RE: Cheap airlines

When i flew Easyjet last month their in-flight magazine had an article on the ways they keep their fares so low.
The first of course was food. Its not free, if you want it you buy it. But as low budget airlines tend to be short-haul you rarely do. The money you’ve saved tends to feed your appetite on these flights!!
Lack of tickets is the next. You recieve a letter of confirmation which you take to the cheak-in and acts as a ticket.
Flying the one type of aircraft, which brings the cost of maintenance down, and the training of cabin crew as they only need to be familiar with one model.
On line booking. Alot of their tickets are brought on line as they are cheaper, reducing the amount of tele-sales costs. I think they eventually would like all ticket sales to take place from their website.
Flying from luton where air traffic is less making the turn around more economical and faster.

I think they cut on gimmicks not safety!