Cheap flights from London to Antigua

Book the winter peak as early as the airlines open their sales, because the weeks around Christmas and New Year fill first and Easter is not far behind. The quiet stretch comes in early summer: June is the cheapest month to fly here. Midweek departures usually undercut weekend ones, and shifting a trip by a day or two often does more for the price than switching airlines. The calendar here covers October through July, so scan it before you fix dates. UK school holidays and bank holidays nudge fares up, and any long weekend tends to go with them.

Connections come first on this route: Swiss builds its journey around Zurich, Austrian around Vienna, Aer Lingus around Dublin, and Condor and Lufthansa City Airlines around the German hubs — each stop adds hours, though it can trim the fare. Other fares stay nonstop the whole way. On inclusions, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic sell the traditional full-service ticket with bags and meals built in, while the lowest fares from the leisure names, Condor and Aer Lingus among them, tend to leave the checked bag out. WestJet, Air Dolomiti and German Airways also appear in the results, so read what each fare covers before you pay.

V.C. Bird International is the island's one airport, small enough that you can be out with your bags quickly — unless several winter arrivals land together and the hall, the belts and the taxi queue back up. The airport sits on the island's northeast coast, a short drive from the main town and from most of the resort strips. Taxis and pre-arranged hotel transfers are the usual way in; there are no meters, so agree the fare before you set off. Car hire suits anyone planning to explore, and driving is on the left. If your hotel sends a driver, look for the name board outside arrivals rather than joining the taxi line.

Currency

XCD (EC$)

Power sockets

Type A, B · 230 V

Language

English, Spanish

Emergency number

911, 999

Calling code

+1268

Internet domain

.ag

Population of Antigua

21 k (2025)

Time zone

UTC-04 (America/Antigua)

Country facts: Wikidata

• Price the total, not the headline: checked bags, seat selection and meals sit outside the basic fares on several of these airlines.
• Compare all of London's airports — City, Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton, Stansted — before you fix on one.
• If the booking arrives as two separate tickets, leave a wide gap between flights, because one airline owes you nothing when the other runs late.
• Check the entry rules for Antigua and Barbuda, including passport validity and any arrival forms the destination asks for.
• Try June first if your dates can move, since that is the low point of the price calendar.