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Flag carriers join battle for low-cost sector in Asia

Travel Jun. 06, 2011 - 04:23AM JST ( 3 )

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asianTouristJun. 06, 2011 - 10:01AM JST

A change of profits from $7.6 billion to $3.7 billion has convinced most flag air carriers to establish budget brands. We can say such cases repeating the similar stories of producing consumer electric devices for three market segments - low-end, mid-end and high-end. But fuel costs are among other big factors to differentiate one flag brand to other flag brands. Employees in air transportation must find more challenging conditions for months to come.
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elbudamexicanoJun. 06, 2011 - 07:53PM JST

I have not used one of these cheaper, low costs, no frills Asian airlines, but my brother told me working at SFO international, that the Chinese planes and Indian ones, were like pig sties, just garbage every where, drinks spilled every were food, dirty diapers etc..so thanks! and remember, this is on a NORMAL Chinese and Indian plane, not these super cheap ones, so just use your imagination, scary!!!
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JeffLeeJun. 08, 2011 - 07:27AM JST

Elbudamexicano: neither you nor your brother have actually flown on these airlines so I'm not sure what the value of your comment is.

I HAVE flown these airlines on numerous occasions (Jetsar, Air Asia) and had great service for the price. The AA airliner had leather seats ($30 one way from Bangkok to Phuket) and Jetstar flies into one of the world's finest terminals at Changi Airport in Singapore. Jetstar has a flight that arrives at 8:25 am in Saigon, the first flight of the day, which means customs, immigration takes about 5-10 minutes.

The old legacy airlines in developing countries are more likely to be dirty than these new upstarts, which are going all out to attract passengers, I'd say.