You have five airlines to chose from who operate direct flights to Faro Airport from Birmingham International Airport over the summer months. They are Ryanair, flythomascook, bmibaby, Monarch and Thomson Flights.

If you can't find the right times or dates for your flights from Birmingham then an alternative option is to check out flights from Nottingham East Midlands Airport to Faro which are operated by Thomson Flights, bmibaby flythomascook.com charter and Ryanair.

Remember when booking your flights that the scheduled airlines like Monarch can usually provide a back up if there are problems with the aircraft and your flight is unable to take off. If you book one of the charter airlines they often do not have any spare planes (especially during the high season) and cannot provide an alternative.

Also remember that if you are booking online a lot of airlines add travel insurance to the booking fee. Often the credit card you are booking with automatically offers this, so make sure you know the position before committing to purchase cover which you may not need.

The flights normally take about 2 hours and 50 minutes from Birmingham to the Algarve with Portugal operating in the same time zone as the UK so you do not need to change your watches.