Ever dreamed of traveling cheap? Then you should know that there is a special type of carriers - low-cost airlines... They always have the best deals and extremely attractive airline deals. Read the instruction article and travel for pleasure!
If you want to use the services of low-cost airlines, then you should read the article "How to travel to Europe cheaply", which will tell you about budget schemes for getting to Europe through the Baltic countries and Finland, in order to fly from there with low-cost planes. Also the material "Low cost airlines of Europe" will be useful to you.
Pros of low-cost airlines
- Low prices. Sometimes just fantastically low! A € 1 ticket is not a dream at all, but a real practice. Usually tickets for Ryanair flights, if bought a couple of months in advance, cost 10-30 €.
- High security... Many are afraid of low-cost carriers, as if they save money, including on the quality of aircraft. In fact, everything is exactly the opposite. The peculiarity of low-cost airlines is the use of only new (average age - about 3 years) aircraft of the same type. Thanks to this, the company is not forced to spend money on frequent repairs and patching holes in airplanes that are 20-30 years old.
- Punctuality of flights. The potential for latency is minimized.
- Minimum chances of losing your baggage.
- Lack of impudent people, which carry on board ten bags of carry-on luggage and occupy all the shelves with them.
Cons of low-cost airlines
- Using inconvenient airportslocated far from the city, sometimes even more than 50 km. But sometimes this disadvantage can even be useful. For example, low-cost airlines flying to Milan actually arrive at the airport in the neighboring town of Bergamo, which is not so bad considering that accommodation in Bergamo is cheaper, and Milan is only an hour away by train. And in itself, Bergamo is a very beautiful city, which is worth devoting a little time to.
- Difficulty changing flight dates. Practice shows that it is easier and cheaper to buy a new ticket than to change an old one - the fines for making any changes to the purchased ticket are too high.
- Paid baggage transportation. Only one piece of small carry-on baggage is allowed, everything else is charged separately. It often happens that the cost of baggage transportation is higher than the price of the ticket itself. Well, why do we, in fact, large suitcases? Traveling light!
- Lack of service on board during the flight - you will need to pay for food and drinks. You will also be offered to buy all sorts of knickknacks: calendars, T-shirts, etc. But given that low-cost airlines fly short distances, you can safely do without food or just take a couple of sandwiches with you from home.
- Self registration on the flight via the Internet. Regular check-in at the airport is a paid service.
By and large, all these disadvantages are not so terrible and, of course, savings on tickets justify them. The only thing to remember is to carefully study all of the airline's rules. If you know in advance about all of the above restrictions, then you will not have any unpleasant situations and unplanned expenses.
Low-cost airlines in Europe
The country of origin of this carrier is indicated on the right. It is through this country that most of the transfers will be carried out.
- AirBaltic (Latvia)
- AirBerlin (Germany)
- AirItaly (Italy)
- EasyJet (UK)
- Germanwings (Germany)
- Ryanair (Ireland)
- WizzAir (Hungary)
If a flight on low-cost airlines does not suit you, then you can search for cheap tickets on our website in the form on the right or on the metasearch sites Aviasales and Skyscanner.
Also, be sure to read the article on how much to travelbuying inexpensive air tickets, and our material on how to organize budget travel.
