Comments on: Why Are Cheap Airlines So Cheap? http://flowingdata.com/2009/07/16/why-are-cheap-airlines-so-cheap/ Strength in Numbers Thu, 24 May 2012 08:49:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Anon Ymous http://flowingdata.com/2009/07/16/why-are-cheap-airlines-so-cheap/#comment-32854 Anon Ymous Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:31:09 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=2144#comment-32854 It's also leaving out the fact that most of the legacy carriers (Delta, United, USAirways) also have more experienced pilots and crews. So yes, you do sometimes pay a bit more for their salaries (which have taken major hits since even before 9/11 --- sometimes up to 50%), but I honestly feel safer having someone behind the controls with 20 years of experience versus crews with only 2 or 3. It’s also leaving out the fact that most of the legacy carriers (Delta, United, USAirways) also have more experienced pilots and crews. So yes, you do sometimes pay a bit more for their salaries (which have taken major hits since even before 9/11 — sometimes up to 50%), but I honestly feel safer having someone behind the controls with 20 years of experience versus crews with only 2 or 3.

]]> By: Το Top 5 της εβδομάδας (09 Αυγούστου – 15 Αυγούστου 2009) | Newsfilter http://flowingdata.com/2009/07/16/why-are-cheap-airlines-so-cheap/#comment-32700 Το Top 5 της εβδομάδας (09 Αυγούστου – 15 Αυγούστου 2009) | Newsfilter Sun, 16 Aug 2009 13:14:28 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=2144#comment-32700 [...] Γιατί οι φθηνές αερογραμμές είναι τόσο φθηνές;: Δείτε ένα ενδιαφέρον άρθρο για το πως μειώνουν το [...] [...] Γιατί οι φθηνές αερογραμμές είναι τόσο φθηνές;: Δείτε ένα ενδιαφέρον άρθρο για το πως μειώνουν το [...]

]]> By: Stephen http://flowingdata.com/2009/07/16/why-are-cheap-airlines-so-cheap/#comment-32610 Stephen Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:49:41 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=2144#comment-32610 Hmmm... Absolutely no mention of Southwest Airline's fuel contracts that have kept their fuel prices consistent -- and much lower than their competition. Hmmm… Absolutely no mention of Southwest Airline’s fuel contracts that have kept their fuel prices consistent — and much lower than their competition.

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]]> By: Medialandschap - Trends, kunst, media, lifestyle en techniek » Waarom Easyjet veel goedkoper kan zijn dan KLM http://flowingdata.com/2009/07/16/why-are-cheap-airlines-so-cheap/#comment-32364 Medialandschap - Trends, kunst, media, lifestyle en techniek » Waarom Easyjet veel goedkoper kan zijn dan KLM Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:24:39 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=2144#comment-32364 [...] Op FlowingData staat een interessante graphic die eenvoudig uitlegt hoe het komt dat zgn. low cost carriers veel goedkoper zijn dan andere maatschappijen. Geef het door: [...] [...] Op FlowingData staat een interessante graphic die eenvoudig uitlegt hoe het komt dat zgn. low cost carriers veel goedkoper zijn dan andere maatschappijen. Geef het door: [...]

]]> By: onlain » Blog Archive » Por qué las aerolíneas económicas son baratas, en infografía http://flowingdata.com/2009/07/16/why-are-cheap-airlines-so-cheap/#comment-32044 onlain » Blog Archive » Por qué las aerolíneas económicas son baratas, en infografía Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:37:02 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=2144#comment-32044 [...] | FlowingData 0 people like this post. [...] [...] | FlowingData 0 people like this post. [...]

]]> By: Cédric Soubrié http://flowingdata.com/2009/07/16/why-are-cheap-airlines-so-cheap/#comment-31907 Cédric Soubrié Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:29:25 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=2144#comment-31907 Just one small question : 44 € + 40 % doesn't make the 200 € cost of expensive company. Is it because they have such a huge margin, or there is something not taken into account in the visualization ? Just one small question :
44 € + 40 % doesn’t make the 200 € cost of expensive company.

Is it because they have such a huge margin, or there is something not taken into account in the visualization ?

