I have just tried to book a flight back to liverpool from Basel in December, to be given no options with easyjet, Looks like they are no longer doing this route after november, anyone no if this is correct or its just stopped for a few months
Thanks Dawn

mmmm... Doesn't look good... can't get any information from Easyjet over the phone (surprise surprise) but the JLA website seems to imply the flights will stop at the end of Oct

http://www.liverpoolairport.com/page.php?p=81

I'm really surprised, I've flown this route a lot (I grew up near Liverpool and still have family there, so this will have an impact) and the flights are usually more than 70% full.

Gosh I hope not, that's my main way to get back to UK !!

Mine to, so i hope it is not true

we are unhappy about it as well, my mum comes out 6 times a year from liverpool and always says the plane is full or almost full, looks like it will be east midlands to Geneva after october

Panic over!

Timetables
Change to Basel/Liverpool pairing

Winter and summer are different, goes until March 2009.

Knickers..twist..don't..etc

Yes ok seen that, but you try and book a flight after november 2 nd and back it just comes up nothing available and down the side best prices only go to november
so knickers..twist.. looks like .........

I'm trying to book in November too, will keep trying from time to time and post here when I get a result.

Bad news I'm afraid... We inquired about this directly with easyjet a couple of weeks ago and they said the flight has been cancelled with no plans to reinstate it at the moment.

Interestingly easyjet has just launched a route between Gatwick and Basel... so it looks like us northerners miss out again in favour of the southeast.

I contacted EasyJet a couple of weeks ago and they told me it was off for the winter season but may be reinstated in the spring.. fingers crossed... but then again you get told different every time you ring.

I know it doesnt help too much but I'd prefer travelling on this side rather than in the UK, you can always fly geneva to Manchester/Liverpool.

Also, flying Swiss from Basel to Manchester is a lot cheaper than flying Zurich to Manchester..

Fingers crossed tho that this does get re-instated.. it's my main route back to the UK

You're right, even when the flight is via Zürich, how very bizarre.

I guess you can just get off the plane in Zürich. What about bags? Can you choose to send then to Zürich even if you have a connecting flight?

I tried to book a December flight last week and got nowhere. I have emailed easjet to ask them if they have withdrawn the route during winter as their timetable still states that they have flights but am yet to receive a reply.

I can't really understand them withdrawing this route as everytime I've travelled the plane has been at least 80% full.

You need to be careful with this - if you book the flight from Basel you can't get on the plane in Zurich if you didn't take the Basel leg. Might work the other way round though - you could get off in Zurich if you only have hand luggage.

I've just checked LPL airport website and the last flight they have on their timetable is 25/10/08, so it looks like they have stopped it!

There is no flight from Basel to Zürich, you actually take the train. But, I have no idea about where you check in, give luggae, etc. My wife and I routinely go to Poland and booking from Basel to Warsaw via ZRH is cheaper than ZRH to Warsaw but never done it as getting from Warsaw to where we want to go in Poland is a pain in the butt.

I feel sorry for you northerners - us dahn sarf 'ave plenty of options. The new run into Gatwick will do me good as it's only a short hop over to Tunbridge Wells from there!

The Basel and Liverpool web sites only show the summer timetable.
Easyjet shows the winter timetable on my link above.

However, I can't book a flight in November... but I can for, say, ZRH to Luton...

Bugg3r. I'm one unhappy plastic scouser...

If you are flying Basel to Manchester via Zurich then you have to get on at Basel for the outbound leg but when you return you can tell the check in staff at Manchester that you are getting off at Zurich and they put Zurich tags on your luggage and you just get off there and collect your bags as normal - I have done it and it wasn't a problem - as mentioned in a previous post - when i told the check in girl at Manchester that I was getting off at Zurich and not Basel she asked why i booked to Base, I told her because it was cheaper and she was surprised and thought it as ridiculous as I did - it is very odd how its a cheaper option to do this

Nicky
FYI ZDH on the itinerary is Basel Bahnhof but someone mentioned above re no fights between basel and zurich - there are some options which do have flights and some which are trains

FYI. As a coincidence I'm looking at flights now for 4/10, cheapest I can find from suisse (geneve) to uk (b'ham) for 4 of us is 486.56 CHF...... with sleazy jet.

Are you implying that's expensive?