Eeks! Beware Attack of the Low Cost Carriers

OK folks, sit up in the back row and pay attention. Hands up those who reckon they can name more than four Low Cost Carriers or (as we more commonly refer to them as) Budget Airlines in Europe?

“Whaaat! There’s more than two?” I hear you scream.

“You mean to tell me that there is more than just Uncle Stelios and his merry band in the tasteful orange corner and his arch nemesis Mr O’Leary and the shamrock brigade in the green one?”

Big yes all round folks and the market is expanding like crazy with demand for new destinations popping up all over the place and it seems, airlines following suit!

OK let’s look at a few of the major ones and see where we go from there. Firstly it has to be said that opinion is divided on View the rest of this article