Aug 23rd, 2009 at 12:00PM: Even though the environment has changed dramatically, airlines in the US are a pretty calm and respectful bunch. New airlines come (and go), and their competition is limited to copying each others routes and prices. Very rarely will you hear airline A call airline B anything nasty. In Europe, things are different - very different. Competition in Europe is cutthroat, and this doesn't always end up ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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European airline competition reaching the boiling point
Aug 23rd, 2009 at 12:00PM: Even though the environment has changed dramatically, airlines in the US are a pretty calm and respectful bunch. New airlines come (and go), and their competition is limited to copying each others routes and prices. Very rarely will you hear airline A call airline B anything nasty. In Europe, things are different - very different. Competition in Europe is cutthroat, and this doesn't always end up ...Easyjet's jilted in the sky
Jun 2nd, 2009 at 1:00PM: easyJet was ready to help passengers walk down the aisle while walking down the aisle. The airlines plans to conduct mile-high marriage ceremonies, however, were stymied by local British bureaucrats who said they couldn't give the airline permission. Under this unusual program, pilots – like captains at sea – would have facilitated the swapping of vows.
The relevant officials in ...EasyJet tells six year old girl that her teddy bear has to travel as excess baggage
May 14th, 2009 at 10:30AM: It's amazing what a total lack of common sense can do for your company. Take for example the story of a check-in agent at Glasgow airport responsible for helping Easy Jet passengers. When 6 year old Amparo Peris-Bordes approched the desk with her mother, this EasyJet staffer told her that she'd have to pay 9 pounds, and send her teddy bear onto the conveyor belt, and into the hold as excess ...Say "I do" at 30,000 feet - easyJet wants to get into the wedding business
May 5th, 2009 at 2:30PM: Desperate to generate some extra cash, every airline in the world is scrambling for ways to introduce new money making services. Some have considered paid bathrooms, others are going to double charge fatties. UK low cost carrier easyJet is in the lead at the moment in the creativity top 10. The airline is planning to introduce in-flight weddings on their planes, allowing couples to tie the knot at ...Drunk flight attendant escorted off plane and arrested
Feb 27th, 2009 at 9:00AM: When Anthony Shlyshen showed up for work at Gatwick Airport he had had a few--actually several. According to this article, Shlyshen was more than three sheets to the wind when he thought he might be able to manage his easy Jet Airbus shift. Maybe he envisioned the plane's narrow aisle would keep him from weaving too much, and holding onto the seats from time to time would keep him steady. The ...EasyJet survival guide: six simple steps
Feb 10th, 2009 at 3:30PM: The name is seductive: EasyJet. This low-cost airline boasts occasional fares of below €10 (one way) and can get you almost anywhere in Europe. What's not to love? Of course, entering the experience, you know deep down that there has to be some unpleasantness involved, but you accept that as a condition for cheap travel. After all, you're only inconvenienced for a few hours at the most ...Budget Travel: European Spring Break
Feb 10th, 2009 at 11:30AM: Europe. For Spring Break? You must be joking right? Surely in this time of economic crisis and tightened budgets the European continent is out of reach for most, especially for the student traveler looking to save a few bucks on their Spring Break. And that's why we're here to tell you just how remarkably affordable AND easy it is to spend that week off partying it up in Prague, museum-hopping in ...Budget Travel - The Low Cost Carrier
Feb 3rd, 2009 at 11:30AM: Summary: The low cost carrier (LCC) may seem like a new development in the aviation world, but the concept is anything but new. The first real low cost "no frills" airline was Laker Airways, which took off back in 1966 from the UK, and shuttled passengers to destinations all around the world for as little as $50. Laker Airways provided the inspiration for many of the current low cost carriers, ...Another Low-Cost Carrier Fails
Oct 18th, 2008 at 11:00AM: Low-cost-carrier LTE ceased to operate today because of its financial predicament. The Spanish carrier stopped booking flights on Thursday, but some would-be holidaymakers were left with luggage in hand, waiting to get from rainy England to the sunny Canaries. LTE specialized in such routes and worked closely with several English tour operators. LTE was not a newcomer to the LCC game. It has been ...German easyJet passenger brawls, then tries to open cabin door
Oct 8th, 2008 at 4:30PM: Crew members of an easyJet flight in route to Berlin from Naples had to act quick recently when a 31-year-old German passenger threatened to open the plane's cabin door at 30,000. German national Meik Gauer, of Leipzig, apparently got into a little dust up with two British passengers, aged 21 and 41, who were taunting him (though authorities don't know why). Words were exchanged. Then things ...Slowing economy in the UK = good news for budget airlines
Mar 12th, 2008 at 4:00PM: The economy in the UK, much like in the US, has been slowing considerably. Some people--budget airlines for example--are actually pretty pleased about this. Their customers are turning to the cheap, no-frills airlines to keep their holidays on budget.
After it released strong passenger numbers, EasyJet said to The Guardian that the biggest danger facing the airline industry is the global oil ...EasyJet busted for misleading advertising
Mar 10th, 2008 at 1:20PM: Frequent travelers of Europe's budget airlines have known for years that the industry relies, to a certain extent, on misleading, if not outright false, advertising. Usually this has to do with their pricing. Log onto any of the big European budget carriers -- easyJet, Ryanair or Germanwings, for instance -- and you'll be hit with a great offer. Take Germanwings, for instance. You'll see them ...Cage match: Eurostar versus Easyjet
Feb 26th, 2008 at 9:00AM: We've all seen the one cent ultra-cheap fares that Ryanair, Easyjet and and other low cost carriers (LCCs) frequently offer from European hubs. It's a great way to skip around the EU if you're flexible and haven't got a lot of cash; it thus has recently become pretty popular with students and vacationers on a limited budget. And as most of us know, the one cent fares come with strings attached. ...Budget Airlines Whine About Environtmental Concerns
Sep 21st, 2007 at 10:00AM: Budget Airlines, like Europe's EasyJet, complain that they're carrying the burden of concern about air travel's environmental impact. EasyJet's Chief Executive Andy Harrison argues that taxes should be based on the efficiency of planes and the distance traveled rather than being a per-passenger duty, claiming that budget airlines' fleets are newer and thus more efficient than traditional airlines. ...Ultra Cheap Airfares May Be A Thing Of The Past in Europe
Jul 17th, 2007 at 11:50PM: Those 1P (or better yet -- FREE!) airfares you can find in England aboard Ryanair or some similar budget carrier sure are exciting after the exorbitant prices we've been paying ever since Air Travel became an industry. But they're a bit deceptive, don't you think? You don't ever actually pay 1p. For example, I booked a flight for ?20 and when all was said and done, it ended up being ?60. And ...
