Do you have an insatiable desire to travel the world? With an unceasing need to give in to your wanderlust, it can be difficult to find the time to jet off and see a new city, especially when you try to factor in your annual leave days.
But, speaking as one of those travel addicts, there’s a way to tick off the destinations closest to you in a weekend. Don’t believe me? In this article, I’ve found many cities in Europe (I’m just assuming that any flight over 5 hours is not feasible on a Friday night) where you can catch a flight on a Friday evening after your 9-5 and return on Sunday (No surprise that London is the most accessible city from every corner of Ireland).
So basically, you’ll arrive into work on Monday with tales of adventure and no holiday days spent. Sounds good right? What are you waiting for? Unleash your inner adventurer with these perfect weekend holidays that won’t affect your working week!
London
Airlines: Aer Lingus, British Airways, CityJet, flybe and Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: From 18.55 to 21.55
Sunday Flights: From 6.30 to 22.05
Manchester
Airlines: Aer Lingus, British Airways, Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 19.00 and 20.30
Sunday Flights: From 8.00 to 22.00
Liverpool
Airlines: Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 17.50 and 20.55
Sunday Flights: From 8.30 to 21.10
Bristol
Airlines: Aer Lingus, British Airways and Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 17.30 and 19.40
Sunday Flights: From 8.10 to 21.10
Southhampton
Airlines: Aer Lingus and flybe
Friday Evening Flights: 20.50
Sunday Flights: From 10.35 to 18.45
Birmingham
Airlines: Aer Lingus, British Airways and Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 19.10, 20.35 and 21.55
Sunday Flights: From 8.10 to 20.45
Leeds
Airlines: Aer Lingus, British Airways and Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 16.05 and 19.15
Sunday Flights: From 6.25 to 20.55
Newcastle
Airlines: Aer Lingus, British Airways and Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 20.55
Sunday Flights: 9.10, 12.50 and 22.45
Nottingham
Airlines: Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 19.40
Sunday Flights: 6.30 and 21.10
Edinburgh
Airlines: Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 19.35
Sunday Flights: From 8.00 to 21.40
Glasgow
Airlines: Aer Lingus, British Airways and Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 18.30 and 20.30
Sunday Flights: From 08.20 to 21.55
Hamburg
Airlines: Aer Lingus, British Airways and Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 17.20
Sunday Flights: 10.30, 15.50 and 21.00
Berlin
Airlines: Aer Lingus, British Airways and Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 17.55
Sunday Flights: 10.45, 18.10 and 22.05
Munich
Airlines: Aer Lingus, British Airways, Lufthansa and Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 16.55 and 17.30
Sunday Flights: From 8.20 to 21.10
Frankfurt
Airlines: Aer Lingus, British Airways and Luftansa
Friday Evening Flights: 17.00 and 17.55
Sunday Flights: From 7.20 to 21.40
Madrid
Airlines: Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia, Iberia Express and Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 17.25 and 19.15
Sunday Flights: From 10.35 to 21.30
Murcia
Airlines: Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 17.40
Sunday Flights: 22.00
Barcelona
Airlines: Aer Lings, British Airways, Iberia, Ryanair and Vueling
Friday Evening Flights: 17.10, 18.45 and 19.00
Sunday Flights: From 10.25 to 23.00
Alicante
Airlines: Aer Lingus
Friday Evening Flights: 18.55
Sunday Flights: 23.30
Malaga
Airlines: Aer Lingus and Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 17.55
Sunday Flights: From 7.30 to 21.00
Palma
Airlines: Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 18.35
Sunday Flights: 6.25
Amsterdam
Airlines: Aer Lingus, British Airways, KLM and Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 17.20, 18.10, 19.00 and 20.45
Sunday Flights: From 7.40 to 22.05
Brussels
Airlines: Aer Lingus, British Airways and Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 18.05, 18.20 and 19.25
Sunday Flights: From 10.10 to 21.45
Wroclaw
Airlines: Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 18.00
Sunday Flights: 21.25
Oslo
Airlines: Norwegian and SAS Air
Friday Evening Flights: 20.25
Sunday Flights: 7.45 and 10.00
Stockholm
Airlines: SAS Airline
Friday Evening Flights: 17.50
Sunday Flights: 7.50 and 18.10
Milan
Airlines: Aer Lingus, British Airways and Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 18.00 and 18.20
Sunday Flights: From 10.15 to 22.30
Paris
Airlines: Aer Lingus, Air France, British Airways, Ryanair and Transvia
Friday Evening Flights: 18.35, 19.25 and 19.50
Sunday Flights: From 9.35 to 22.25
Nice
Airlines: Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 17.25
Sunday Flights: 22.15
Lisbon
Airlines: Aer Lingus, British Airways and Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 18.50
Sunday Flights: From 10.50 to 22.30
Faro
Airlines: Aer Lingus and Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 17.20 and 19.35
Sunday Flights: From 8.30 to 21.10
Zurich
Airlines: Aer Lingus, British Airways and Swiss Air
Friday Evening Flights: 17.45
Sunday Flights: 9.10 and 21.10
Luxembourg
Airlines: Luxair
Friday Evening Flights: 19.25
Sunday Flights: 12.00 and 17.45
Prague
Airlines: Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 18.10
Sunday Flights: 16.15
Budapest
Airlines: Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 17.05
Sunday Flights: 17.10
Kaunas
Airlines: Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 17.50
Sunday Flights: 14.45
Manchester
Airlines: Aer Lingus
Friday Evening Flights: 18.55
Sunday Flights: 9.00, 16.50 and 20.55
London
Airlines: Aer Lingus, British Airways, Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 18.40 and 20.15
Sunday Flights: From 8.15 to 22.15
Edinburgh
Airlines: Aer Lingus
Friday Evening Flights: 19.10
Sunday Flights: 13.00 and 21.15
Amsterdam
Airlines: Aer Lingus and British Airways
Friday Evening Flights: 17.20
Sunday Flights: 9.30 and 20.50
Faro
Airlines: Aer Lingus
Friday Evening Flights: 18.10
Sunday Flights: 21.15
London
Airlines: Aer Lingus, British Airways, Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 17.25, 18.25, 21.20
Sunday Flights: From 9.00 to 21.10
London
Airlines: Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 18.10
Sunday Flights: 14.10 and 16.15
London
Airlines: Aer Lingus, British Airways, Ryanair
Friday Evening Flights: 17.05, 19.10 and 19.55
Sunday Flights: From 7.55 to 17.50
All flight times were correct at time of publication and are subject to change and availability.
Sarah has always had a great love of travel, food and photography. Following her journalism degree at DCU, she developed a passion for travel writing while living in Spain.
Sarah loves exploring new places and sampling the local cuisine. Working with TheTaste.ie combines her love of food and travel.
A big people person, especially when it comes to hearing other people’s stories, Sarah loves interviewing chefs, food producers and more.
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