Strasbourg to Essen flight
Flights from Strasbourg to Essen start at £47.64.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Strasbourg to Essen on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Flights from Strasbourg to Essen starts at £47.64, run by 2 operators over 407 km. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 6h 2mDoor to door
- 2h 23mMoving
- £50.67 to £112.84From
- 46.7 kgCO2
6h 2m
2h 23m
£50.67 to £112.84
46.7 kg£50.67 to £112.84 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about £112.84Thu8
- about £101.72Fri9
- about £84.53Sat10
- about £74.93Sun11
- about £74.42Mon12
- about £64.82Tue13
- about £53.70Wed14
- about £74.93Thu15
- about £60.27Fri16
- about £65.32Sat17
- about £66.84Sun18
- about £50.67Mon19
- about £58.75Tue20
- about £54.71Wed21
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
Airlines
| Operator | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|
 Lufthansa | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
 DB Fernverkehr | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The flight gets you into Essen. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Essen for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Strasbourg to Essen
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- £31.2590 days
- £51.9760 days
- £42.5545 days
- £41.6230 days
- £43.5021 days
- £48.2114 days
- £46.797 days
- £82.613 days
- £107.591 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £31.25.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 244 percent. The dearest point is £107.59, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- £66.60Sun
- £46.79Mon
- £54.33Tue
- £46.79Wed
- £70.36Thu
- £53.40Fri
- £56.70Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Strasbourg
Air- SXB
- FKB
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 407 km against 324 km in a straight line, a detour of 31 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Stuttgart, Frankfurt am Main. The gap between arriving and leaving is 80 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Flights against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 6h 2m | 2h 23m | 3h 39m | £47.64 | 46.7 kg |
| Coach | 6h 6m | 4h 2m | 2h 4m | £38.31 | 14.7 kg |
Questions about Strasbourg to Essen
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Flight from Strasbourg to Essen take?
The Flight from Strasbourg to Essen covers 407 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.
How much does the Flight from Strasbourg to Essen cost?
The Flight from Strasbourg to Essen starts at £47.64 for one passenger, as of 7 October 2026. A typical fare is £47.64. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Strasbourg to Essen?
2 operators run the Flight from Strasbourg to Essen: Lufthansa, DB Fernverkehr. The operator table on this page sets out fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from Strasbourg to Essen use?
The Flight from Strasbourg to Essen leaves from Strasbourg Airport SXB and arrives at Essen Hauptbahnhof. Allow about 1h 57m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Flight the best way from Strasbourg to Essen?
Travelling from Strasbourg to Essen by Coach costs £38.31, against £47.64 by Flight. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Flight from Strasbourg to Essen?
Fares for the Flight from Strasbourg to Essen bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £31.25. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 244 percent, measured on 7 October 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Strasbourg to Essen produce?
The Flight from Strasbourg to Essen produces about 46.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 407 km, which works out at roughly 115 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Flight from Strasbourg to Essen?
Operators on the Flight from Strasbourg to Essen publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
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