I’m sure Mr O’Leary will reduce the prices if he realises his nice new 738’s aren’t being filled!

For me personally I’d much rather fly with Easyjet anyway. I’ve probably only flown with them 10 or so times, but every flight has been superb with the attitudes of the crew being right up there with KLM, Lufthansa or any of my other favourite non-budget airlines (and I’m sure A Spalding will agree with me on this!)

Be interesting to see what develops.

A part of the no-frills airline’s advertising and rhetoric armoury is attempting to portray, to the casual travelling public, that they the no-frills sector are cheaper than the full service airline competition. Clearly this is not always the case – I’d go as far as to say often it is not the case, particularly when all the added charges the no-frills sector can impose are taken into consideration – that’s why I don’t call them “low-fare” carriers, by the way. The casual traveller, without either the time or wherewithall to research, is suckered by the no-frill’s sectors messaging, and sometimes that costs them money or convenience. I think that the primary message must be “buyer beware”, and certainly don’t believe all of the hype coming out of certain airline offices in Dublin and Luton (amongst others).

Andy

Absolutely, and the most stunning example of this in my eyes are Jet2. Yes, you can get moderately low fares if you book far enough in advance, but exactly how they can be classed as a ‘budget’ airline I’m not entirely sure.

Ahh well… Sometimes convenience is the most important criteria when booking flights, and in this capacity (to me at least), Jet2 do have their place. (I speak of day trips to Amsterdam, of course!)

Paul