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Join us on... Twitter Facebook RSS - SCANDINAVIA: Fly from London to Oslo, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Gothenburg or Helsinki. £59 o/w incl tax. Book at http://sn1p.at/sas by Mar 21.
- We added 3 new Budget Hotels to our Facebook album "Cheap Sleeps: Europe Low Cost Budget Hotels and Hostels" - http://bit.ly/5r8Yhz
- We've set up a Facebook Group for our sister site, attitude Travel Volunteering! You can join us here: http://sn1p.at/facebook/volunteering
- We have a proper Facebook address! At last! Now you can post us all your low cost travel questions at http://www.facebook.com/attitudeTravel
- Eileen Barish gives insight into a unique type of low cost lodging - European monasteries! See http://www.monasteriesofitaly.com/ @eileeneeo
- Thanks for the #FollowFriday shout-outs yesterday @RobertZurel, @AnalyzingKitty @ARTweestic & @E_Wanjiru ! You guys have a great weekend!
- We added 3 new Budget Hotels to our Facebook album "Cheap Sleeps: Europe Low Cost Budget Hotels and Hostels" - http://bit.ly/5r8Yhz
- WEST YORKSHIRE: Yesterday, after lunch, I took advantage of a low cost NX FunFare seat: Leeds to London, o/w, £12. A http://sn1p.at/nx ! ^AL
- UK: New 250mph trains will reduce the travel time between London & Birmingham to 47 mins. A British TGV at last? See: http://www.tr.im/Rwog
- @RobertZurel WISH ED ALL THE BEST! | Our Editor, Alan L, is now back on form & sends you his thanks for your kind wishes! Have a great day!
- DENMARK: Sick of flying? DFDS Seaways has 2-for-1 mini cruises from Harwich to Esbjerg for £43 pp. Book by Mar 31 at http://sn1p.at/dfds
- NETHERLANDS: Fed up with flying? DFDS has 2-for-1 mini cruises from Newcastle to Amsterdam for £89. Book by Mar 31 at http://sn1p.at/dfds
- We added 3 new Budget Hotels to our Facebook album "Cheap Sleeps: Europe Low Cost Budget Hotels and Hostels" - http://bit.ly/5r8Yhz
- Thanks @RobertZurel, @ARTweestic, @BigBlendMag, @aleombruni & @ReviewResorts for the Friday #FF! Our Ed was ill or we'd have replied sooner!
- LONDON: KL's budget hotel Tune is coming! See Daily Mail's "AirAsia's £2-a-night no-frills hotels set to open in London" - http://tr.im/QGY2
- Thanks for your smiles, @BigBlendMag ! It's 06:55 here in London (early!), our Editor is making a coffee - and smiles are just what we need!
- RT @cheapamsterdam: Budget airline bmibaby has 50% off cheap flights in Mar, Apr, May. Fly to Amsterdam http://sn1p.at/bmibaby (via @att ...
- @soniagraupera - Moltes grà cies, Sonia! I "Bon dia" de Londres també!
- @RobertZurel - Thanks for the mention! We enjoyed the thought about what the simple act of observing sunrise & sunset can mean! Any more?
- KENYA: There are rumours that TWO Ryanair-style no-frills airlines may start up in Nairobi. Wolfgang H. Thome reports: http://tr.im/QEOv
- USA: Book 2 stays at Sleep Inn ( http://sn1p.at/sleepinn ) or any Choice hotel with arrival between Feb 22 & Apr 30 & get 1 free night!
- USA: Book 2 stays at Quality Inn ( http://sn1p.at/qualityinn ) or any Choice hotel with arrival between Feb 22 & Apr 30 & get 1 free night!
- USA: Book 2 stays at Comfort Inn ( http://sn1p.at/comfortinn ) or any Choice hotel with arrival between Feb 22 & Apr 30 & get 1 free night!
- USA: Book 2 stays at EconoLodge ( http://sn1p.at/econolodge ) or any Choice hotel, with arrival between Feb 22 & Apr 30 & get 1 free night!
