Budget Airline Blog

The carrier has been allowed to keep its nine different categories of cheap fares.

Six of them cost between 55 and 80 percent of the ceiling fare, and the remaining super-cheap tickets cost from VND15,000 to 50 percent of the maximum fare.

Pacific Airlines had a makeover as a no-frills airline in February last year.

The state-run Vietnam Airlines too has submitted to the Vietnam Civil Airline Bureau for approval new airfares on domestic routes.

Budget Long Haul

The 5th annual Asia Pacific Low-Cost Airline Congress saw some interesting revelations about two of our budget international airlines and their plans for the future.

In coming months and years Jetstar Air and Virgin Air will look to expanding their budget services internationally on long-haul routes which are yet to see low-cost models applied.

But for the short term, both carriers are looking at different challenges to make the long-haul services viable.

For Jetstar Australia’s expansion into Europe, it’s the delays of the Dreamliners which have put a crimp in their plans.  But they continue to retain the stance that the delays won’t affect them too much.