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Cheap Flights from Des Moines to Europe

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
London
London1 stop$746
Madrid
Madrid2 stops$699
Athens
Athens1 stop$573
Lisbon
Lisbon2 stops$729
Dublin
Dublin1 stop$733
Amsterdam
Amsterdam2 stops$808
Milan
Milan3 stops$736
Zurich
Zurich2 stops$795
Copenhagen
Copenhagen2 stops$801
Munich
Munich1 stop$465
Edinburgh
Edinburgh2 stops$488
Berlin
Berlin2 stops$831
Prague
Prague2 stops$833
London
London1 stop$746
Madrid
Madrid2 stops$699
Athens
Athens1 stop$573
Lisbon
Lisbon2 stops$729
Dublin
Dublin1 stop$733
Amsterdam
Amsterdam2 stops$808
Milan
Milan3 stops$736
Zurich
Zurich2 stops$795
Copenhagen
Copenhagen2 stops$801
Munich
Munich1 stop$465
Edinburgh
Edinburgh2 stops$488
Berlin
Berlin2 stops$831
Prague
Prague2 stops$833

Book Cheap Des Moines to Europe Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Des Moines to Europe that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Des Moines to Europe

Wed, Jul 8 - Mon, Jul 13
Virgin Atlantic Logo
5:41 am - 11:00 am
DSM
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ATH
21h 19m
1 stop
Virgin Atlantic Logo
9:45 am - 10:29 pm
ATH
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DSM
20h 44m
1 stop
$573Virgin Atlantic
Wed, Jul 8 - Mon, Jul 13
Virgin Atlantic Logo
6:00 am - 7:35 am
DSM
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ATH
17h 35m
2 stops
Virgin Atlantic Logo
9:45 am - 8:49 pm
ATH
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DSM
19h 04m
2 stops
$575Virgin Atlantic
Wed, Nov 18 - Wed, Nov 25
United Airlines Logo
6:21 am - 9:15 am
DSM
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MAD
19h 54m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
1:35 pm - 2:19 pm
MAD
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DSM
31h 44m
2 stops
$699United Airlines
Tue, Oct 20 - Tue, Nov 10
United Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 6:50 am
DSM
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MAD
17h 50m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
1:35 pm - 5:23 pm
MAD
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DSM
34h 48m
2 stops
$703United Airlines
Wed, Oct 14 - Wed, Oct 28
American Airlines Logo
1:43 pm - 9:35 am
DSM
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MAD
12h 52m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
1:15 pm - 11:55 pm
MAD
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DSM
16h 40m
1 stop
$719American Airlines
Wed, Oct 14 - Wed, Oct 28
American Airlines Logo
4:13 pm - 2:25 pm
DSM
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MAD
15h 12m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
1:00 pm - 8:11 pm
MAD
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DSM
13h 11m
1 stop
$720American Airlines
Sun, Oct 18 - Thu, Nov 12
Delta Logo
11:04 am - 12:15 pm
DSM
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MAD
18h 11m
1 stop
Delta Logo
10:55 am - 8:52 pm
MAD
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DSM
16h 57m
2 stops
$721Delta
Wed, Oct 14 - Wed, Oct 28
Delta Logo
5:25 pm - 4:45 pm
DSM
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MAD
16h 20m
2 stops
Delta Logo
11:55 am - 10:29 pm
MAD
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DSM
16h 34m
1 stop
$723Delta
Mon, Oct 19 - Wed, Oct 21
Lufthansa Logo
6:55 pm - 5:40 pm
DSM
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LHR
16h 45m
2 stops
Lufthansa Logo
9:00 am - 11:35 pm
LHR
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DSM
20h 35m
2 stops
$758Lufthansa
Mon, Sep 28 - Tue, Oct 6
Lufthansa Logo
1:24 pm - 11:05 am
DSM
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BCN
14h 41m
2 stops
Lufthansa Logo
12:40 pm - 11:35 pm
BCN
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DSM
17h 55m
2 stops
$768Lufthansa
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Des Moines to Europe flights

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What is the cheapest month to fly from Des Moines to Europe?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Des Moines to Europe, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Des Moines to Europe is September, when tickets cost $318 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $623 and $559 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$314
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 34% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 2% increase in price.
Flight from Des Moines to Milan Malpensa Airport

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Des Moines to Europe

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Des Moines to Europe? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.8
KLMOverall score based on 1530 reviews
7.7Comfort
8.4Crew
7.3Food
7.2Entertainment
7.8Boarding
Airline reviews

The flight was 45 mins late leaving, we sat without a/c for some of this, 2nd Meal was a slice of pizza. Movies were good.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jun 2026
LHR - AMS
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The flight was 45 mins late leaving, we sat without a/c for some of this, 2nd Meal was a slice of pizza. Movies were good.

