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Jun
25
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Discount airlines are prevalent around the world today. They have played a huge part in driving travel and with the lower cost of flights people who once would never have travelled are experiencing new destinations they would have once only dreamed about.
The discount airline market was driven by Ryan Air in the early days and the successful model that they originally inspired has been developed and is now copied by a host of international competitors.
Airfare specials are regularly coming out and nowhere is it more competitive that in Europe where rarely a week goes by without a deal where tickets are sold for in some cases a few dollars and the cost of taxes and fees. While the discount fares are great for consumers, some pitfalls exist. Often luggage limits are less and can catch you out, most major airlines will have a 20kg limit but in the case of Ryan Air they operate on a 15kg limit. This can cause some annoyance at check-in if your combining this with other international travel where you have travelled with an allowance of 20kg’s. Most discount airlines also vigourously enforce this as well. Another catch is unassigned seating on some airlines, this can mean that you are not travelling next to your family which can be an issue at times, especially with children.
These are just a few of the common problems people experience but when you take into account the cheap airfares and if you closely read the fine print you will bag yourself a bargain.
Check out some of the major discount airlines below;
Ryan Air
Easyjet
Sky Europe
Tiger Airways
Air Asia
Southwest Airlines
Jetstar
Jetstar Asia
Wizz Air
My Air
Of course these are only a small selection and represent generally airlines that I have had personal experience with in my travels. I am working on developing a more extensive list and will post this in due course to help provide a few options when booking your discount airline travel.
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Jun
10
Jetstar
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Jetstar is an Australian airline that is the discount carrier offshoot of Qantas. Jetstar also have a growing interest in Asia through their Jetstar Asia airline. Jetstar have bold expansion plans with the hope of travelling to Europe from Australia/Asia in the coming years. The initial plans for European expansion have been somewhat curtailed by the rapidly rising oil price which has recently caused them and Qantas to cut back on services but they are still blessed with being low cost and servicing some rapidly expanding parts of Asia such as Cambodia and Vietnam.
I recently travelled from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur and managed to obtain a return airfare of $458. This was booked six months ahead and while with higher fuel costs impacting the bottom line of airlines these deals will be harder to find they will not disappear. Once an airfare of $1000 to a place like Malaysia would have been a good deal but with the plethora of discount airlines competition for passengers is strong.
Jetstar have friendly crews, professional pilots and new aircraft. Plus with the added advantage of having Qantas as a big brother you have a solid and reliable airline. While Jetstar have had their issues since inception some four years ago they have found a solid place in the Australian aviation industry along with Qantas and Virgin Blue.
Click here to visit the Jetstar website.
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