]]> By: Joe http://flowingdata.com/2009/07/16/why-are-cheap-airlines-so-cheap/#comment-31829 Joe Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:53:24 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=2144#comment-31829 This has already been mentioned, but I thought I'd pass along my experience having just returned from a 3 week tour of Western Europe. On my trip I flew 8 legs from San Diego to Philly to Shannon, Dublin to Heathrow, Luton to Charles De Gaulle, Orly to Barcelona to Lisbon to Philly to San Diego. I may have saved money flying Easyjet from Luton to CDG and Vueling (a discount Spanish carrier) to BCN, but whatever savings I enjoyed in my ticket price quickly vanished in the costs I incurred trying to get to the more remote airports both monetarily and in terms of time and convenience as both Orly (and Luton especially) are more difficult and expensive to get to than CDG or Heathrow. Add the facts that I had to purchase food for these legs (and on the cross country legs to and from Philly on US Air, apparently flying across the continental US is no longer reason enough to warrant even a free packet of peanuts these days) and the inconveniences of flying out of a regional airport (no wireless Internet, longer lines to check in, fewer resources: my wife and I sat on the floor of Luton for over an hour due to the lack of seats) and the advantages of the major carriers are quickly revealed. I am of the opinion that aside from standardizing fleets and utilizing technology more effectively these "discount" carriers are simply informally passing along costs to their patrons more than actually saving them money. This has already been mentioned, but I thought I’d pass along my experience having just returned from a 3 week tour of Western Europe. On my trip I flew 8 legs from San Diego to Philly to Shannon, Dublin to Heathrow, Luton to Charles De Gaulle, Orly to Barcelona to Lisbon to Philly to San Diego. I may have saved money flying Easyjet from Luton to CDG and Vueling (a discount Spanish carrier) to BCN, but whatever savings I enjoyed in my ticket price quickly vanished in the costs I incurred trying to get to the more remote airports both monetarily and in terms of time and convenience as both Orly (and Luton especially) are more difficult and expensive to get to than CDG or Heathrow. Add the facts that I had to purchase food for these legs (and on the cross country legs to and from Philly on US Air, apparently flying across the continental US is no longer reason enough to warrant even a free packet of peanuts these days) and the inconveniences of flying out of a regional airport (no wireless Internet, longer lines to check in, fewer resources: my wife and I sat on the floor of Luton for over an hour due to the lack of seats) and the advantages of the major carriers are quickly revealed. I am of the opinion that aside from standardizing fleets and utilizing technology more effectively these “discount” carriers are simply informally passing along costs to their patrons more than actually saving them money.

]]> By: Seitz http://flowingdata.com/2009/07/16/why-are-cheap-airlines-so-cheap/#comment-31803 Seitz Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:41:59 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=2144#comment-31803 I fly JetBlue from Chicago to Long Beach every time I go to the west coast. As for as being an admobile, I'm not sure what you mean. They have a couple channels on their TVs that are pretty ad-heavy, but you don't have to watch them. It's not like they obscure part of the screen. As for the smaller airports, they still fly to major cities. My family lives in the San Gabriel Valley. Flying into Long Beach is a FEATURE, not a bug. It's about 100 times easier to navigate than LAX, and the traffic isn't nearly as bad. For people that live in Simi Valley, yeah, it's a problem, but oh well. A free round trip ticket for every nine one way tickets I buy is fairly reasonable as well. My only problem with Jet Blue is that they only offer one flight each way per day between Chicago and Long Beach, so I take my chances on the Chicago weather. Other than that, a bad experience on Jet Blue is still usually better than a good experience on most major carriers. I fly JetBlue from Chicago to Long Beach every time I go to the west coast.

As for as being an admobile, I’m not sure what you mean. They have a couple channels on their TVs that are pretty ad-heavy, but you don’t have to watch them. It’s not like they obscure part of the screen.

As for the smaller airports, they still fly to major cities. My family lives in the San Gabriel Valley. Flying into Long Beach is a FEATURE, not a bug. It’s about 100 times easier to navigate than LAX, and the traffic isn’t nearly as bad. For people that live in Simi Valley, yeah, it’s a problem, but oh well.

A free round trip ticket for every nine one way tickets I buy is fairly reasonable as well.

My only problem with Jet Blue is that they only offer one flight each way per day between Chicago and Long Beach, so I take my chances on the Chicago weather. Other than that, a bad experience on Jet Blue is still usually better than a good experience on most major carriers.

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