A low cost airline is\na carrier that offers generally low fares in exchange for reducing many of\nthe traditionally offered passenger services, by no means compromising the\nsecurity of the travelers. The general characteristics of the low cost\nairlines are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– flying to\ncheaper, less congested secondary airports and flying early in the morning or\nlate in the evening to take advantage of lower landing fees<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– short flights\nand fast turnaround times, allowing maximum utilization of the aircraft<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– direct sales\nof tickets, especially over the Internet, avoiding fees and commissions paid to\ntravel agents and reservations systems<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– eliminated\nin-flight catering and other complimentary services, replaced by optional\npaid-for in-flight food and beverages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since the early 1990s\na number of these airlines have sprung up all over North America as an\nalternative to the major, long-established carriers. The most successful low\ncost\/charter airlines operating in the United States and Canada are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ALLEGIANT AIR.COM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Serving flights\nnationwide flying out from Las Vegas, running significant bases at Orlando\nSanford International Airport and St. Petersburg-Clearwater International\nAirport<\/p>\n\n\n\n ATA AIRLINES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A low cost airline\nbased in Indianapolis, Indiana, operating scheduled passenger flights\nthroughout the US mainland and Hawaii, as well as commercial charter flights\naround the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n AIRTRAN AIRWAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Based in Orlando,\nFlorida, AirTran operates over 700 daily flights throughout the eastern USA and\nthe Midwest, including over 200 daily departures from Atlanta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n AMERICA WEST AIRLINES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It is the second\nlargest low-cost airline in the US, providing service to approximately 100\ndestinations in the US, Canada, and Mexico. The main hubs are Phoenix, Arizona\nand Las Vegas, Nevada<\/p>\n\n\n\n FRONTIER AIRLINES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Based at Denver\nInternational Airport in Denver, Colorado, the carrier operates flights\nthroughout the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Its major US destinations are\nwest of the Mississippi River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n JETBLUE AIRWAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Its one of the major American low-cost airlines, serving destinations in the United States (New York-JFK, Long Beach, Oakland, Boston, Orlando, Ft Lauderdale, and flights to Washington-Dulles, IAD), along with flights to the Caribbean, Bahamas, Bermuda, and Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SOUTHWEST AIRLINES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n America’s largest low\ncost airline, having notably large operations at Baltimore-Washington\nInternational Airport, Chicago’s Midway Airport, Houston’s Hobby Airport, Las\nVegas’ McCarran Airport, Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, Nashville, Oakland, and\nSan Diego.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SPIRIT AIRLINES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Serving flights\nnationwide, as well as destinations in the Caribbean, Bahamas, and Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SUN COUNTRY AIRLINES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Uses Minneapolis-Saint\nPaul International Airport as its main hub, and operates flights to\ndestinations in the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n WESTJET<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A Canadian low-cost\ncarrier based in Calgary, Alberta, that flies across most major cities in\nCanada and 11 cities in the United States. WestJet was rated the second-best\nlow-cost airline in North America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Get more information on discounted fares from low cost carriers and traditional airlines for cheap USA internal flights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A low cost airline is a carrier that offers generally low fares in exchange for reducing many of the traditionally offered passenger services, by no means compromising the security of the travelers. The general characteristics of the low cost airlines are: – flying to cheaper, less congested secondary airports and flying early in the morning or late […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[335],"yoast_head":"\n