Budget Airline Blog

Paris is set to have a rival to the British airport Stanstead when it considers to build Champagne Airport

Ryanair and Wizz Air are among airlines interested in the possibility of turning an airfield in the Champagne region into a hub for low-cost carriers serving Paris, Christelle Riguet, a spokeswoman for Vatry airport, said Friday.

The airfield would provide easy access to Paris, just 39 minutes away from the nearby city of Reims by high-speed TGV rail. Local authorities have pledged to put in place bus service that could reach the Disneyland Paris theme park to the west.

Representatives from the Irish and Hungarian budget airlines attended a presentation about plans to make Paris Vatry, an international freight cargo airport located 100 miles east of Paris, into the French capital’s low-cost airport, Riguet said.

The two low-cost carriers “are interested,” Riguet said.

Flydubai, the cheap airline from the collapsing Middle East emirate is about to take off to India. This will be good news for all those Indian workers who have been dumped due to property and building crashed in Dubai.

Next month, the carrier owned by the Dubai Government will start flying to the northern cities of Lucknow, Coimbatore and Chandigarth, giving the airline an initial network of eight cities.

The destinations mark the first in a series of new routes to India. More than one million residents and labourers from India live in the Emirates. “India is a very important market,” said Ghaith al Ghaith, the chief executive of flydubai. “We are looking forward to a long and successful future serving the needs of customers between the two countries.”

A new budget air carrier will target smaller U.S. cities that it says are not being served by bigger airlines.

JetAmerica said Tuesday it will offer 34 nonstop passenger flights a week starting July 13 at Toledo, Ohio; South Bend, Ind.; Melbourne, Fla.; Newark, N.J.; Minneapolis and Lansing, Mich.

We have spotted a deal that will take you from Rome to Bangkok for an incredible EUR 49.00!

The airline is called blu-express and have been operating out of Rome and Milan, providing mainly cheap flights across Europe with occasional long haul flights to Cuba, but for EUR 700.

We are not quite sure how they can provide such credit crunching cheap flights but book them soon because they are only available in May and June.

Budget airlines swept through the UK and Europe in the 1990s and have today a firm footing in the business of flying people on short haul flights.

Initially you paid a set amount in the expectation that you did not have to pay more, apart from some snacks on the place. Now you have to pay for everything and there is even more bad news for the big boned who like to travel with more than hand luggage.

You are the new target for budget airlines because of three things…

1. You are more likely to snack and therefore buy food on board

2. You will have to pay for two seats if you cannot fit your backside in a normal seat

3. unless you can cram all your travel gear into hand luggage you will be charged more!

So there we have it. If you are fat and carry a lot of luggage then the message is clear - budget airlines need you!

Going on developments in the US market, where many low-cost airlines have flopped, Mr Stewart believes the market could thin down to just three or four key players.

The European low-cost airline sector continues to welcome in new players each month, drawn by low interest rates and a high availability of second-hand planes.

Big names such as Ryanair, easyJet and Air Berlin, and the low-cost wings of traditional airlines - such as the UK’s bmibaby - are expected to stay the course.

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Air Asia is to be Min Yoos new shirt sponsor! The deal is soon to be announced and Air Asia will take over from AIG who are currently in big financial strife!

Air Asia now flies to the UK from KL and offers the long haul cramped seat experience.

Flydubai is Dubai’s first budget airline has received more than 11,500 job inquiries as it prepares to launch.

FlyDubai has hired 61 captains and 18 first officers from among the 8,000 who applied to be pilots. They each have about 4,000 hours’ experience as captains and average 8,000 flying hours.

Eighty cabin crew have also been selected from 3,500 applicants.Ghaith al Ghaith, FlyDubai’s chief executive, said: “We had a huge response from applicants who were keen to come and join us, which shows the excitement among flight crew at the prospect of joining a new and exciting airline. It also demonstrates that Dubai is still seen as an attractive place to live and work.

Budget airline Ryanair says it will do away with airport check-in desks by October.

Europe’s largest discount carrier said Tuesday passengers will have to check in online before arriving at the airport. They will be able to use baggage drop desks for their luggage if needed.

Ryanair first announced plans to abolish check-in desks last month, saying most of its customers already check in online.

Spokesman Stephen McNamara said the move should help reduce air fares.

Ryanair is unashamedly no-frills

Ryanair, the no fun airline, is to start charging for using the toilet in another idiotic move to further piss off their customers.

The company is also considering charging for the air in the plane as well and if customers refuse they will be told not to inhale the ryan air!

Let’s hope that Ryanairs profit sink, because the airline stinks!