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Weekend Flights from Birmingham

No Annual Leave Required.

Weekend travel that works around your 9-5.

Choose the weekend you’re free and we’ll show you every direct route from Birmingham Airport departing after work on Friday and returning by midnight on Sunday. 

  • DEPART FRIDAY AFTER 5PM
  • RETURN BY SUNDAY MIDNIGHT
  • DIRECT FLIGHTS UNDER 3 HOURS
  • NO ANNUAL LEAVE REQUIRED

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11 - 13 SEP

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18 - 20 SEP

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25 - 27 SEP

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02 - 04 OCT

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09 - 11 OCT

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16 - 18 OCT

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23 - 25 OCT

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30 OCT - 01 NOV

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06 - 08 NOV

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13 - 15 NOV

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20 - 22 NOV

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27 - 29 NOV

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04 - 06 DEC

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11 -13 DEC

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FAQs (for the sceptics among us)

Quite a few places, as it happens. 

From Birmingham Airport, you can spend a weekend in Paris, Palma, Krakow, Amsterdam, Berlin, Dublin, and more, all without using annual leave. 

Every weekend trip from Birmingham featured on Ctrl Alt Depart has been chosen to fit around a 9-5 working week, with direct flights departing after work on Friday and returning before midnight on Sunday. 

We know annual leave is limited. Weekends, thankfully, show no signs of stopping. Travel doesn’t have to wait for annual leave. That’s exactly what Ctrl Alt Depart is built for. 

Yes. Fortunately, we’ve already worried about that for you. 

Every Friday evening flight from Birmingham Airport shown on Ctrl Alt Depart departs after 5PM because, rather inconveniently, Fridays remain part of the working week. 

We know not everyone finishes at the same time, so we show every suitable Friday evening departure. Whether you’re out the door by 3PM or finally shutting your laptop at 5PM, theres’s usually an option that works for you. 

We’ve done the planning. All you need to do is leave work on time.  We’d suggest avoiding eye contact during the last 10 minutes of the working day. Godspeed. 

Whichever ones avoid taking annual leave.

We don’t think the “best” direct weekend flights from Birmingham are necessarily the cheapest or the furthest ones. At Ctrl Alt Depart, we believe the “best” direct weekend flights are the ones that depart after work on Friday, return before midnight on Sunday, and take less than three hours. 

We only show you weekend flights from Birmingham that meet those criteria. The “best” flights vary. Our philosophy stays the same: seeing somewhere new shouldn’t always require submitting an annual leave request.

In most cases, no. We encourage fiscal restraint. 

At Ctrl Alt Depart, we firmly believe you don’t need to pay for extra baggage on most weekend trips from Birmingham. A well-chosen underseat bag, a modest amount of organisation, and an optimistic attitude towards outfit repeating will usually do the job.

Still not convinced? Our Ultimate Underseat Survival Guide explains everything you need to know about free personal item allowances, choosing the right bag, and how to pack for a weekend trip without paying baggage fees. 

We’ve found better uses for £40. They usually involve food and a glass of something cold. 

We think you’ll manage just fine.

At Ctrl Alt Depart, we only show you weekend trips from Birmingham that are scheduled to arrive back at Birmingham Airport before midnight on Sunday. Because turning up to work on Monday should only be mildly inconvenient, not medically concerning. 

Will you feel completely refreshed? Possibly not. But you’ll return with premium Monday small talk, a clearer head, expanded horizons, and a healthy reminder that life doesn’t have to wait for annual leave. Ctrl Alt Depart considers that a perfectly reasonable exchange.