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budget airlines stories: 7 news summaries

Airline Pulls Own Mag After Holocaust Memorial Shoot

Budget easyJet did fashion spread without permission

Nov 20, 09 11:50 PM CST
(Newser) - British budget airline easyJet has taken its in-flight magazine out of its planes after the New Statesman pointed out that a fashion spread in its current edition was shot at Berlin’s Holocaust memorial. The airline blamed the outside publishing house in charge of the magazine, which, judgment and taste... More »

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British Parliament • airline industry • budget airlines • EasyJet • Berlin Holocaust Memorial • in-flight magazine

(Newser) - The budget-airline boss who's thinking about charging passengers to use the bathrooms on his planes wants you to know that he doesn't feel a bit bad about it. If you expect to be coddled, Michael O'Leary tells the New York Times, Ryanair's not for you. O'Leary—famed for his rudeness... More »

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airline industry • Ryanair • airline • budget airlines • airline passengers • Michael O'Leary

New Budget Airline Launches With 1 Plane, $9 Seats

First few seats are $9; all extras will cost you

May 27, 09 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The founder of the short-lived discount airline Skybus thinks conditions are right for a second attempt at adding service to less-used regional airports, the Chicago Tribune reports. JetAmerica will follow the model of European budget carriers like Ryanair, offering a handful of seats for $9 and charging for services like... More »

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airline industry • Skybus airlines • business • budget airlines • airline ticket prices • Toledo, Ohio • economy • JetAmerica • Melbourne, Fla. • John Weikle

 Airline Eyes Charging for Toilets 

Irish budget carrier
may put coin slots
on lavatory doors

Feb 27, 09 9:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Just when you thought the airlines had figured out how to wring every penny out of flyers, budget carrier Ryanair announced it was mulling a new fee: a $1.50 charge to use the toilets. The Irish airline's CEO said today he was considering "putting a coin slot on... More »

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airline industry • Ryanair • airline • surcharge • budget airlines • toilet • recession depression

Fuel Costs Bump Up Budget Airfares

Discount carriers
forced to dump
discounts or go bust

Jun 20, 08 3:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rock-bottom airfares are going the way of the zeppelin as fuel prices continue their climb into the stratosphere, the New York Times reports. Some budget carriers have gone bust. Others have hiked fares and begun to woo more business travelers, blurring the line between big carriers and discount operations. Southwest... More »

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airline industry • JetBlue • airline • gas prices • Southwest Airlines • budget airlines • airline ticket prices • discount carriers

 Thousands Stuck
 as Asian Budget Airline Folds

Hong Kong airline becomes 4th carrier to go bust this month

Apr 9, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of passengers have been stranded in Hong Kong, London, and Vancouver with the collapse of Asian budget airline Oasis, the New York Times reports. In a sign that the industry's woes are spreading rapidly, the Hong Kong-based airline joins three US budget carriers to have gone under this month... More »

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bankruptcy • airline industry • Hong Kong • Skybus • airline • gas prices • Aloha Airlines • ATA • budget airlines • Oasis • airline passengers • stranded passengers

Death Toll at 88 in Thai Air Crash

Survivor says plane tried to land too fast in torrential rain

Sep 16, 07 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - The death toll has risen to 88 in the crash of a budget airliner on a Thai island resort today, Reuters reports. Officials said the plane broke up and burst into flames as it tried to land in torrential rain.The 42 survivors are being treated for a variety of... More »

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Thailand • Asia • plane crash • rain • airline safety • Phuket • One Two Go • budget airlines

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