Ferry vs Flight

Which Mediterranean island routes are cheaper by ferry? And which routes are cheaper by plane?

Ferryhopper compared roundtrip ferry fares with flight fares on the most popular Mediterranean routes. Plan your summer travel itinerary with our fare comparison guide.

Route decision guide

Reveal the cheaper choice for each route

Best Routes to Book a Ferry

These are the routes where the ferry fare created the largest cash saving against the comparable roundtrip flight fare in the dataset.

Best Routes to Book a Plane

These are the routes where the comparable roundtrip flight fare was the clearest cash saving versus taking the ferry.

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Full data table

Compare all routes

Search by route, then compare roundtrip ferry and flight fares. Positive savings mean the ferry was cheaper. Negative savings mean the flight was cheaper.

Fares were compared using roundtrip prices available at the time of research.

Rank Route Flight roundtrip Ferry roundtrip Price difference Ferry saving
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Methodology

The study ranks Mediterranean travel routes to identify where travellers can save most by taking a ferry instead of a flight during peak summer season.

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Route selectionRoutes were included where the destination airport was within 45 minutes of the city centre, keeping the comparison practical for travellers.
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Price sourcesFerry prices were sourced primarily from Ferryhopper. Flight data was gathered from Google Travel and Skyscanner.
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Like-for-like matchingEach distinct port-to-port ferry route was matched to the closest corresponding airport pair. Multiple ferry routes could share the same flight alternative where applicable.
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Data caveatAll prices were collected at the time of analysis and may vary depending on availability, seasonality and booking conditions.

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