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I have recogniced through the telly and news, that lines like EasyJet and other cheap airlines have a high frequency of cancellations and delay (even grounding) compared to the other bigger as Thaiair, Quantas, Scandinavian, BA etc. Is that a fact? I have never used any of the low-price airlines my self, thou, because I gladly pay a bit more for the convenience, and to go from the bigger and easy connected airports. If this is a fact, why do ppl dare about the cheap flight, and have to deal with the cancellations, delay in a day or 5 hours etc?? I wouldnt! ..t |
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thomasjojo wrote:
If this is a fact, why do ppl dare about the cheap flight, and have to deal with the cancellations, delay in a day or 5 hours etc?? I wouldnt! Yeah, and why does anyone drink coffee, when I don't like the way it tastes? miguel -- See the world from your web browser: http://travel.u.nu/ |
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"Jim Ley" wrote in message ... On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 17:52:43 GMT, (Miguel Cruz) wrote: thomasjojo wrote: If this is a fact, why do ppl dare about the cheap flight, and have to deal with the cancellations, delay in a day or 5 hours etc?? I wouldnt! Yeah, and why does anyone drink coffee, when I don't like the way it tastes? We're just idiots we just don't realise that you're right! Jim. yeah? thought so.. |
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"Miguel Cruz" wrote in message ... thomasjojo wrote: If this is a fact, why do ppl dare about the cheap flight, and have to deal with the cancellations, delay in a day or 5 hours etc?? I wouldnt! Yeah, and why does anyone drink coffee, when I don't like the way it tastes? miguel -- If you are referring to coffee as purveyed in the USA then, typically, it doesn't taste of anything! JohnT |
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thomasjojo wrote:
I have recogniced through the telly and news, that lines like EasyJet and other cheap airlines have a high frequency of cancellations and delay (even grounding) compared to the other bigger as Thaiair, Quantas, Scandinavian, BA etc. One shouldn't compare a high frequency short haul airline with one that has very long haul flights with fewer frequencies. However, when an airline, in order to make maximum use of its equipment, builds a tight schedule and uses every available aircraft, then any small disruption on one flight will cause ripple effects on all the other flights that particular plane had been supposed to fly that day. The old airlines used to pad their domestic schedules with lots of time at the airport, so if one aircraft arrived 20 minutes late, it still had one hour 40 minutes "spare time" instead of 2 hours. But this is where low cost carriers save a lot of money by turning the plane around very fast. Also, the old airlines had plenty of planes to play with. So if one broke down, it was easy to replace it with a "spare" that was available at a big hub airport, so that would stop the disruptions from trickling down to other flights. On the other hand, the old airlines have a tendency to hub not only their airports, but also their flights. Get a whole bunch of flights to land at the same time, stay on ground for 2 hours to let people connect, and then get all thsoe planes back into the air at the same time. However, this causes havok whenever weather or other problems reduce the number of planes that can land or take off per hour, which means that the whole group of planes gets delayed. So one has to look not only at aircraft turn around and availability of spare aircraft, but also at the overall schedule and local weather patterns. Note that since 2001, the old airlines have significantly reduced their schedules, thus reducing the strain at hubs when weather goes bad. After saying all that, Southwest built a lot of its client base because they were judged to be very reliable even if they were low cost. So being low cost doesn't necessarily equate to unreliable. |
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You're right, but the public, time and time again, has shown itself stupid
enough to do anything to save a minimal amount. "thomasjojo" wrote in message ... hi I have recogniced through the telly and news, that lines like EasyJet and other cheap airlines have a high frequency of cancellations and delay (even grounding) compared to the other bigger as Thaiair, Quantas, Scandinavian, BA etc. Is that a fact? I have never used any of the low-price airlines my self, thou, because I gladly pay a bit more for the convenience, and to go from the bigger and easy connected airports. If this is a fact, why do ppl dare about the cheap flight, and have to deal with the cancellations, delay in a day or 5 hours etc?? I wouldnt! .t |
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yes, my reason for this 'opinion chat' is because I see on the telly that
program from airports, that when people that buy cheap tickets like this, (a lot of them) start crying, get very angry etc, when their flights is delayed, grounded etc... thats why its cheap! the oposite example is my own experience, last time I went to London, few weeks ago: my flight was full, overbooked (as they always do), a few ppl tomuch. then they asked us, if somebody could go via Stockholm? 2 more hours but.. I would be given £100,- or the double in tickets. nice for me.. I said yes. arrived London, Got the money, the result was this time that this flight was even cheap as the low-budget airlines. he he And I even got more bonus points! pluss dont have to pay for the food or drinks.. I really dont understand why they dear.... "Jeffrey Hacker" wrote in message m... You're right, but the public, time and time again, has shown itself stupid enough to do anything to save a minimal amount. "thomasjojo" wrote in message ... hi I have recogniced through the telly and news, that lines like EasyJet and other cheap airlines have a high frequency of cancellations and delay (even grounding) compared to the other bigger as Thaiair, Quantas, Scandinavian, BA etc. Is that a fact? I have never used any of the low-price airlines my self, thou, because I gladly pay a bit more for the convenience, and to go from the bigger and easy connected airports. If this is a fact, why do ppl dare about the cheap flight, and have to deal with the cancellations, delay in a day or 5 hours etc?? I wouldnt! .t |
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