Outstanding even though the 330 was one of the oldest in the fleet. The difference was the attentiveness and responsiveness of a really experienced flight attendant. For airline food great variety of interesting choices and good tastes supported by a good wine selection.

It was really nice experience by flying this klm flight.I personally recommend everyone to please try this klm flight

The crew were unprofessional with a racist element. I was physically abused as well from one of the crew members

Flight was on time, staff are friendly and helpful onboard.

Terrible last row seats many seats available but no offer to move to better seat

At the airport, terrible, I do not want to even remember it. It was too humiliating for a business class passenger.

Flight was ok but lack of communication cost me to literally beg to be put on another flight as connecting flight had departed

They forgot to serve food and the crew was very unfriendly. Never experienced such a bad KLM flight. Usually fly from Toronto. New York was different.

Couldn’t get boarding pass in SLC even with help from a redcoat, so had to find a desk in AMS to get boarding pass. Technical problems so not sure why. Very inconvenient. The KLM app is not as user friendly as most apps. Also had to wait almost an hour on the tarmac for a fuel truck, which caused us to miss a connecting bus in LUX.

Very good flight. Crew was great. No issues and we even arrived early.

The flights are constantly late anymore, and they won't even give you a glass of water on the plane. For years, they were able to do a service on this flight from Atlanta to Knoxville and Knoxville Atlanta now they say it's too short of a flight. You can't even get a quick drink of water.

Flight got canceled 4 times, missed my connecting flight due to delays, have to wait to go home tomorrow

Third flight in two months where the crew was not there. Comfort seating does not guarantee overhead bin space. Passengers with children are allowed on the plane first - if you are flying to and from Orlando, this means half the plane has boarded before you get on. And somehow all the bin space is taken up. 3 out of 5 flights have had issues with equipment or procedure. Some of these instances caused the flight to be delayed because of a "nuisance" light. One time it was a bag that had been brought on board but did not belong to anyone so we had to return to the gate. Last night we were told the "AC" on the plane doesn't work well and we're 10th for take off- because the crew was late - and that it will get cool when we're in the air. Not sure if this is usual, but I didn't think flight crew could jump seat in first class. Movie and TV selection has not been refreshed for several months- flying one to two round trips each month easily exhausts the list of content.

Great experience nice pilot very soft and easy landing and take off

We sat on the runway for over an hour before departure. That was unwelcome.

Horrible. Faucet in sink not working, wifi not working. Didn’t bring food or snacks

Flight was delayed before take off and at landing. Baggage took 20 minutes. Flight crew would not serve full soft drink and had to ask multiple times before receiving water.

From checking to boarding, it was a seamless experience. The service agents were so helpful. The flight crew was so pleasant.

Gate agent showed up 20 minutes before boarding and was not at all friendly. Had to take this flight due to the one on the day before being cancelled and any later options were already full with long standby lists. Despite having paid for Delta Comfort seats, Delta did not allow me (or anyone) to choose their seat. The agent assigned them for everyone just prior to boarding. Self seat selection was allowed on the original flight. Flight staff was great - very friendly.

Lost one piece of luggage even though I checked in 2.5 hours before the flight

It was Swiss. Our kosher meals were literally frozen solid and therefore inedible, and the crew didnt care.

For the expense of first class, the seats could have been nicer and higher tier snacks would have been nice.

The boarding process on the departure from LA was rather slow even though I was in Group 1. For first class, I was not expecting to have to pay for Wi-fi but I did and then the wi-fi was spotty. The entree was surprisingly good and so that was a pleasant surprise. However, once I got to Houston, it was terrible. Unfortunately there was bad weather but the constant gate changes for my connecting flight was difficult to manage due to having to navigate back and forth between different terminals.

We used Kayak to reserve our tickets and specifically checked the luggage option which was a more expensive option. When we arrived at the terminal we had to pay an extra $90 per suitcase for the three passengers. This has been a pattern for the past 3 years. Why charge for a more expensive luggage option, and the ticket price not include luggage?

