Wednesday, 15 January 2014

LOW COST AIRLINE

Low Cost Airlines is a cheap fare of flying that everyone can't get enough of, it's a bit like "if you don't like my apple don't shake my tree '' either you love it or you hate it. low cost airlines have gain access into the market where many airlines are trying to pieces. Ryan air as the market leader, Ryan air has been the first airline to take the plunge to lower cost, the airline environment is changing all around yet low cost airline still prevail. 
Now going back in time, there was a time when flying was only for the wealthy few, Airlines represented their countries, Today the are called flag carrier airline, it went on like this till twenty years ago when the market changed, passengers wanted low fares which gave opportunity for low cost airlines to grow and today low cost airlines are in direct competition with flag carries. 
 
Interestingly enough technology has help enhance the way we book our flight especially with low cost airline the want all passengers to book online, than book from call center, therefore it reduces cost, right let's face it, it's cheap booking online as it's expensive doing that with phone line, Also some airlines have different booking method. As we both know thereis charges for everything afterward you can check-in online minimizing the cost of printing a boarding pass at the airport, it's the method of getting lower fare, but some airlines may charge u extra if you forget to check-in online.  
 
With low cost airlines, the operate buy on board service and the reason is many passengers want to have food an have drinks. But there's only one thing, the aircraft do not get clean by the external cleaners, once the aircraft lands at it's destination and everyone is off the plane, the cabin crew go around and clean it all up. basically the reason to that is this, it minimize the cost because it costs a lot to get extra cleaner to clean the aircraft, also another thing is that it serves a lot of time, Many airline want to be on time because time is money. the usually clean the aircraft at the start and end of operation of the day as I gather this but compare this to flag carrier airline, flag carrier would clean the aircraft often because the need to keep to their standard. So in this case some people think of budget airline as a bus. For instant on let's point out some noticeable thing about low cost airline, magazines are handed out at the start of operation and passengers have to return it at the end of the flight this way the airline minimize the cost of re-printing, the safety cards are stock on the back of the seat so to ease cost of re-printing, seats on boards are without push back buttons because it's expensive to buy an maintain so all seats are completely up right. 
 
Low cost airlines mostly fly to regional airport as most international airports like Heathrow is  expensive, also to regional airport advantage it helps boost tourism to that area, although the are quite close to the city an as well the charges are cheap for low cost airlines, Most of the low cost airlines have stairs in order to safe cost of airport taxes. Although the passengers still prefer low cost airline, also low-cost airlines have added an impact to aviation industries, but the question is what's the future for low cost airline? 
Now regional airports are getting busier thanks to low cost airline also this wont stop as many people do have many holidays  and would like to spend it. As long as  the can get from point A to point B at a cheaper cost.

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