Joanel,

To answer your question, only Meridiana flies from London (Gatwick) to Florence (FLR). Book at:
www.meridiana.it

Pisa airport is a 1 hour direct train ride from Florence. It is served by:

a) Ryanair from London Stansted
www.ryanair.com

b) British Airways from London Gatwick
www.britishairways.com

Milan is far less convenient to fly into and will probably not save you any money either.

A backup option is Bologna (BLQ), served by British Airways from Gatwick or possibly Forli served by Ryanair form Stansted.

Hope this helps,
Andre

I think Joanel has gotten a lot of decent answers, but doesn't really want to take them! To each his or her own...

A last thought would be using the frequent flier miles into Rome, then taking the train to Florence.

And now I'm done and a little cranky since I think you did get a lot of good advice here.

Agreeing with greenhouse and weadles, my reply with a referring link to opodo.com also provided (almost) a direct answer to the question.

Joanel has posted a lot of threads asking a lot of questions and getting a LOT of good advice.

She never comes back to post that she has even read the info, nor any sort of aknowledgement that she appreciates the help.

Why bother?????? I quit a long time ago

We are flying into Florence in March. We are taking Delta into CDG, Paris and City Air, a subsidiary of Air France from there to Florence. I am not sure whether this airline flies out of London, but you could give it a try. Good Luck.

thanks for all the positive responses and great advice! not planning to go till fall, if it works out, will let you know what worked.