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Cheapest return fare
£579
Scandinavian Airlines
Tue 6/4Wed 21/4
MAN - DSM • 2 stops
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£368
Multiple Airlines
Sat 8/5
LHR - DSM • 3 stops
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Tue, 6 Apr - Wed, 21 Apr
Scandinavian Airlines Logo
19:10 - 22:29MAN  Manchester-DSM Des Moines
33h 19m2 stops Kastrup Copenhagen Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
Scandinavian Airlines Logo
11:04 - 18:30DSM  Des Moines-MAN Manchester
25h 26m2 stops Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Kastrup Copenhagen
£579Scandinavian Airlines
Tue, 6 Apr - Mon, 19 Apr
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19:10 - 22:29MAN  Manchester-DSM Des Moines
33h 19m2 stops Kastrup Copenhagen Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
Scandinavian Airlines Logo
14:15 - 18:30DSM  Des Moines-MAN Manchester
22h 15m2 stops Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Kastrup Copenhagen
£579Scandinavian Airlines
Sat, 21 Nov - Sun, 29 Nov
Lufthansa Logo
06:30 - 17:33LHR  London Heathrow-DSM Des Moines
17h 03m2 stops Frankfurt am Main Chicago O'Hare Intl
Lufthansa Logo
18:45 - 12:00DSM  Des Moines-LHR London Heathrow
11h 15m1 stop Chicago O'Hare Intl
£764Lufthansa
Thu, 26 Nov - Mon, 30 Nov
Lufthansa Logo
13:35 - 17:28LHR  London Heathrow-DSM Des Moines
33h 53m1 stop Chicago O'Hare Intl
Lufthansa Logo
18:45 - 07:55DSM  Des Moines-LHR London Heathrow
31h 10m1 stop Chicago O'Hare Intl
£768Lufthansa
Thu, 26 Nov - Mon, 30 Nov
Virgin Atlantic Logo
16:45 - 22:36LGW  London Gatwick-DSM Des Moines
35h 51m2 stops Paris Charles de Gaulle Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
Virgin Atlantic Logo
10:24 - 15:45DSM  Des Moines-LGW London Gatwick
23h 21m2 stops Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Paris Charles de Gaulle
£921Virgin Atlantic
Sat, 13 Feb - Sat, 20 Feb
Delta Logo
10:00 - 22:34LGW  London Gatwick-DSM Des Moines
18h 34m2 stops Paris Charles de Gaulle Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
Delta Logo
10:50 - 09:00DSM  Des Moines-LGW London Gatwick
16h 10m2 stops Minneapolis St Paul Paris Charles de Gaulle
£942Delta
Wed, 7 Apr - Tue, 20 Apr
Virgin Atlantic Logo
11:00 - 22:29MAN  Manchester-DSM Des Moines
17h 29m1 stop Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
Virgin Atlantic Logo
11:04 - 08:25DSM  Des Moines-MAN Manchester
15h 21m1 stop Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
£973Virgin Atlantic
Wed, 7 Apr - Mon, 19 Apr
Delta Logo
11:00 - 16:27MAN  Manchester-DSM Des Moines
35h 27m1 stop Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
Delta Logo
17:25 - 14:00DSM  Des Moines-MAN Manchester
14h 35m2 stops Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Paris Charles de Gaulle
£976Delta
Sat, 10 Apr - Sat, 1 May
British Airways Logo
19:40 - 19:33BHX  Birmingham-DSM Des Moines
29h 53m3 stops Dublin London Heathrow Chicago O'Hare Intl
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20:03 - 19:10DSM  Des Moines-BHX Birmingham
17h 07m3 stops Chicago O'Hare Intl London Heathrow Dublin
£1,121British Airways
Sun, 9 May - Sun, 30 May
British Airways Logo
20:00 - 19:32LHR  London Heathrow-DSM Des Moines
29h 32m2 stops Madrid Barajas Chicago O'Hare Intl
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20:05 - 08:05DSM  Des Moines-LHR London Heathrow
30h 00m1 stop Chicago O'Hare Intl
£1,666British Airways
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What is the cheapest flight to Des Moines?

In the last 5 days, the cheapest flight deal to Des Moines was found on the route from London, at £579 return. The most popular connection is from London to Des Moines, while KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as £588 in the last 5 days.

Good to know - Cheap tickets to Des Moines

Low season

February

Cheapest flight

£368
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 17% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (28% more expensive on average)
Flight from London Heathrow Airport to Des Moines

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FAQs - booking Des Moines flights

  • What is the cheapest flight to Des Moines?

