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What the measurements turn out to say

Longer pieces about how flight prices behave over a year, what is worth planning around, and how we know. Every figure we publish shows the date we saw it.

A departure gate at Riga airport with an aircraft against a low Baltic sun
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Roundups · 4 min read

The cheapest flights from Riga in 2026, ranked by real fares

Twelve destinations you can leave Riga for on a genuinely cheap one-way, ordered by the lowest fare we have actually measured on each route. Not an average and not a guess: the floor we saw, with the date we saw it.

Comparisons · 4 min read

Which London airport is cheapest to fly into from Palanga?

Lithuania's coastal airport reaches three London airports, and the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive of them is the biggest saving on the whole journey. We price all three routes on a schedule; here is what each one costs, month by month.

Comparisons · 4 min read

Which London airport is cheapest to fly into from Riga?

From Riga you can land at Stansted, Gatwick or Heathrow, on three different airlines with three different prices. We price each route separately, month by month, so here is what the choice of airport is actually worth, and what the transfer into town does to it.

Comparisons · 4 min read

Which London airport is cheapest to fly into from Vilnius?

London has six airports and a flight search treats them as one city. We price Stansted, Luton and Heathrow separately from Vilnius, so here is what each one actually costs to reach, and what the transfer into town does to the comparison.

An aircraft wing over a river city with bridges in low winter light
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Timing · 4 min read

When are flights to Prague cheapest from Vilnius? Measured

Prague's crowds peak in summer and at Christmas, and the fare from Vilnius has its own calendar that only partly matches. We measured the route month by month: here is when it is cheap, why December is a trap, and what the same trip costs to time from Riga.

An aircraft on stand at dusk with the boarding stairs still attached
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Timing · 4 min read

The cheapest month to fly to Barcelona from Vilnius, measured

Everyone knows August costs more. Almost nobody has looked at how the rest of the year moves on a single route, or noticed that the cheap months run in a long block rather than turning up at random.