Terrific page. Loved it!

Posted By Vicki on April 16, 2007, 3:40 AM

Nice page. I'd like to see information about low-fare airlines WITHIN Europe and between Europe and Asia; I can get to France just fine, but then to fly around Europe, I need more help. Thanks.

Posted By Susan on April 16, 2007, 8:42 AM

Susan, try finding out about flights within Europe at
www.whichbudget.com *(http://www.whichbudget.com/)
It's very helpful.

Carol

Posted By Carol on April 16, 2007, 8:50 AM

I am so excited about budget airlines flying from the USA to Europe. About time! I am tired of paying $500 and above for a 6 hour trip which is the equivelent of flying from NYC to California. Europe should be pleased with this, as they would see a boom in tourisim from the North America.

Posted By Chioma on April 16, 2007, 9:12 AM

You can also try www.flycheapo.com for info within Europe. You just search between cities and it tells you which budget airlines fly those routes. Hope this helps!

Posted By Whitney on April 16, 2007, 9:15 AM

Love it!

We've flown Southwest for years and now we're trying Maxjet to London this summer. Can't afford business class with the big boys so it'll be interesting to see how Maxjet is.

Posted By Anne on April 16, 2007, 10:01 AM

Anne,
Would love to hear about your trip to London on Maxjet. We are planning travel in April 08.

Nancy

Posted By Nancy Snyder on April 16, 2007, 1:41 PM

That's Great for Europe! But i need to know when the low-fare airlines will be flying to South America.

Posted By marucs on April 16, 2007, 1:46 PM

Hi, Anne and Nancy,
Please note that MaxJet is offering a sale, currently: It's offering reduced fares on summer travel between New York and London for $599 each-way as well as Washington DC and London or $499 each-way. These may not help you in the LA market, but perhaps you could take a discounted flight to DC or NYC and then hop onto MaxJet(?)
--Sean O'Neill

Posted By Blog Editor on April 16, 2007, 2:24 PM

Good Article....I agree completely. As a matter of fact, Southwest is offering incredible specials for the months of May & June. I got a flight in June fr Orlando to DC for $54 each way + tax. So jump on it everyone...let's support the airlines that help support our pockets/ purses!

Posted By CRUISE KING on April 16, 2007, 3:37 PM

I would like to know when and if some of the low cost airlines are considering flying out of Houston Texas, right now, in order to take advantage of super deals we have to fly to east coast.

Posted By Doreen on April 16, 2007, 8:39 PM

Europebyair.com offers $99 Flight Pass coupons which are purchased prior to leaving the US and can then be used on any of 100's of flights throughout Europe. I have used their services with great success. Happy travels!

Posted By Shari on April 17, 2007, 1:04 AM

We have purchased tickets for air travel within Japan on a low-cost carrier, Skymark, and the round trip for the two of us will cost just 1/3 of what we would have paid on JAL or ANA. I will report back when we get home in late May.

Posted By Linda on April 17, 2007, 12:13 PM

I flew with Maxjet last summer DC-Stanstead round trip. Service was excellent and flight was most enjoyable. Only problem was return flight connections from the continent to connect up with the Maxjet return flight times.

Posted By Dave on April 17, 2007, 2:27 PM

i am planning a trip to go fly to paris from san francisco and then return from rome. any ideas on which carriers i should look into. also i would like to rent a i bedroom apartment in rome for 4 days and another in lucca for four days. if you have any web sites to visit please let me know

Posted By ariana on April 17, 2007, 6:47 PM

I have two daughters in Perth, Australia, Because one of them is terminally ill, I am going broke flying there Any ideas?

Posted By Ann Buron on April 17, 2007, 8:09 PM

Folks, Thanks again for posting. Here are some websites to find low-fare carriers in Europe and worldwide: dohop.com, whichbudget.com, and attitudetravel.com. As Brad pointed out, low fares are slowly spreading, so some gateways, such as Houston, and some routes, such as to Perth, Australia, haven't yet seen the discounts.

Posted By Blog Editor on April 18, 2007, 8:31 PM

I'd like to report that our trip in Japan from Haneda to Fukuoka and back on Skymark was just fine. One caveat, however: they have a 15 kg/33 lb. weight limit on checked bags, and they will charge a fee if you are over. We bought a scale and made sure that our bags were under the max, so we had no problems. The tickets for the two of us cost about $430, and the same flights on JAL or ANA were coming up around $1,157--BIG difference!!

Posted By Linda on June 5, 2007, 1:05 PM

Last month we flew Clickair, a new low-cost carrier based in Barcelona, from Lisbon to Barcelona. Non-stop flight cost only $100, used new equipment, and was quite enjoyable. Clickair is competing with many low cost European carriers.

Posted By vthig@bellsouth.net on June 11, 2007, 3:33 PM

I have read the above and just wanted to add some to what has already been said
The tendency in the industry is quite interesting as we see the big online travel agencies (say Expedia and such) lose a great part of the market share to many of the meta-search engines. Of course, Dohop is worth mentioning as they have a fast and comprehensive calculation especially useful to get a general overview on flights. This be said, the competition is strong and there are, as in any other industry, a list of alternatives which suits different needs. Kayak is mainly centered on the American market (the same goes with Sidestep and Mobissimo) but lacks in coverage when it comes to European flights. Developed in the UK, Skyscanner primarily deals with departures from Britain, although they are expanding to include a broader part of the international flights. Momondo is based in Denmark, Scandinavia, and was launched on September 1, 2006. We are the up-and-coming site with the most comprehensive search on low-cost airlines mainly focusing on the European market. Our purpose and future goal is not only to be a search engine, but also to become an interactive site with focus on easy-to-use features, general travel information and user-written content.

Regards,

Mads Emil
The Momondo Team

Posted By Mads Emil Dreyer on June 13, 2007, 8:25 AM

In October 2006 my husband and I flew Seville to Barcelona on Click Air on its third day of operation on that route. The plane looked spanking new and the flight was very good -- at about 1/3 the price of other carriers!

Posted By Lilian Casey on July 9, 2007, 9:52 PM

ok...i dont know where and how i come on justlowfare.com
but price and servise was so good i end up uying more than ticket for my family in 2 hrs...all question was answered rght away...dont take my word try and see what you got....

Posted By kathy on July 17, 2007, 4:00 PM

All of the comments are wonderful and appreciated. I, too, fly within Europe and am always looking for affordable air there.

But there's a question I have and I would think others do too. HOW SAFE ARE THEY? HOW CAN WE FIND OUT?

I go back to "you get what you pay for" and wonder how they can charge so little without cutting somewhere. Do they have less experienced pilots? Less maintenance? Older planes?

I've never seen this addresssed anywhere so if anyone has the "lowndown" on this I would love any comments!

Thanks. Carol

Posted By Carol on August 13, 2007, 8:16 AM

Any comments about the new Very Light Jet (VLJs)?

Posted By AnnieinKC on September 24, 2007, 2:28 PM