They delayed the flight 3 hours because it wasn't full they moved us to 5 different gates probably the worst airline ever not even spirit is this bad.

Very easy ! Use the kiosk and bag drop and right to security within 10 min

Checking bag at terminal was horrible. No agents to check us in and only 1 kiosk working. Boarding went ok. Crew onboard was very scattered rained. Missed our row while serving and then didn’t see them hardly again.

Crew was amazing, takeoff wonderful. The bathroom was disgusting from before takeoff the odor made the flight uncomfortable as you could smell the bathroom from the center of the plane where we were sitting. Smelled like raw sewage. My daughter was throwing up as we landed due to the smell and horrible turbulence as we approached Newark.

Airline tickets are not cheap. You expect reliable competent service. Thanks to canceled flights and botched transfers we arrived at our destination two days late. This is not acceptable

American Airlines is a great dependable airline, on time arrival and departure with polite crew and staff.

I think since I am an AA Advantage member, my checked bags should have been free, but I paid for all 4 of us.

This flight moved Gates several times in a short time period, from B to C, which required a substantial walk or rail ride. Then the flight was delayed more than 2 hours and the food was subpar compared to other flights.

Flight was delayed multiple times without giving any particular reason and the only thing that was communicated was that 'Aircraft is getting ready'. I was stuck at SFO airport for 15 hours and finally took Southwest Airlines flight back home to Dallas.

Hydraulic leak caused the flight to be cancelled. Auto system scheduled us on a 3 am flight. Wevhsedvrebook on the app and hit schedules later in the afternoon. Our luggage per gate and ticket agent would be rescanned and put in our new flight. Did not happen. Our luggage stayed in hsv. Baggage claim in wash dc unable to help. We filed a claim. Several emails about our luggage were in conflict with one another. Called as baggage and was on hold 30 minutes. Oscar said one of 2 was out fir delivery then cancelled. About 45 minutes later both pieces were delivered. Their system is suspect

I was not clear if food was offered or not.

Because I bought my ticket from Underpricer, I could not check in online. I could only check in at the airport and that was deeply frustrating because I had to arrive very early. The flight also departed 45 min late and passengers were given no explanations about why we were delayed. I was worried I would miss my connecting flight. Once on board, however, the flight was fine.

Absolutely terrible. They boarded the plane, supposedly realized they didn't refuel the plane or load the luggage so we sat as the gate inside the plane for over 2 hours while they supposedly did things that should have been done before having passengers board the planem

Flight cancelled. Twice. And no communication. No gate agent. Went past boarding time and had to go and see email from AA. Airport communication was bad

I love the e fact that the staff communicated swiftly when my flight was delayed and gate number changed

The flight was cancelled, so why are you asking me how the flight was?

We sat in our seats on the tarmac for almost 3 hours due to storms. They would not give us water or a snack. We were to depart at 7.30 pm and it was about 10.30 when we took off. No dinner until much after that. Beef type noodle dish was terrible with about a teaspoon of beef in it. The breakfast sweet waffle with egg and sausage inside was horrible. An English muffin sandwich would have been much better. Food was the worst in all of our years of traveling the world.

Our screen kept turning off ...3 times...had to get crew attention to turn it on again

They messed up my seat so I didn’t get the one I paid for

Put me on standby; flight was late; missed my connecting flight; disaster

Flight attendants were fine, seats a bit hard but I use a cushion for extra support. The only issue was it was a bit too cool and I needed to ask for and received and extra blanket. I survived!!!

Very few things and/or people are excellent. It was very good.

Extremely uncomfortable seats. Experience was like a Frontier Airlines flight. Would not fly it again.

Very, very tight legroom. They must’ve jammed in an additional few rows of seat seating. Denver to Munich was the least legroom I’ve ever had on any flight, let alone a multi hour international journey. I will not take that flight again.

In my first flight with Air Canada we sat in the plane for 4:00pm to 6:30pm. Finally we were asked to get off the plane and we were told the flight was cancelled after 7:00pm There was o clear explanation of what was the problem. I was booked without my permission on a Delta Flight at 7:30pm that was leaving at 8:00pm and I still had to go get my luggage(my final destination was Rome with one stop in Toronto. The luggage claim for Canada was closed so had to return to finally get it on the luggage belt.. Of course I missed the Delta flight and all the next day flights were booked. I also lost what I paid for my stay in Rome because I did nt cancel in time. A complete nightmare.

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