Questions tagged [low-cost-carrier]
A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline (also known as a no-frills, discount or budget carrier or airline or cheap flight) is an airline that generally has lower fares and fewer comforts. To make up for revenue lost in decreased ticket prices, the airline may charge for extras like food, priority boarding, seat allocating, and baggage etc.
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What would be the "minimum" number of flight crews per aircraft in a small low cost airline?
Let's say we own a small company flying 10 airplanes (A32X/B73X/A220/E-Jet) in high density low cost environment. Leaving all other costs outside the equation, What would be the minimum flight crew ...
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What is the minimum manpower required for A320 start up airline
Ideally on a A320 aircraft how many captains, first officers and cabin cre would be required for a start up airline accounting for 2 Management Captains, standby, training, sickness, leave, mandatory ...
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Why did Ted fail? [closed]
So, if you don't know what Ted is, it's a low cost airline created by United. It had one hub in Denver and it had three secondary hubs: Los Angeles, Chicago O'Hare, and Washington Dulles.
I thought ...
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May airlines cancel unprofitable flights?
If a given flight is unprofitable for an airline (occupancy ratio or – more precisely – revenue from ticket fares and cargo below the break even point) and if operating this flight incurred a bigger ...
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Why are European low-cost carriers not running long haul flights to destinations like the USA, Asia, or the Middle East? [closed]
Does this benefit them somehow, by only travelling within Europe?
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What prevents Low Cost Carriers (LCCs) from cutting cost that compromise safety?
I was reading an article about LCCs and here is an excerpt that got me thinking.
While budget airlines cut other corners to keep fares low, they do not
— actually cannot — compromise the safety ...
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Why so much ground time at Frankfurt Airport?
Disclaimer: Total layman here.
I frequently fly into and out of Frankfurt Airport (FRA) with regional jets (flight time advertised as 45 minutes) and one thing that everyone is always annoyed about ...
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Do low-cost airlines make more profit than luxury airlines? [closed]
I was watching this TV show and it said that currently low-cost airlines e.g. Ryanair/Easyjet make more cumulative profits than more expensive long haul airlines such as British Airways and Virgin ...
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What are the costs of 1 hour flight in modern low-cost airlines?
Thinking about "low cost" airlines that often tickets of about 40 Euros for 2 flight hours, I was wondering how these companies can cover their costs.
Considering for example EasyJet that fly with ...
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How much of an airline's costs are labor costs?
What percentage of a commercial airline's costs are labor costs? Can an airline run a low-cost operation without reducing the wages for crew and pilots, or subjecting them to long shifts? E.g. ...
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A330 flown by low cost airline - is 8 cabin crew really all they have?
I'm reading the Australian Transport Safety Bureau report on an incident involving an AirAsia X A330 (PDF). The flight in question was intended to be Sydney to Kuala Lumpur so something like a ten to ...
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Why do some airlines not use containers for luggage?
Many planes allow the use of ULD containers to store hold luggage: such luggage is placed into the containers, then the containers are stored in the hold of the plane.
There are many advantages to ...
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Could a commercial plane seat configuration look like a troop carrier?
I wonder whether Michael O'Leary has already seen that. I am pretty sure he would be eager to implement the idea. However, is that feasible - both from a legal, and as a security policy - for ...
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Why do full service airlines prefer to run a separate low-cost carrier?
There are various full service carriers (FSCs) who have a separate low-cost carrier (LCC) subsidiary. For example:
Germanwings by Lufthansa
Air India Express by Air India
JetKonnect by Jet Airways
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What is the difference between point-to-point and low-cost airlines?
In describing major airlines, are "point-to-point" and "low-cost" synonymous? Or is this an over-generalization?
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Why are Low Cost Carriers ordering several hundred aircraft?
Indigo is a low cost carrier, which already has 99 A-320s in its fleet has ordered 431 more. This airline currently covers 35 routes, while the full service carrier Emirates has 221 planes, and ...
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