Flightline UK founded in 1996 and legally named Flightline Essex Ltd[i] originally started trading solely as a flight booking service, over the course of the last 15 or so years however they have greatly expanded their operations into holiday bookings, catering for near all types of holidaymaker.
What surprises many customers is that Flightline do not offer cruise holidays in any form, as is a common feature with most other travel operators, but rather they specialise in short city breaks and skiing holidays. Through this concentration on breaks of these types they are able to offer great deals to top ski resorts and destinations such as Banff[ii] in Canada, Chamonix in France, Aspen [iii]in the USA and a whole range of other locations both inside Europe and beyond. Further to the skiing breaks discussed previously, the company also offer short city breaks to almost every major destination, from breaks in New York and Dubai to a vast range of other European cities.
In addition to the holidays discussed above and the flight booking service offered, Flightline also provides a facility for customers to book additional items such as airport car parking, insurance, transfers and access to airport lounges all through their website, or through phoning their call centre on 0800 541541. Recently the company has also started to provide an affordable car hire service in many of their holiday destinations, many of the car hire packages also only require the driver age to be 21, as opposed to the minimum age of 25 required by many companies, perfect for younger travellers who want to experience the freedom of hiring a vehicle when on holiday.
Something to be wary of if you are considering insuring yourself with Flightline UK however is the fact that they do not provide insurance through their own company, they act as a third party for a major travel insurer, therefore meaning that you may be able to secure a better value travel insurance deal through going direct with a company such as insure2go.co.uk [iv]or any number of other independent operators.
[i] Trading name of Flightline Essex Ltd
ABTA Number: C0359 & W8319
Address:
Flightline House
32-38 Milton Road
WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA
Essex
SS0 7JE
Telephone: 0870 161 2220
Fax: 0870 060 0661
ATOL: 5458
