777-200LRpilot From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (11 years 2 months 2 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 335 times:
Could someone give me the rundown on Euro low fare/no frills airlines? What the names are, where they fly, who they are competing with stuff like that. Just need some general info. Thanx for your time.
EasyJet and RyanAir are well known, compete with just about anyone.
See their websites (they are in English...).
BasicAir flies between Schiphol and some destinations on the Mediteranian. Competes mainly with Easyjet (doh) and Iberia.
BMi Baby is BMi's answer to Easyjet.
Donder10 From Canada, joined Oct 2001, 6659 posts, RR: 24 Reply 2, posted (11 years 2 months 2 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 251 times:
Also GO which is the most expensive of the low cost carriers.Easy are based at Luton London and Gatwick,
Ryanair at Stansted,Dublin,Prestwick and 'Frankfurt' Hahn soon.
BDRules From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2000, 1501 posts, RR: 3 Reply 3, posted (11 years 2 months 2 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 244 times:
i Thought FRANKFURT Hahn was already a hub for Ryanair.
BMIBaby fly to Dublin, Murcia, Malaga, Faro, Prague, Barcelona, Nice & Palma as of 20th March.
The first bmibaby a/c will be unveiled on Sat 16th i think. Definatley be at EMA on 17th
Tombezza From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2000, 85 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (11 years 2 months 2 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 219 times:
A simple breakdown:
Ryanair: a 'very' low-cost airline, flies to secondary airports mainly from London Stansted, also has bases in Brussels, Glasgow and Frankfurt
easyJet: a low-cost airline flying to major airports, main base London Luton, other bases in London Gatwick, Geneva, Liverpool and Amsterdam. Concentrating on intra-European routes
Go: one of BA's more successful ventures, now making money for 3i. Bases in Stansted, Bristol and, soon, East Midlsnds
Buzz: KLM UK's response to the low-cost market. Brilliant if you want to travel from Stansted to France. Pretty useless if you don't
Airblue From San Marino, joined May 2001, 1825 posts, RR: 14 Reply 6, posted (11 years 2 months 2 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 191 times:
Add to the list:
The Italian Volare Airlines.
They fly scheduled mainly domestic Italy, but even if they aren't the so called no-frills carrier (they provide a full service with hot meal on 1 hour flight), they offer really cheap fares. Sure they are cheaper than GO or Buzz.
Air Lib Express is a new France no-frills who plans to fly only France domestic.
Germania is a German charter who also started to offer low-cost flights within Germany (FRA-TXL is its first route)
Sterling European is a Danish charter who also offer scheduled low-cost flights to the main leisuse destinations from CPH, ARN, GOT and OSL. Now they are going to start their new intra-Scandinavia flight between OSL and CPH.
Pressclub From Belgium, joined Nov 2001, 773 posts, RR: 6 Reply 7, posted (11 years 2 months 2 weeks 18 hours ago) and read 176 times:
Guys
You forget some players in the EU market:
x Virgin Express operating out of Belgium. But it's not a real 'low cost' airline. They focus mostly on leisure destinations (BCN, ATH, Rome, Lisbon, ...) but also have some business citypairs in their network
x SkyEurope: a new start-up lowcost airline operating in Bratislava / Slovakia with great ambitions
x Hamburg Int'l: German low-cosy player offering domestic flights
Vtual From France, joined Nov 2001, 137 posts, RR: 1 Reply 9, posted (11 years 2 months 2 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 149 times:
Goodjet : New low-fares airline from Göteborg. Will start the 25 April routes from Göteborg GOT to Paris BVA and Nice NCE on a Boeing 737 at 49€ one-way.
To book : http://www.goodjet.com
Air Lib Express : the new Air Lib low fare carrier that should (finally) make money to Air Lib.
Do routes from Paris Orly Sud to Toulon, Nice, Perpignan, Toulouse, Lourdes at 29€ one-way.
To book : http://www.airlibexpress.com or 0825 820 820 (from France)
Flying-Tiger From Germany, joined Aug 1999, 4111 posts, RR: 39 Reply 10, posted (11 years 2 months 2 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 148 times:
Tombezza which "Frankfurt" do you mean? There is only ONE Frankfurt and that is the Rhein-Main Airport (FRA), the Ryanair-"Hub" is Hahn (HHN) which is located 110 km away from Frankfurt.
Presseclub, kick SkyEurope, with an EMB-120 you can´t offer low-cost flights...
Pressclub From Belgium, joined Nov 2001, 773 posts, RR: 6 Reply 11, posted (11 years 2 months 2 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 129 times:
godbless,
You are right: i mean Germania
Flying tiger:
Go to their website.This is just the start-up. They add B 737 later this spring. Only online bookings, no frills on board, ... one way ticket prices: that's low-cost
BDRules From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2000, 1501 posts, RR: 3 Reply 12, posted (11 years 2 months 2 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 100 times:
Actually Ryanair took LH to court regarding Frankfurt Hahn and LH saying that it isnt "Frankfurt". And FR has won an appeal to call Hahn "Frankfurt". This is due to the official name being Frankfurt Hahn. Check the Ryanair web site news http://www.ryanair.com (in German only)
Flying-Tiger From Germany, joined Aug 1999, 4111 posts, RR: 39 Reply 13, posted (11 years 2 months 2 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 96 times:
No, FR hasn´t. The last press release clearly says that the court´s decision is still pending. On March 19th we will know how they can call the airport. I think they will rule that "Frankfurt" has to be dropped.
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