Budget airline Facts for Kids

EasyJet A319, Airport Amsterdam Schiphol.

A budget airline or low-cost carrier is an airline which tries to keep its prices and fares lower than competitors. It usually does this by not offering services like free food and drink on a flight and keeping fines from airports low by keeping on time. They also usually only use one type of aircraft. Budget airlines were made famous by Southwest Airlines in the USA which only use Boeing 737 aircraft.

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Southwest Airlines is the world's largest low-cost carrier.
Ryanair and Wizz Air airplanes at Glasgow Prestwick Airport. The airlines are two competing low-cost carriers in the European market.
Airbus A319 of Germanwings and an Airbus A320 of Air Berlin at Zurich Airport in 2013. Both carriers were among the largest budget airlines in Germany at the time the picture was taken.
A Wizz Air Airbus A320 at Katowice International Airport.
A SunExpress Boeing 737-800 at Zurich Airport.
A Norwegian Air Shuttle Boeing 737-800 at Trondheim Airport.
Passengers boarding a Spring Airlines aircraft via passenger boarding stairs at Shanghai Pudong International Airport.
Allegiant Air is a large United States low-cost airline.
Ryanair and easyJet airplanes at John Lennon Airport, Liverpool, two competing low-cost carriers in the European market.
An Airbus A320-200 of AirAsia and a Boeing 737-900ER of Lion Air at Ngurah Rai Airport. Both carriers are among the largest budget airlines in Southeast Asia.
A Gol Transportes Aéreos Boeing 737-800 at Afonso Pena International Airport.
Air India Express Boeing 737-800
Advert for Loftleiðir Icelandic Airlines on Fifth Avenue, New York in 1973
Top European low-cost carrier holding companies and their current fleet size
A Laker Airways Skytrain DC-10 in London, 1973.
A Boeing 787-8 from Norwegian Long Haul at Gatwick Airport, formerly used for flights from Europe to Asia and the USA.

Budget airline facts for kids

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