Budget Airline Blog

Great news if you are flying between Central Europe and Morocco!

Air Arabia (Maroc), Morocco’s new low cost carrier (LCC) announced that it will start services to Mulhouse, France beginning October 25, 2009.

Basel is a tri-national metropolitan City bordered by Switzerland, France and Germany.

Roundtrip flights will operate two times per week between Air Arabia’s hub in Mohamed V International Airport, Casablanca and Basel-Mulhouse ?Airport in France.

The LCC will fly to Basel on Fridays and Sundays departing …

Sri Lanka’s state-run budget carrier has suspended operations indefinitely because of a lack of planes, an aviation official said Sunday.

The budget airline, Mihin Lanka, has been dogged with financial trouble since it began commercial operations last April.

“They (Mihin) don’t have an aircraft to fly passengers since the beginning of this month,” Sri Lanka’s civil aviation chief, Parakrama Dissanayake told AFP.

Mihin’s last aircraft, an Airbus A321 taken on lease, was reclaimed by its Bulgarian owners at the end of April, as the airline was unable to make payments, an airline industry source, who declined to be named, said.

South African budget airline Nationwide stopped operations with immediate effect Tuesday because of financial problems.

The company has a fleet of 17 planes which mainly cover domestic and short haul routes, with flights to London three times per week. It was not immediately clear how many passengers were stranded.

“Our cash-flow has become critical and as a result we have decided to voluntarily cease all flight operations until further notice,” Nationwide chief executive Vernon Bricknell said in a statement carried by the South African Press Association.

A new low cost airline has been announced in Tanzania. Its called Community Airlines and will provide an enormous lift to the countries economy

 Tanzania is most famous for mount Kilimanjaro and its incredible wildlife. Tourism has helped the country grow and now the budget airline will help more tourists move more quickly around the country.

A typical one way flight from Dar Es Salam to Kilimanjaro will cost just $42USD. 

Mr Paul Chizi, the airline’s Chief Executive Officer, said the company is owned by local shareholders.