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Cheap flights to Lorient would lead you to the main French seaport connecting Morbihan with the Atlantic. The city of the five ports, this seaport serves and has served every maritime purpose; from ship building, submarine building, fishing & water tourism to trade, commerce and transportation. Its culinary culture boasts the very best to offer among French cuisine. With TravelhouseUK, you can secure cheap flight tickets to Lorient for a seat on-board Air France. As Lann Bihoue Airport operates completely on the domestic flight network of the country, low cost Lorient flights will not be directly serving the destination.
No airline is offering non-stop Lorient flights from the United Kingdom at present. Connecting flights are mostly code-shared. The most preferred airline for connecting flights to Lorient is Air France. However, KLM, British Airways and Air Europa also operate indirect flights to Lorient.
British Airways and Air France run code-shared flights from three major destinations in the UK. These flights take the minimum time duration for their respective routes.
From London Heathrow: 6 hours and 30 minutes via Toulouse and Paris.
From London Gatwick: 8 hours and 25 minutes via Nice and Paris.
From Edinburgh: 7 hours and 5 minutes via London and Paris.
Code-shared flights between FlyBE and Air France complete their respective journeys in a minimum time frame.
From Manchester: 7 hours via Nantes and Paris.
From Birmingham: 8 hours and 15 minutes via Lyon and Paris.
Air France is by far the cheapest airline. Air France offers a return-ticket for Lorient for 295 GBP on average. Air France is offering flights from London Heathrow, Manchester, Birmingham and Edinburgh.
June, July, August, and September are the months most suitable for tourism in Lorient. The weather is mild with little to no rain. On average, the temperature remains around 16 °C. The famous Inter-Celtic Festival of Lorient also takes place in August. By statistics, this is definitely the peak-season. However, the best time to visit is a very subjective question. For instance, if it is snowfall that you are after, January would be the month for you.
Hotel prices and airfares drop during snowfall in Lorient, right after Christmas that is. January to March is characterized by chilly winds, wet climate and snowfall. Once the New Year festivities are over, tourism takes a back seat in Lorient. This is the ideal time for cheap travelling and even cheaper lodgings. This is the low-season.
The most preferred route for Lorient flights is from the London Heathrow Airport via Paris. Air France is the operating airline and Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris is the stopover.
The Lorient South Brittany Airport is the main airport serving commercial flights to and from Lorient. Being the only airport serving this region, it is conveniently located at a distance of 6.5 kilometres from centre city Lorient. The IATA code for this airport is LRT.