    In the last 5 days, the cheapest flight deal to Des Moines was found on the route from London, at £579 return. The most popular connection is from London to Des Moines, while KAYAK users have found return deals for as low as £588 in the last 5 days.

  • How far is Des Moines Airport from central Des Moines?

    Central Des Moines is 4 miles away from Des Moines Airport.

  • What is the name of Des Moines’s airport?

    All flights to Des Moines land at Des Moines Airport. The airport code is DSM,and it can also be referred to as Des Moines or Des Moines Intl.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Des Moines?

    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 to Des Moines.

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

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Des Moines

 
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Virgin AtlanticOverall score based on 698 reviews
7.5Entertainment
7.7Boarding
7.3Comfort
6.9Food
8.1Crew
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Lounge was top notch h with great variety of food and drinks. Cabin crew were great. Smooth flight.

10.0 ExcellentLye Sim, Jun 2026
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Lounge was top notch h with great variety of food and drinks. Cabin crew were great. Smooth flight.

My seat 3G did not go down fully and the buttons were not working properly

Food was the worst I’ve had on a VA flight. Normally it’s a lot better

The staff was not very polite but the flight was very very nice and comfortable and the entertainment was great

Unfortunately delayed 2 hrs due to faulty tyre.. which had to be changed, but better safe than sorry.

Security area in terminal 3 needs to be made much nicer. Less claustrophobic and use of glass and big ceilings wouldhelp

accomodating check in staff, friendly flight crew ( a crew member was speaking tactlessly and was overfamiliar with passengers

Seats need to be updated. Allowance needs to be made for dinner service at an alternative time

The crew should demonstrate flexibility by moving a screaming infant to its own seat with 1 parent

If I could fly Virgin Atlantic airlines to every place, I need to go, I would. Leaving Heathrow through the special virgin air entrance, security is completely white glove service. I love this airline. From ticketing agents to flight staff everyone tries to make it a wonderful & happy flight experience. I wish other airlines copied the positive culture of Virgin Airlines.

Bad check in experience. Dirty ancient aircraft. Truly awful food and this in Business/ First class.

Very friendly and helpful staff on board and United was excellent when I missed my onward flight due to the delay in London. Very well organised meant much less stress

A long delay. Don't travel late in the day.

The seat was comfortable. There was a lot of turbulence. If it weren't for that,it would have been okay.

First time flying with UA and it was a great experience. Thank you

Staff on board was excellent. Positive upbeat helpful- like it used to be.

United has come a long way, it’s been a fantastic experience traveling with them.

It was great, I’m very grateful for the pilots and crew flight attendants for everything.

Flight was great. Efficient boarding. Short flight. Early arrival. Friendly flight crew. The entertainment system did not work well. Could not access it until the aircraft reached 10K feet or more. Lots of glitches.

No food service almost missed because of first flight delays

Poor service. Check in person at the COUNTER was ruthless and threaten to call police instead to look for better plan or actions. VERY MANERLESS lady. KICKED US OUT OF OUR RESERVATIONS. ABSURD

Liked: staff, no delays, Could use some improvement: Food, comfort, cleanliness, lack of chargers on the DCA -> DSM flight

There was very little premium experience. The check in was awful with a 40 minute line and service making me feel like I was putting them out. The lounge and gate experience was scattered and not well organized. the only good thing was the seat. Food was bland and barely edible. Overall I found it wasn't premium at all rather a cheap low class experience.

The seat configuration was insane. Horrible. Had to jump over sleeping people to go the bathroom. The food was the best we’ve had in any Business class.

Our plane was delayed for an hour because they had the wrong tow truck that pulls the plane out of the gate. An hour late just to find the right vehicle that pushes the plane out of the gate area! The delay made us barely make our connecting flight but of course our luggage didn’t make it. So no luggage when we arrived at our destination.

The boarding by groups is pointless. The first two groups worked fine, but almost Noone boarded in goups three thru five leaving the vast majority boarding when group six was called. It defeated the purpose of spreading out the crowd.

I blame kayak for my last trip to dca. Kayak cancelled my direct flight and put on a one stop flight and made lost whole day from my vacation and had not even refunded my ticket.

delayed multiple times. no resolution on anything from AA customer service. was put on hold in chat to talk to manager. was 6th in line to talk to manager for more than TWELVE HOURS - from sometime around 9AM until well after I had gone to bed that evening. no explanation, no attempt to make it right. just a five hour delay because of repeated maintenance claims

Was the most uncomfortable I ever had in the air. Felt like I was trapped in the seat legs cramped and was just horrible. The flight to DSM was a lot better. Even being on a smaller plane was better. Staff are outstanding. No complaints about the people.