- WEST YORKSHIRE: Just booked a low cost intercity connection. Friday morning, London to Leeds o/w for £8.50! See: http://sn1p.at/megabus ^AL
- UK: New cheap train fares at East Coast! London to Edinburgh, £13; Newcastle to London, £12; London to Leeds: £10. http://sn1p.at/eastcoast
- RT @lr3031: @attitudeTravel http://studentsineurope.com review, Sara H writes Attitude Travel great resource for student travelers" http ...
- EARTH: Chile quake 7th strongest in history. Earth's figure axis shifted 8cm. Terran day now 1.26 milliseconds shorter. http://tr.im/Qtxp
- In her http://studentsineurope.com review, Sara H writes "Attitude Travel [...] a great resource for student travelers" http://bit.ly/bzcZXG
- Many thanks from everyone @attitudeTravel to Sara H, Laura C & the team @SIEweblog for their review of attitudeTravel! http://bit.ly/bzcZXG
- Laura C on FB: "I wanted to share a review that my colleague wrote about your site. Thanks for all you do!" Find us: http://sn1p.at/facebook
- RT @SIEweblog: Sara reviews @attitudeTravel -- a great resource for student travelers in search of cheap flights! http://bit.ly/bzcZXG
- UK: Travelodge is offering 150,000 en-suite double rooms for £19! Stay Mar 19 to May 31. Low cost Easter breaks at http://sn1p.at/travelodge
- EUROPE: bmibaby is 8! Fly Mar 15 - Jun 30 from the UK to Nice, Cork, Faro, Lisbon & more. Save up to 80%! Book now at http://sn1p.at/bmibaby
- ROMANIA: airBaltic begins cheap flights from Riga in Latvia to Bucharest on Mar 29. Fares from EUR 84 o/w inc tax. http://sn1p.at/airbaltic
- RT @unoblogger: Chile quake toll tops 700 as tsunami devastation emerges
(AFP) http://bit.ly/bEJjU0
- HAWAII: HI has escaped a tsunami. RT @theobserver AP: An official at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said: "We dodged a bullet"
- CHILE: An 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck Santiago at 06:34 GMT this morning. A tsunami warning has gone out as far as Japan & Australia.
- SOUTH YORKSHIRE: On Aardvark, our Editor, Alan L, answered a
travel question about Halal Restaurants in Sheffield: http://vark.com/t/51b108
- EUROPE: Budget airline bmibaby has 50% off cheap flights in Mar, Apr, May. Fly to Paris, Amsterdam, Prague, Venice... http://sn1p.at/bmibaby
- LONDON: Low cost airport bus easyBus has 30k o/w seats for £1 between London & Stansted airport. Book by March 1st. A http://sn1p.at/easybus
- @swilly2009 - Thanks for the RT on our USA budget hotels album on Facebook, Sandi! Which are your favourite low cost hotels in the USA?
- We added 3 new Budget Hotels to our Facebook album "Cheap Sleeps: North America Low Cost Budget Hotels and Hostels" - http://bit.ly/4mJaYG
- @swilly2009 - Thanks very much for the RT on Mark's comment, Sandi! We are working on some FB apps now, so more Facebook news to come soon.
- Mark O'Dwyer on FB: "OMG Air Europe are dam cheap! I never even heard of them... you are a legend!!!" Join us on http://sn1p.at/facebook !
- Mark O'Dwyer on FB: "Attitude travel is an amazing site. It's got me so much cheap flights. Well done!" Join us on http://sn1p.at/facebook !
- LONDON: O'Leary said 25-min turnarounds are necessary & Ryanair won't fly into London Heathrow, Paris CDG or Frankfurt Main, even for free.
- VICTORIA: Our Ed, Alan L, asked for an update on Ryanair's Transatlantic budget airline plans. O'Leary said to expect nothing for 4-5 years.
- LONDON: O'Leary claims Ryanair has the most beautiful flight attendants, adding that 'you might find their great-grannies' working on BA.
