| Unless you happen to have been on the moon | | | | to well to the desire for cheap air travel. |
| for the past 10 to 15 years you will have | | | | It is probably down to too much oil sloshing |
| been aware at off the rise off the so-called | | | | around the place anyway. However it would |
| low cost carrier with regards to air travel. | | | | appear that other low cost start ups may be |
| | | | in the offing and Jazeera Airways costs |
| Nowadays some air line brand names such as | | | | daunting to fly from Kuwait and Dubai to |
| Easy Jet and Ryannair sit alongside the major | | | | India and Egypt. |
| brands such as British Airways and Air | | | | |
| France. | | | | In the Far East the low cost airline business |
| | | | stopped it seriously with Tiger Airways and |
| The trouble in the past was that the majority | | | | Jet Star Asia Airways in Singapore whilst |
| of the low cost carriers only serviced the | | | | across the border in Malaysia, Air Asia |
| smaller domestic markets of Europe. | | | | operate. In Thailand, Nok Air operates and in |
| | | | Vietnam there is Pacific Airlines. Sadly the |
| But alongside the likes of Southwest Airlines | | | | low cost airline business in Indonesia is |
| in the United States, other low cost airlines | | | | blighted by the poll safety record off |
| have begun to appear on a regional basis | | | | Indonesia is Adam Air. However Lion Air and |
| worldwide. | | | | Air Asia have quite a developing network. |
| | | | |
| In Australasia the budget air lines Virgin | | | | Finally in the United States of America the |
| Blue and Compass now rival the likes of | | | | air line that started the whole Low-cost no |
| Qantas and Ansett for coverage in the skies. | | | | frills airline revolution in1971, Southwest |
| | | | Airlines is going from strength to strength |
| In India, Air Deccan, Spicejet GoAir and | | | | and has been joined by JetBlue. In Mexico |
| indigo air lines now compete alongside the | | | | there are a couple of Low Cost carriers of |
| likes of Air India. | | | | which Aviaca and Aero California are supposed |
| | | | to be the better ones. |
| In South America Gol started in 2001 and BRA | | | | |
| and Ocean Air now have expanding networks | | | | In Canada despite the earliest low-cost |
| within Brazil. | | | | carriers going into receivership West Jet now |
| | | | serves 24 cities and flies to the United |
| In Africa and low cost airline's picture is | | | | States too. |
| patchy at best with only Kulula threatening | | | | |
| the monopoly held by South African Airways. | | | | The problem with all of this has always been |
| SAA have responded by launching their own low | | | | how do you connect it all? that have always |
| cost carrier called Mango. Mango seem to get | | | | been certain areas geographically that have |
| coverage but partly it is due to a vastly | | | | not been able to be covered but now it would |
| subsidized basis which will probably only end | | | | appear that things are about to change. Not |
| in tears. | | | | only that but standards in the low cost |
| | | | airlines is also vastly improving as well |
| In the Middle East the only real serious low | | | | |
| cost carrier is Air Arabia. It would appear | | | | As they say in the media watch this space. |
| the rest of the Middle East is not responding | | | | |