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How Budget Airlines Work

Wendover Productions · 10.2M views · 2016-05-31 · 8:28

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Overview

A Wendover Productions explainer on how budget airlines can sell tickets for under 10 euros. It covers the costs airlines face and how low-cost carriers structure their business.

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HN points to it as a short, clear answer to why budget airlines are so cheap.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2017–2019

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What people said

pimmen · 2019-04 · Recommendation

Europe has extremely cheap prizes because the big airlines are trying to compete with the budget airlines. The real question is "why are budget airlines so cheap in Europe (they often cost about a third of what a budget ticket in the US would cost)?". Well, lots and lots and lots of reasons why. [VIDEO]

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jasode · 2017-12 · Recommendation

For some extra background on EasyJet and Ryanair's ability to charge lower prices than Air France and KLM, Wendover has a short 8 minute video: [VIDEO]

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chipperyman573 · 2019-02 · Reference

You should check this video out: [LINK] You would be pretty surprised how many costs airlines have to pay. An extra $4/passenger/flight would eat significantly into their bottom line. This is especially true for budget airlines, which often already make less than this per passenger already (source: [VIDEO] )

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