- VICTORIA: Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary is trying hard to embarrass easyJet, asking: Why don't they publish their punctuality statistics?
- LONDON: Our Editor, Alan L, is at the Grosvenor Hotel in Victoria now, waiting for a Ryanair Press Conference to start...
- @lowcostairlines - Thanks for the RTs on our quotes from Tony Davis (Tiger Airways) & Peter Harbison (CAPA) from LCA World Asia Pacific 2010
- Want one of our 8 GoogleWave invites? Tweet your favourite low cost airline/bus/train/ferry/hotel & WHY @attitudeTravel. Best 8 win! Pls RT!
- @BhutanTravels - Thx for the RT on the 'Best Flight Attendant' idea! We can't claim credit but we think budget airlines should introduce it!
- CHINA: At LCA World Asia Pacific 2010, Bruce Buchanan confirmed Jetstar will now fly Singapore to Haikou & Shantou. http://sn1p.at/jetstar
- ASIA: At LCA World Asia Pacific 2010, Tiger Airways CEO Tony Davis boldly claimed: "There are 50 [more] destinations we could fly to today"
- HONG KONG: At LCA World Asia Pacific 2010, CEO Tony Davis confirmed Tiger Airways will now fly from Singapore to HK. http://sn1p.at/tiger
- AUSTRALIA: At LCA World Asia Pacific 2010, Buchanan said Jetstar is planning 100% self-service check-in for domestic & trans-Tasman travel.
- AUSTRALIA: At LCA World Asia Pacific 2010, Bruce Buchanan confirmed Jetstar will soon introduce SMS Boarding Passes! A world first! @jet2com
- SINGAPORE: At LCA World Asia Pacific 2010 (http://sn1p.at/wlcac/asia/2010) there was much talk of the Jetstar + AirAsia strategic alliance.
Monday, 22nd September, 2008
Low cost Airlines in South Asia
Air Asia will fly beyond the borders of Southeast Asia with new routes to both India and Bangladesh.
Attempts by other cheap Asian airlines such as Mihin Lanka, Nok Air & Fly Yeti to operate low cost flights across the Bay of Bengal, linking South Asia with Southeast Asia have so far all failed. Only the Indian LCC AI Express currently links Thailand & Singapore to India & Bangladesh.
Wednesday, 24th September, 2008
Low cost Airlines in South Asia
Sri Lanka's only low fare airline, grounded for most of 2008, expects to take to the skies again in December.
Mihin Lanka is uniquely placed to offer inter-regional low cost routes linking the Persian Gulf to Southeast Asia. But the revived carrier will now face increased competition from aggressively expanding low cost rivals AI Express and Air Asia.
Friday, 29th August, 2008
Low cost Airlines in South Asia
India's pioneering no-frills airline Air Deccan has been swallowed up whole by Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher. The phoenix rising from Deccan's ashes is Kingfisher Red.
Crucially, this means that what was once the cheapest air network in India has now been superceded by leaner, meaner competitors such as spiceJet, IndiGo and also GoAir, based out of Goa. And in India, of course, there's always the train...
Where does each Low Cost Asian Airline fly?
Choose a destination or departure country from the map below.
Airlines are listed under the countries in which they are based. Clicking on each airline will bring up the full list of destination and departure countries for each budget airline.
Coming soon: Low Cost Route Tables!
The attitude Travel low cost route tables are a new reference tool designed to save you time and help you plan low cost itineraries quickly and easily. We're delighted to announce that the low cost route tables are close to launching. Here's a taster of what's coming soon...
Asian Budget Airlines - Quick Reference
Sixty-one no-frills and low fare airlines currently serve over one hundred cities and islands across the subcontinental regions of South Asia, Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia. Some budget carriers only fly domestic routes within their country of origin, others operate international routes, connecting nearby countries. Mid-haul and long-haul discount airlines fly to destinations in Asia from Australia or New Zealand, the Middle East or Europe. Here's the complete at-a-glance list of low cost airlines operating cheap flights across Asia:
