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Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Heraklion
Heraklion1 stop£101
Chania
Chaniadirect£108
Sitia
Sitia2 stops£225
Heraklion
Heraklion1 stop£101
Chania
Chaniadirect£108
Sitia
Sitia2 stops£225

Book Cheap Crete Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights to Crete that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent return flight deals to Crete

Sun, 11 Oct - Thu, 15 Oct
easyJet Logo
16:10 - 22:15
LGW
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CHQ
4h 05mdirect
easyJet Logo
14:45 - 17:00
CHQ
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LGW
4h 15mdirect
£108easyJet
Thu, 3 Sep - Tue, 8 Sep
Ryanair Logo
22:05 - 23:00
STN
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CHQ
22h 55m
1 stop
Ryanair Logo
22:05 - 00:10
CHQ
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STN
4h 05mdirect
£108Ryanair
Tue, 29 Sep - Fri, 9 Oct
Multiple Airlines Logo
14:05 - 23:00
LTN
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CHQ
6h 55m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
05:45 - 04:55
CHQ
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LTN
25h 10m
2 stops
£109Multiple Airlines
Wed, 16 Sep - Wed, 23 Sep
Multiple Airlines Logo
21:20 - 20:00
STN
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CHQ
20h 40m
2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
10:10 - 00:45
CHQ
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STN
16h 35m
1 stop
£109Multiple Airlines
Sat, 10 Oct - Sat, 17 Oct
easyJet Logo
15:35 - 21:35
LGW
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CHQ
4h 00mdirect
easyJet Logo
22:25 - 00:35
CHQ
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LGW
4h 10mdirect
£110easyJet
Mon, 12 Oct - Tue, 13 Oct
Ryanair Logo
07:50 - 22:25
STN
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CHQ
12h 35m
1 stop
Ryanair Logo
15:25 - 20:15
CHQ
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STN
6h 50m
1 stop
£110Ryanair
Fri, 7 Aug - Fri, 14 Aug
TUI Airways Logo
18:35 - 00:40
MAN
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HER
4h 05mdirect
TUI Airways Logo
01:55 - 04:10
HER
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MAN
4h 15mdirect
£156TUI Airways
Fri, 4 Sep - Fri, 11 Sep
KLM Logo
08:40 - 20:50
LHR
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HER
10h 10m
1 stop
KLM Logo
22:15 - 07:40
HER
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LHR
11h 25m
1 stop
£160KLM
Sat, 1 Aug - Thu, 13 Aug
Lufthansa Logo
20:25 - 09:30
LHR
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CHQ
11h 05m
1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
09:40 - 14:40
CHQ
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LHR
7h 00m
1 stop
£182Lufthansa
Sat, 1 Aug - Thu, 13 Aug
Lufthansa Logo
20:25 - 09:30
LHR
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CHQ
11h 05m
1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
09:40 - 14:40
CHQ
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LHR
7h 00m
1 stop
£183Lufthansa
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Crete

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights to Crete to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest flight to Crete?

These are the best return prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 5 days.

The cheapest ticket to Crete from the United Kingdom found in the last 5 days was to Chania, at £49 return. The most popular route is Birmingham (BHX) to Heraklion (HER) and the cheapest return ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was £89.

How much is a flight to Crete?

The average and cheapest price for all round-trip flights to Crete from each origin found by users searching on KAYAK in the last month.

A flight to Crete costs £209 on average. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks was £36 for the route London Luton Airport (LTN) to Chania (CHQ). The most popular routes on KAYAK are Birmingham to Chania which costs £251 on average, and London to Chania, which costs £501 on average.

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What is the cheapest month to fly from the United Kingdom to Crete?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from the United Kingdom to Crete, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from the United Kingdom to Crete is November, when tickets cost £25 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are May and October, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is £248 and £201 respectively.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Crete?

The average price for all round-trip flights from the United Kingdom to Crete depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Crete is generally in the morning, when retur flights cost £442 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Crete is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is £442.

How far in advance should I book a flight from the United Kingdom to Crete?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Crete, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below-average price on a flight from the United Kingdom to Crete, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 11% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 9 weeks before departure.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in Crete?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Crete is Chania Souda Airport (CHQ), with an average flight price of £105.

Good to know - Cheap tickets to Crete

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight£48
Best time to beat the crowds (30% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (27% more expensive on average)
Flight from Manchester to Heraklion

FAQs - booking Crete flights

  • Which is the most convenient airport in Scotland to book a flight to Crete from?

    Flights to Crete from Scotland depart from Edinburgh International Airport (EDI) and Glasgow International Airport (GLA). If you prefer a direct flight to Crete and more airline options, Edinburgh International will be the best airport for you. Glasgow International Airport is less busy, but do keep in mind that you'll have fewer options here when it comes to airlines. Flying out of Glasgow might also mean you'll have at least one stopover.

  • Is it possible to book a direct flight to Crete from Cardiff?

    The only direct flights to Crete from Cardiff Airport (CWL) are operated by a charter airline, which flies seasonally to Heraklion Airport. However, it is possible to book a flight with only one stopover on KAYAK. One of the shortest routes will involve a stopover in Edinburgh: a flight there from Cardiff takes about 1h, and then you will have around 5h of flying from Edinburgh to Crete.

  • Do all the airports in London offer direct flights to Crete?

    You can find flights to Crete from London flying out of London Stansted Airport (STN), London Heathrow Airport (LHR) and London Luton Airport (LTN), however London Gatwick Airport (LGW) is the only airport with direct flights to Crete, serving both airports on the island. If you prefer to fly out from one of the other London airports, account for at least one stopover.

  • I’m staying in Chania in Crete. Which is the best airport to fly into?

    The closest airport is Chania International Airport (8.4 mi from the city centre), but not as many airlines fly here from the UK. If you choose Heraklion Airport instead, it’s about a 2h drive to Chania city centre.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from the United Kingdom to Crete?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from the United Kingdom to Crete.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from the United Kingdom to Crete?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from the United Kingdom to Crete is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from the United Kingdom to Crete?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from the United Kingdom to Crete with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from the United Kingdom to Crete?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from the United Kingdom to Crete up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to Crete?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Crete is Monday when return tickets can be as cheap as £267. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, when return prices are £359 on average.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Crete

  • Looking for cheap airfare to Crete? 25% of our users found round-trip tickets to Crete for the following prices or less: Cheap flights to Crete from Birmingham £116, from London Gatwick £156, from London Heathrow £370
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Crete flight deals.
  • Flights to Crete land at one of the two main airports on the Greek Island. These are Chania International Airport (CHQ), on the west side of the island, and Heraklion International Airport (HER), which is closer to the east side and serves the most populated region of Crete.
  • Both airports are served by flights to Crete, which are mainly seasonal and mostly from cities in England including London, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, and Bristol. In addition to direct flights from England, Heraklion International Airport is also served by seasonal flights from Edinburgh and Glasgow in Scotland and Belfast in Northern Ireland, which are operated by low-cost airlines Jet2 and easyJet.
  • If you can fly to any airport on the Greek island from your city in the United Kingdom, when booking your flight to Crete you might like to keep in mind that Heraklion Airport is the most centrally located airport, but also the busiest.
  • Thanks to its climate, Crete is a great destination all year long whether you’re travelling for the beaches in the summer or the skiing in the winter. But be aware that some events attract a lot of tourists to Crete, such as the Pierra Creta ski mountaineering event in March and the Cretan Wine Festival in July, meaning that the airports may be considerably busier (and queues longer) at these times.
  • If your favourite low-cost airline is Ryanair, keep in mind that flights to Crete from the United Kingdom operated by this airline will land at Chania International Airport. If you will be spending your holiday in Heraklion or the east of the island, you may like to consider flying with a different airline or be prepared to travel at least 2h by road to reach your final destination.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Crete

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Crete. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from the United Kingdom to Crete. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from the United Kingdom to Crete? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.2
Jet2Overall score based on 191 reviews
7.7Comfort
7.2Food
8.1Boarding
6.2Entertainment
8.7Crew
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Generally excellent but a couple of areas could be improved. After boarding we were delayed a full 20 mins whilst various ground crew, flight crew, captain faffed around counting and recounting passengers. Said discrepancy between computer and manual. All OK in the end. So why o why did it take 20 mins to find all OK? No sense of urgency shown Secondly the seat base is just not supportive/resilienfor a 4½ hour journey - backside really aching by journey end.

8.0 ExcellentColin, Mar 2026
BOH - AYT
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Generally excellent but a couple of areas could be improved. After boarding we were delayed a full 20 mins whilst various ground crew, flight crew, captain faffed around counting and recounting passengers. Said discrepancy between computer and manual. All OK in the end. So why o why did it take 20 mins to find all OK? No sense of urgency shown Secondly the seat base is just not supportive/resilienfor a 4½ hour journey - backside really aching by journey end.

The staff are just so friendly travelling alone was a bit scary but they made me feel comfortable and nothing was to much bother I loved how one of the girls was talking to the old ladies she really took time thank you jet2 shame I can’t get home with u guys 🥲

On time flight. Reasonable comfortable but a bit cramped. Excellent jet 2 staff as usual.

A good flight with friendly crew and check-in but disembarking was chaotic and badly managed

Flights were on time, boarding was straight forward. Very good attentive staf

Delays on both journeys - only found out before geting to the airport as had created trip within Kayak.

There is nothing I can think.of that jet2 need to improve They offer a great package. Very efficient

All was good but they should bring back seat pockets. It’s difficult trying to travel with small children and keep having to get stuff out of flight bag and then have nowhere to put it!

The flight was okay, seats slightly more comfortable than Easy jet, but wouldn’t want to fly much more than 3.5 hours in those seats, hard and uncomfortable for further journeys. Boarding was okay, never eat or drink on Eco airlines, food not good and expensive for what you get. But it is what it is, and for the price one can not really complain.

Excellent outbound flight to Arrecife on a new very clean Airbus with great flight crew. Flight was only delayed around 10-15 mins and boarding was very good. Comms from pilots and crew was very welcoming and excellent throughout flight.

Enough seat availability for us to move a little and so sit together - but the flight was half an hour late

We had a delay. That made me feel anxious because I arrived out of time

On time was excellent, not serving any water and deliberate seatings apart is deplorable.

Flight delayed by almost two hours. On boarding we were hold in the transfer bus, with no air conditioning and almost 40 degree C outside, in front of the airplane for a long time.

Very good, staff seemed to check random cabin bags for size pre boarding.

Seats very uncomfortable for a 4 hour flight, what entertainment? Food overpriced. But sure it’s Ryan Air, what else would I expect?

Θα ήταν καλύτερα να προσφέρουν ένα μπουκάλι νερό δωρεάν και καφέ .

The Ryanair staff was not polite. We all travelled with the same suitcases as we departed from Thessaloniki, however they decided that for some passengers the suitcase was not the rigth one as far as the dimensions are concerned. Furthermore, one air stewardess asked passengers to close themselves the luggage cabinet in order to prove that the lugagge was not properly fitted, which i think is very unkind and unprofessional. We also had to wait outside , some metres away from the plane until last passengers came off....It was generally a dissapointing experience.

Great flight and reminded that the logistics completely Astoria. No real story about victors, m

it s a budget flight, crew was doing their job well, it was on time.

There was no useful information given regarding the flight back to the UK from Tenerife. This despite the week publicised problems around the EES system and the delays caused to boarding. This aspect of the customer experience could have been much better.

Fast boarding, smooth takeoff and landing. plenty of space in seats. Excellent air-conditioning on a hot day. Perfect experience

Whole way through - far more professional and slick than I expected

Sitting on the last row in between the aisle and a massive person, all people going to the bathroom bumped into me including the flight attendants.

The best budget airline in Europe. Flight was on time, crew friendly and worked hard during flight and were able to meet our needs. Only downside (not the airline's fault), there were no rear steps.

It was transportation nothing more. I will give a positive rating over Ryanair. We missed our Ryanair flight the night before and received rude and unconcerned treatment from the Ryanair customer service. It was late. We were very tired and stressed after doing our best to get to the airport. The so called customer service ladies were completely unconcerned from the start. Aside from that, the flight to London seemed to be their opportunity for advertising. No time to relax as attendants were constantly in the aisle selling. I will never fly Ryanair again!!

Boarding could be better. To get through your gate but to be stood in a corridor for 20 minutes is not great.

Would not advise EasyJet for a 5 hour flight…small plane and hence a lot of turbulence. No inflight entertainment so struggle to pass time in cramped seats. We also fell victim to extra charge for our cabin bags, although bag dimensions were ok, but the handle was rigid and slightly fell outside their testing cage!!….never again will we fly with this airline and be party to their scams for making money!

