Ryanair and Easyjet continue to offer fantastic deals for hopping around Europe, but make sure to pay careful attention  to the details while booking or it will cost, sometimes a lot more.  Remember the golden rule of budget carriers: nothing is free.
Here are five issues to be aware of when flying on budget carriers, specifically [...]

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Ryanair is not the first to allow mobiles on-board flights but it will be the model for others to follow, if it succeeds.  On-board mobile presents opportunities for the airline to increase revenue and improve the passenger experience.  What could be better?
It was just a matter of time before mobiles would be ringing and beeping [...]

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Hello Travelers!
Ryanair has announced that there will be no more bookings for their flights via other websites. Actually, there seems to be some question as to if they will honor tickets booked through any site other than their own, so if you have booked on ebookers.ie, Rumbo, eDreams, Atrapolo or any other 3rd party [...]

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Bummer!  It would have been good if they would have been able to make it fly, but Skybus- the Columbus, Ohio budget carrier in business since May 22, 2007 -has just posted this announcement on their website:
Skybus Airlines will cease all operations effective Saturday, April 5.
Skybus struggled to overcome the combination of rising jet fuel [...]

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Hello Travelers!
It just wouldn’t be the Holiday Season without some news of how airlines could have done better; however sometimes travelers should just get a better idea of the risk they are taking by flying a budget, bare bones airline. Recently we reported about the introduction of a new airline based out of [...]

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Hello Travelers!
Delta Airlines has recently released a series of short videos which are supposed to raise consciousness of how not to be on an airplane. Complete with a cute name, Planeguage- I think that Plane Sense, Planetiquette or even Jetiquette would have been more effective names- Delta has produced 6 videos that show [...]

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Skybus has a goal:  to offer the lowest priced flights in The United States.  On paper that sounds fantastic, but accomplishing this is proving to be challenging for the no-frills airline based in Columbus, Ohio.  Emulating the Ryanairbusiness model, tickets are cheap, airplanes are not spacious and passengers are charged for everything, which if you know this beforehand, as you should, then there should be no [...]

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Compact enough to fit into the overhead compartment, the Skyroll keeps clothes wrinkle free and organized; plus, you will not smack around fellow travelers with those awkward garment bags while squeezing down the aisle.  Maybe the best reason to purchase this $100 piece of luggage is because it is difficult, if not impossible, to over-pack (i.e. no getting charged for excess baggage weight).  Moreover, for everyone who buys an Italian suit or French dress, [...]

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Flight alert systems present a huge potential to save travelers time, alleviate their frustration and create a better overall travel experience.  The Middle Seat column in the WallStreet Journal has done an extensive study on these systems and finds that there is still room for improvement, but FlightStats does the best job.

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Hello Travelers!
Why not???  Isn’t that what we all think when we find a super cheap inter-European air ticket? That’s certainly what I thought when I booked my 120 euro round trip ticket from Rome, Italy to Paris-Beauvais, France.
Okay, so here’s the question: would I still have booked my ticket had I known that the [...]

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