Boston-Baltimore Route Battle

Budget carriers battle for passengers on Boston-Baltimore route

A battle is being waged in the skies between Boston and Baltimore.

EU

Budget airlines lobby EU for Single European Sky

A group of low cost airlines have come together to demand that the European Union (EU) gets the ball rolling on harmonising European air traffic management and implementing the long-awaited Single Eur

Korea

Korea's budget airline market getting crowded

Korea's two largest airlines have joined the low-cost carrier business, with Korean Air having founded Air Korea and Asiana Airlines having bought a controlling stake in Pusan International Air, which has launched budget carrier Air Pusan.

Let The Budget Air Wars Begin!

Ryanair prepares to prey on rivals during downturn

France’s president, Nicolas Sarkozy, and his new wife, Carla Bruni, scored a notable victory last week against Ryanair, the budget airline.

For the unauthorised use of a picture of the couple in a newspaper advertisement, a French court ordered the airline to pay Bruni €60,000 (£45,000) in damages, plus a symbolic €1 to her ... read more

Cheap air fares 'killing British tourism'

Budget airlines are "squeezing the life out of British tourism" and the government is exacerbating the problem by promoting expansion of the aviation industry, MPs were told yesterday.

Budget hotel chain Travelodge accused Ryanair and easyJet of driving an £18bn "tourism deficit" by drawing British holidaymakers away from Britain with ... read more