The food and so are to expensive and old . Crew whas not very friendly . Apparently some other passenger can just Push through the waiting people to board while almost punching me and a father with a child down the stairs. Its always something with easy jet . The seats of row 26 where lose . And for a guy of my size there is absolutely no leg room at all .

Would have liked the plane to leave on time so I didn’t miss connection upon arrival. Some pathetic excuse as to late departure bought about by easyJet incompetence

I was sent an email that said my card payment was not verified. When I spoke to an agent , he said my card was not verified and the flight I thought I had to booked was no longer available so I booked another flight on another airline(United). Later I got flight updates , etc., concerning my supposed first flight. So if I was charged for this flight on British Airways/American airlines, I need a refund.

The crew made it a great flight. They were friendly and attentive. They made me want to fly British Airways again.

BA has not been handling priority luggage with any special priority. This time our luggage was distinctly very slow to arrive, well after the first half of items to arrive. Business class flights cost a lot and it would be nice to have that reflected in the speed of baggage handling! (I note that this has worsened in our long experience of BA.) On a different note, we spent 2.5 hours on the plane after landing because of an airport mishap at Boston Logan. The pilot provided reasonably frequent update but more could have been done to ensure passenger comfort, such as more beverage and maybe snack services.

I purchased premier economy seats but I was seated one row off and was sitting in economy my bottle of water and cookie did not compare to the menus handed OP it in premier.

I understand and don't want food on a short trip, but tea and coffe (at least 1 cup) should be free. Nevertheless there was water available and the crew was nice.

It's hard to tell where to plug in electronics, and the port on my seat didn't work. Their entertainment system was down. Vegetarian food options were tasty. Friendly, helpful flight attendants.

Our flight BA638 was cancelled with very short notice. It was supposed to depart at 7:25am. We had left Chichester at 3:30am in order to make the flight, and we were notified of the cancellation while en route to LHR. We were told the cancellation was necessary because a plane had not been scheduled to be at LHR for this flight! We were rescheduled to BA636. This flight was supposed to depart at 11:00am but didn't actually take off until ~12:30pm. Consequently we arrived in Athens several hours late, missing out on half a day of our sightseeing time. We had booked transport with MyTransfers to pick us up at the Athens airport and drive us to our Hotel Adonis. I was unable to get a refund for this service because our flight was so delayed. They required 24 hour notice of pick up time changes. I instead had to pay for a taxi at the airport. I have tried to fill out a request for compensation online but have been unsuccessful. How can I get help for filing a claim?

They could do everything better!! From the rickety plane to the flight attendants, when American Airlines is operated by British Airways, their standards are lowered! It’s like Macy’s, operated by Walmart!!

It was ok but not at a business class standard No entertainment system available which is poor for a 3+ hour journey Food was ok and service was good though

Late boarding with inconsistent excuses. Bulk head seats were very small and uncomfortable. 1 tiny candy bar and a water were only food provisions. Food for purchase was unavailable.

Missed slot to leave so we were on the plane for an extra hour. The seats were really uncomfortable and the food was poor. The experience makes me think twice about flying as I suspect they are all similar.

Fine, charter flights. Plane full, and staff nice and friendly. No option for free food or drink. Entertainment through paid app.

The 737-8 is too small for the length of flight especially if there are any delays

The flight was delayed over 2 hours, we should off left the plane2 late passengers as it’s not fair on everyone who’s followed the rules.

Dreamliner. Yes great if maintained. I didn't see anyones screen work consistently during either of our flights. Worse was their ability to not only dump you out of premium but separate couples and seat someone's carer at the opposite end of the aircraft. This poor gentleman had no hand so his partner who assists him, being seated at the other end of the aircraft, well that really showed us all what Tui think :( It was fairly dire all in all, they advertise all the perks of the dreamliner only in reality you don't have the features and they change the windows and colours to suit their constant sales pitches. Ironically they were so low on stock for the return flight that all their sales pitches were a waste of time! Their contract only favours them and 'operational changes' well they cover every excuse and Tui use it. Surprisingly we haven't reinstalled the Tui app or booked with them since. It's a shame as I rated them highly during the pandemic.

One flight attendant not wearing a mask over nose, 50% of passengers not either, and no effort to correct. Boarding was very late with no information - lots of standing around waiting.

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