Best Rhein Riverboat Trips from Köln, Bonn, and Düsseldorf

Köln-Düsseldorfer (KD) offer cheap day trip cruises on riverboats on Rhine River (Rhein) from Cologne, Bonn, and Düsseldorf, to Remagen, Linz, and Koblenz.

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Köln-Düsseldorfer (KD), the largest operator of day cruises on the Rhine River (Rhein), offer many roundtrip cruises in both Cologne (Köln) and Düsseldorf. However, most Rhine River day cruises on this section of the Rhein are from Bonn to Linz. Many more cruises are available in the Middle Rhine (Loreley) Valley between Koblenz and Rüdesheim / Bingen.

Rhine River day pleasure boat cruises are generally available from late March to end October. The high season is from late April to early October when more Rhein cruises are operated. Winter cruises on the Rhine is rare but sightseeing cruises in Cologne (Köln) and Düsseldorf are popular during the Christmas market Advent season.

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Getting to DUS Flughafen Fast by Train, Car, Taxi, or Shuttle Bus

Trains provide the cheapest ground transportation to Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), Germany. Trains run from the downtown Hauptbahnhof and Ruhr cities Dortmund, Duisburg, Essen, and Köln.

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Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) can easily be reached by public transportation. Trains are usually the cheapest and fastest way to get to Flughafen Düsseldorf either from the Hauptbahnhof in downtown or other cities in the region including Dortmund, Duisburg, Essen, and Cologne (Köln). Occasionally, bus services are available too but trains are generally the best option for most tourist and business travelers. Taxis and private airport shuttle services are more expensive but can also be a suitable alternative for small groups, families, and the infirm especially when traveling with heavy luggage or at off hours.

• Düsseldorf may also be spelled Duesseldorf – Dusseldorf is understood easily enough but incorrect.

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Low Airfares on Low-Cost Airline Ryanair Flying to Düsseldorf (NRN)

Weeze Airport (NRN) is used by low-cost airline Ryanair. Passengers trade of cheap tickets and low airfares for a rather inconvenient location to the north of Düsseldorf.

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Airport Weeze (NRN) is a small regional airport 70 km to the northeast of Düsseldorf. It is close to the Dutch border and around 30 km from Nijmegen in the Netherlands. It is often advertised as an alternative airport to Flughafen Düsseldorf (DUS) but low-cost airline travelers should note that Weeze Airport is rather inconvenient for travelers to Düsseldorf and many other Ruhr cities.

• Low-cost airline Ryanair is by far the largest operator at Airport Weeze (NRN). Ryanair insist on referring to Weeze as “Düsseldorf (Weeze)” but may use that name only in advertisement in Germany if the words “ca. 70 km from Düsseldorf” are displayed prominently.

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Save on Low-Cost and Budget Airlines Flying to DUS Airport in the Ruhr

Low-cost budget and transatlantic airlines have cheap tickets and great deals on flights flying from Europe, the USA, Canada, Africa, and Asia to Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), Germany.

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Düsseldorf Flughafen (DUS) is just outside Düsseldorf and can easily be reached on public transportation. It is Germany’s third busiest airport with many low-cost airlines but also numerous intercontinental flights. Düsseldorf Airport is a major hub for Lufthansa as well as low-cost airline LTU and airberlin. Düsseldorf is convenient to many Ruhr cities including Essen, Duisburg, and even for other Rhineland cities such as Cologne (Köln) or Bonn. Trains provide cheap and fast ground transportation to Düsseldorf and other Ruhr cities.

• Around 70 airlines fly from Düsseldorf Airport to 170 destinations worldwide. DUS is a good alternative to Frankfurt International Airport and future expansion may offer good deals for travelers from the US and Canada in particular.

Cheap Flights on Low-Cost Airline airberlin from Düsseldorf Airport (DUS)

Air Berlin serves the largest number of destinations of the low-cost airlines flying from Düsseldorf Airport. Air Berlin’s has direct flights to Alicante, Antalya, Arrecife, Barcelona, Berlin-Tegel, Copenhagen, Dresden, Fuerteventura, Hamburg, Helsinki, Heraklion, Hurghada, Ibiza, Jersey, Karpathos, Las Palmas, London-Stansted, Los Angeles, Luxor, Mahon, Málaga, Milan-Malpensa, Moscow-Domodedovo, Munich, New York-JFK, Nice, Nuremberg, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Orly, Preveza, Pristina, Rhodos, Rome-Fiumicino, Samos, Seville, St. Petersburg, Stuttgart, Tenerife-South, Thessoloniki, Trabzon, Vancouver, Venice, Vienna, Westerland/Sylt, Zakynthos, and Zurich.

• Airberlin’s seasonal flights to New York-JFK, Los Angeles, and Vancouver are not always listed on all internet reservation services making it sensible to compare reservation agents prior to making reservations. Airberlin has an excellent reputation for great service not usually associated with a low-cost airline.

Cheap Intercontinental Flights on German Low-Cost Airline LTU from Düsseldorf Airport (DUS)

LTU, a well-respected German airline with an excellent safety record, uses Düsseldorf Airport as a major hub for flights to popular holiday destinations. LTA serves mostly intercontinental destinations from Düsseldorf including Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Cancún, Fort Myers, La Romana, Male, Miami, Mombasa, Montego Bay, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, and Varadero.

• Many of LTU’s flights are seasonal and not listed by many internet reservation agents.

Cheap Flights on Other Low-Cost Airlines from Düsseldorf Airport (DUS)

Several other low-cost airlines including TUIfly, Condor, Blue Wings, Flybe, and jet2com fly from Düsseldorf Airport mostly to Mediterranean, Scandinavian, Russian, and UK destinations. Düsseldorf Airport is expensive and mostly favored by full-service airlines – most major European airlines fly here offering connections through many European capitals.

• For true budget flights, it is often necessary to use nearby Cologne-Bonn Airport (CGN) or Airport Weeze (NRN), which are very popular with low-cost airlines.

Cheap Flights on German Lufthansa from Düsseldorf Airport (DUS)

Lufthansa uses Düsseldorf Airport as its third German hub after Frankfurt and Munich Airports. It has a wide range of direct flights as well as seamless connections through especially Frankfurt Airport.

Lufthansa frequently has internet-only fares for €99 return on European routes making Lufthansa’s pricing very competitive with low-cost airlines during off-peak hours.

• Lufthansa has non-stop transatlantic flights from Düsseldorf to Chicago-O’Hare and Newark with seasonal flights to Miami and Toronto-Pearson.

Cheap Intercontinental Flights to the USA and Canada from Düsseldorf Airport (DUS)

Lufthansa, airberlin, and LTU have direct flights to the USA and Canada from Düsseldorf Airport (DUS). The only US carrier flying directly to Düsseldorf Airport is Delta Airlines flying from Atlanta (ATL).

Düsseldorf Airport is easily reached via numerous transportation options from downtown Düsseldorf and beyond.

Alternative airports to Düsseldorf include Cologne-Bonn Airport (CGN) and Airport Weeze (NRN) popular with ultra-low-cost airline Ryanair. Both have numerous cheap flights to short haul European destinations. For longer distance and intercontinental flights, Frankfurt Airport is usually the best alternative airport.

Based on Cheap Flights: Düsseldorf, Germany first published on suite101.com.