Now Boarding! » Low Cost http://now.boarding.fr/en A blog somewhere between earth and sky Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:12:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 How it come cheap airlines are so cheap? http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/how-it-come-cheap-airlines-are-so-cheap/ http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/how-it-come-cheap-airlines-are-so-cheap/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:37:01 +0000 Myriam http://now.boarding.fr/en/?p=164 A picture worth a thousand words … this one is from Metrobest and explains a lot.

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]]> http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/how-it-come-cheap-airlines-are-so-cheap/feed/ 7 Ultra low cost, spirit of the fees? http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/ultra-low-cost-spirit-of-the-fees/ http://now.boarding.fr/en/post/ultra-low-cost-spirit-of-the-fees/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:05:33 +0000 Myriam http://now.boarding.fr/en/?p=52 There are fees for checked luggage, reservation changes and even pillows and blankets. And now, one airline is poised to start levying a fee when you simply buy a ticket.

Spirit Airlines Inc., an ultra-low-cost carrier that has pioneered many fees, says it has worked out an agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation to begin charging a “passenger usage fee” — perhaps $5 to $10 per ticket — for the privilege of buying a ticket anyplace other than at Spirit’s airport ticket counters.

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No, it is not an April fool news. More on The Wall Street Journal

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