Snowjet is a new company, offering cheap ski flights to Chambéry in France. Prices start from as little as £29 one way. Flights operate from London Gatwick, Bristol and Manchester and the Snowjet price includes all taxes, a free 20kg baggage allowance and free ski or board carriage. The first flight departs on Saturday 15th December and continues each week through to the middle of April. Flights from Gatwick operate every Saturday and Sunday with Bristol and Manchester on Saturday only.

Jet2.com now have their flights to Geneva from Leeds and Manchester and to Chambery from Belfast, Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle. The company launched its eighth route from Newcastle Airport last winter with a new service to the French Alps. Flights to Chambéry airport will start on December 17, with four flights per week between Christmas and New Year. Ticket prices start at £21.99 one-way including taxes. The service will normally operate on Saturday and Sunday, but during busier times of the ski season additional flights will be available on Tuesday and Wednesday. Chambery is the closest airport to the Tarentaise resorts, with transfer times of little over an hour to Courchevel. The airline also flies to Chambéry from Manchester and Leeds Bradford and to Geneva from Leeds/Bradford and Manchester (daily). Since 2005/06 they have been flying to Chambery up to five days a week from Manchester and Leeds.

EasyJet have daily flights to Geneva from Birmingham from December and also to Grenoble three times a week. Easyjet now operate on new routes to Geneva from Robin Hood Airport Doncaster, Sheffield, Edinburgh and Glasgow International Airports. Flights from Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield and Edinburgh will start daily flights from 15th December, and Glasgow will start their once weekly Saturday flights on 17th December. These are the first new routes from Glasgow since 2001, and the first new route from Edinburgh since 2002. Easyjet fly to Geneva from Bristol, Belfast, Gatwick, Luton, Liverpool, Newcastle and Nottingham in the UK plus from Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Budapest, Madrid, Nice, Paris and Rome. Also to Lyon from Stansted and Grenoble from Luton. They have added Geneva flights from Bournemouth, Doncaster, Sheffield, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stanstead, Lisbon and Malaga. They've also added Gatwick to their Grenoble flight. Despite claiming their resilience in the face of the economic downturn, 'low cost' airline easyJet have announced the closure of all operations at East Midlands Airport and a 20% reduction in flights from London Luton.

RyanAir fly to Grenoble from Liverpool and East Midlands. Ryan Air's daily Stanstead - St Etienne service terminated in June 2006 however there is now a daily Stanstead - Grenoble service. Turin could be an option - it's only a four hour drive via the Frejus tunnel (£12 each way).

Let's hear it for the Swiss (0845 601 0956) who still offer free carriage for skis and boards with free in flight food and drink. have just added six new daily flight ex Heathrow to Geneva. They also fly to Geneva from Manchester.

bmibaby has Winter flights to Geneva from Cardiff, Manchester, East Midlands & Birmingham on sale. They fly to Geneva from Manchester (Mon,Wed,Sat,Sun), Cardiff (Sat,Sun), Nottingham East Midlands (Sat,Sun) and Birmingham (Mon,Wed,Fri,Sat,Sun). New in 2005/6 flying to Lyon from London Heathrow. Bmibaby is offering free ski and board carriage on flights from the UK to Geneva, Grenoble, Toulouse and Malaga this winter.

Flybe fly to Geneva (Sat/Sun) and Chambery (Tue/Thu/Sat/Sun) from Southampton and from 2005/06 flying to Geneva and Chambery from Birmingham, Norwich and Exeter.

Thomsonfly have announced a new route from Doncaster/Sheffield to Geneva . Thomson fly to Lyon 5 times a week from Coventry (Mon/Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun). New for 2005/6 flying to Lyon up to three times a week from Bournemouth and four times a week from Sheffield/Doncaster (Mon/Fri/Sat/Sun). New service for 2006/07 from Coventry & Bournemouth to Grenoble.

British Airways fly to Geneva from Heathrow (daily), Gatwick (daily), Manchester (daily) and London City (Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri/Sun). Also to Lyon from Heathrow (daily), Birmingham (daily) and Manchester (daily). Fly five times (Sat/Sun/Mon/Thu/Fri) to Grenoble from Gatwick. Our flag carrier airline has now introduced charges for the handling of sporting equipment on all flights as of the 7th October 2009.