SAS low cost arm launched today.

Maybe something like “fly_for_free.com” 😉

This just adds to all the other low cost airlines of Europe :

United Kingdom – easyJet (and go), bmibaby, MyTravel Lite, now,
Jet 2, flyglobespan, Air Scotland

Ireland – Ryanair (and buzz), Fresh Aer (planned)

Norway – Norwegian

Iceland – Iceland Express

Finland – Flying Finn

Sweden – Ryanair base, snowflake

Denmark – snowflake

Germany – Hapag Lloyd Express, Germanwings, dba, Ryanair base

Holland – Basiq Air, easyJet base

Belgium – Virgin Express, Ryanair base

France – flyeco (planned)

Switzerland – easyJet base

Italy – Volareweb, Ryanair base

Greece – Hellas Jet (planned)

Slovakia – Sky Europe

Air Berlin and FlyBe claim to be full service schedueled airlines offering “low cost” fares. The main markets which dont have a main low cost airline are Spain, Portugal and Austria. LowFareJet planning to start in Germany aswell.

Do we have space for anymore? :p :p :p

Regards
dan777

And am I the only one to think that a “normal” airline creating a low cost division is a bit like insulting their regular customers like saying “see we could fly you for less”.

No. Their price policy on certain European routes is outrageous.

Snowflake….. i think snow has inspired them too much.

Although SAS is with KLM my favourite airline, I don’t like their livery and this is one is even worse. It is soooooooooo bland.

And am I the only one to think that a “normal” airline creating a low cost division is a bit like insulting their regular customers like saying “see we could fly you for less”.

Maybe I’m too cynical… 🙂

Yago

I like the livery, but snowflake? I don’t like it, it’s too weak.

Yes it does EGNM it clears it up for us. Many thanks. 🙂

Originally posted by mongu
I’d say that aircraft is now used by Iceland Express.

My reasoning is that (a) it is Iceland reigstered (hardly startling evidence) and (b) that when I was at KEF recently the Iceland Express plane I saw was a 737 with a red tail, though I didn’t see the rest of the aircraft.

The a/c is operated by Channex and is shortly due to be transferred onto the G-CEL? range. The a/c are former Lufthansa examples -330QC a/c

hope this helps!

Well it is obvious SAS cannot compete with Ryanair, but yet another low cost airline makes me want to scream, the European aviation market looks like a bad joke….for goodness sake they can’t even get the livery right. They call themselves snowflake yet it is bright yellow? How long it will be around I would question. There seems to be only one low cost airline in Scandinavia-Ryanair. So many have tried to compete yet have failed.

Mongu this picture of the globespan 737 was Taken today at Bournemouth.

I’d say that aircraft is now used by Iceland Express.

My reasoning is that (a) it is Iceland reigstered (hardly startling evidence) and (b) that when I was at KEF recently the Iceland Express plane I saw was a 737 with a red tail, though I didn’t see the rest of the aircraft.

Another Newbie with an ‘orrible c/s!

I think this airline was mentioned a while Back, but I can’t really remember?

FlyGlobspan —- A terrible c/s!

eurgh 😮

Bigger pic of the proposed c/s.

Wow… nice to see Bologna on there!

Nice little airport.

Website is now up and running.

Destinations are as follows:

Based at Stockholm and Copenhagen:

CPH-Athens
Pristina
Sarajevo
Bologna
Palma
Alicante
Malaga
Lisbon

ARN-Istanbul
Athens
Budapest
Rome
Bologna
Prague
Nice
Alicante
Malaga
Dublin

Tickets are on sale now, but currently can not be ordered over the internet, through their site until June 3rd 2003.

The launch of Snowflake, will take place this Saturday and Sunday (22nd & 23rd) at the TUR-exhibition in Göteborg.

SnowFlakes first flight will take place on March 30th 2003, ARN-Istanbul.

To celebrate the launch, the day of the first flight, Snowflake has decided to do a lottery, and the winner will win a free trip to any off Snowflakes destinantions.

Heres the snowflake schedule: http://www.flysnowflake.com/snowflake/where.asp

Wow….Europe is drowning in low-cost menace.

yeah they are to be doing a press conference type thing later today, and thats when the website is launched. I’ll try to keep you up to date with it. 🙂

Another low cost?!

Any idea of their routes or are you waiting for the website to answer that one?

Thanks for the info.