Air UK

This is an important website to help you get under the skin of the many ticket comparison websites. Perhaps this is the first one to start with!

Search for discount fares by destination, or browse the frequently updated specials page.

Visit the Web site with more than 20 years of low cost flight experience. Choose from more than six million charter and scheduled fares on offer from the UK's number one flight retailer

Buy flights online for 45 routes between 18 key European cities.

ebookers.com is one of Europe's largest online travel resources - flights, holidays, hotels, car hire and specialist travel products

ebookers specialises in discount air fares. Huge selection of 2 million discounted fares from over 120 airlines.

Expedia.co.uk was established in 1998 in the UK, and is now the leading online travel agent in the UK. Expedia globally, is the largest seller of travel online in the world.

Expedias award-winning Expert Searching and Pricing (ESP) technology delivers the most comprehensive flight options available online. ESP also allows customers to dynamically build complete trips that combine flights, Special Rate Hotels, ground transportation, and destination activities

Compare flights on this travel earch engine site. Kayak was started by founders of Orbitz, Travelocity and Expedia. It searches hundreds of travel sites from all over the world, provides the information and sends you directly to the source to make your purchase.

The original dot com travel agent! It is still fun. It now does last second! Don't be disappointed by a blank screen on some selections. You were late - its gone!

Major airlines at the good prices - one of the fastest online air fare booking systems.

Flight schedules, fleet specifications, and a route map.In-flight shopping details, plus reservation and discount information.

This is not a comparison site but it a useful yardstick for you as you do your ticket research. Thompson have a good range of low cost holiday flights from regional airports. However this site has all their holidays so you might end up not flying!