It was exactly as I expected, on time, smooth flight, courteous staff.

After flying on Icelandair to England and getting a greeting glass of champagne, free drinks and salmon I returned to the US on United for around the same price and got told immediately that I would have to eat a vegetarian meal because everything else was gone and every time I paused thinking in flight entertainment I got advertisements on the screen. On the Icelandair flight I had a great selection of documentary films and on United I was reduced to watching the Spider-Man movie. Guest which airline I look forward to flying again?

Good communication via the app regarding the delayed departure. Uncomfortable seat for tall passengers. Could not straighten my legs.

Everything about the flight was excellent except for the fact that we had to wait one hour on the tar app and then I had to race to catch my connecting flight with the next stop

Flight was on time and got us to destination quicker than scheduled.

Flight map did not work. Crew was great, food was good, plane took off on time and landed early. That's all I can ask.

Other than problems with checking in and uploading passport info everything was great. It would be nice to be able to manually input passport info. Often while traveling the bandwidth has problems uploading pictures

Boarding was a zoo. London ground crew was useless. Poor communication regarding where to line up. We were group 2, and everyone was jammed in together. Ground crew didn’t seem to care.

Horrible flight attendant in back of economy that screamed at me, have already reported to United. Horrible food - for Gluten free, why would you assume the person is vegetarian? I was served some kind of horrible curry bean paste and multiple cold rolls and soggy vegetables with no seasoning... um no!

Knowing that there was weather in other areas of the world, united airlines should have planned better than it did. The flight was 5 hours late. United has no regard for its customers

Flight itself fine, big problem with KAYAK. Revised e-ticket sent in July stated departure LHR 10:55, arrival SFO 13:45. (a believable local arrival time given flight length and time difference). When we got to LHR there was no 10:55 flight to SFO and were advised that in fact flight LH2473 was arriving in MUNICH at 13:45pm, and that we would need to get a connecting flight arriving in SFO at 18:55 local time - over 5 hours later than expected. 1) you the booking agent made an error on the revised e-ticket you sent, omitting the Munich stopover and incorrect SFO arrival time. 2) I booked a DIRECT flight and 3) we had to cancel plans this end as a result, even though the team at LHR did a great job moving us to a later direct flight getting us in 2 hours earlier than the flight from munich would have.

Terrible we had to wait out in the cold for transfer bus to take us to the plane. Once we finally got on the plane seat had no cushioning not comfortable at all. Food was overcooked and dried out. I was skipped over when they served drinks I had to call them back to give me a drink with my food. Overall terrible experience this time. I have used BA before and never experienced service like this before. If this keeps up I will look for other options

My experience on this flight was good. The seat I had had a lot of leg room, but it was so close to the aisle that the flight attendants kept bumping into my visual monitor connected to my seat to watch tv.

It was fine, but it cost me twice as much to return to Boston as it took me to get to Heathrow from Boston two weeks prior. I flew on Jet Blue over and it was half the cost of British Air.

Staff and comfort were great but first choice meal was unavailable even in row 21.

Cabin crew was very good. No wifi and no doors to the suites

Would not let me board with my fragile guitar so had to check it in. Who knows what the icicles did to it. Not happy. Had to run to catch my connection in Heathrow. After a bus and a train? Was asked by a guy in the middle seat to change my window seat with his girlfriend's middle seat further up in the plane and I was insulted. What nerve! The food was unhealthy and the seat was cramped. Could not wait to exit.

need more US friendly food options. Directions on getting to the next gate were terrible - resulted in long walks to the terminal and then finding I couldn;t enter there and had long walk back, then train to security then train back to where I started in the first place

We never made this flight due to the flight from Barcelona being delayed, which I have reviewed in a separate review. But I can tell you that the Delta Airlines flight that did get us home, I am extremely happy with them and their crew. The only one person that I would praise within the entire part of BA is the girl I spoke to in the call center in India. Who completely understood, was dedicated to a resolution and was a complete realist in the situation. Unlike some of the people who don’t care about the human element and stick you on a flight whenever. She got us home.

Wonderful service and comfort. Attentive and careful. The food was also better than US carriers. Highly recommend

Very good baggage check and boarding pass service at Heathrow. Boarding was well organized, given the number of passengers. Food was very good. Cabin temperature was lower than expected and we were not prepared. Overall good experience.

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