Budget airline passengers urged to bring food onboard
A new survey says that low cost carriers are charging their passengers sky-high prices for the food they offer onboard. The research reveals that eating while flying costs travellers more than they expect. The usual price of food and beverages on budget airlines is 374 per cent more than at a
by Bobby V-Jones April 7th, 2010
Ryanair May Pull out of Italy over Regulations Dispute
Ryanair, one of the planet's largest budget airlines, engaged in a heated argument today with the Italian Civil Aviation authority. The Ente Nazionale per l'Aviazione Civile (ENAC) accused Ryanair, as well as peer airline, easyJet, of ignoring safety standards ...
by Andrew Bones December 29th, 2009
Liligo reveals budget carrier easyJet greener than BA
A newly released study from Liligo reveals that using budget airlines is a greener option. Liligo informs that the delegates of the UN Climate Change summit in Copenhagen last week should had looked closer at low-priced airlines when arguing about the impact of air travel on climate change. The travel
by Dave Smith December 24th, 2009
EasyJet Comes to the Rescue for Flyglobespan Passengers
In the wake of the announcement that Flyglobespan was suspending all of its flights after being forced into administration. Easyjet, the UK's largest budget airline, has increased their offer to rescue stranded Flyglobespan passengers in order to aid them in ...
by Emily Welch December 21st, 2009
BA Christmas strike boosts business of rival airlines
The planned strike of British Airways (BA) cabin crew will benefit rival airlines that are going to accommodate affected BA passengers. The sudden strike of airline staff is due to the deficit of workers’ pension by 76 per cent to £3.7 billion over the previous three years. Rival airline Virgin Atlantic
by ASAP December 16th, 2009
Easyjet to move out of East Midlands
In an effort to cut rising costs and battle post-recession woes, one of UK’s most prominent budget airline, Easyjet, has announced new cuts that will be made to its services. Easyjet has recently announced that it will stop operations at one airport and further reduce its capacity by at least
by Rosie Vaughan-Jones December 10th, 2009
Flybe Takes Off as Popular UK Airline
The newest UK CAA air traffic figures have been released and they reveal that Flybe along with spin-off partner Loganair are responsible for over two times the number of domestic flights across the UK than any other airline in the ...
by Andrew Mayer December 7th, 2009
IATA anticipates 11 billion loss
Despite businesses picking up worldwide in the third quarter, the International Airline Transport Association (IATA) believes that the airline industry this year will write a loss of at least 11 billion dollars. Europe was reported to be the worst affected region in the world for the aviation industry. The rest
by Andrew Bones December 4th, 2009
RyanAir to charge transaction fee for Visa card holders
Starting January 1st, Visa Electron card holders will now face an extra five pounds per person service charge, each time they try to book RyanAir tickets online. However, MasterCard prepaid card holders will not have to pay the service charge to book on RyanAir. Prepaid online cards given out by both
by Katy Davies December 2nd, 2009
O’Leary to leave Ryanair in about 3 years
Michael O'Leary, CEO of Ryanair, earlier said that he plans to retire two to three years from now from the Irish budget airline company. O'Leary told RTE radio that he would also like to witness the takeover of rival Aer ...
by Andrew Bones November 30th, 2009
Brits rank Ryanair as worst family brand
The result of the recent FamilyBrands poll named Ryanair as Britain’s worst family brand. The no-frills, low cost airline is seen as doing little on promoting family values, and is perceived as less caring on its customers, the poll elaborated. The ...
by Neill Zerk November 26th, 2009
High fuel costs batter EasyJet revenue
The total revenue of EasyJet has gone down by 50 per cent to about £54 million, despite the increase in its air travel passenger numbers, market share and load factors. The airline company blamed this year’s higher fuel prices for the drop in earnings, with EastJet's 2009 oil expenditure costing
by Andrew Bones November 19th, 2009