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