zealand) it’s well worth upgrading to give yourself more space and comfort. All these options we can discuss with you when you book.

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