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, ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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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 ...
