Travel information about the UK's main airports including how
to get there, airport hotels, car parks and lounges.
Cheap Air Travel
Ever since the Wright brothers proved to the world that powered
air transport wasn't such a ridiculous theory after all, man
has strived to go higher, faster and further. These days you
can cheaper to that list too. Aviation has developed at a tremendous
rate of knots since those early pioneering days of flight, helped
along in no small way by two world wars. This ultimately led
to the development of the jet engine and its refinement into
the power source which now propels such engineering marvels as
the Boeing 747 and Airbus A380.
Everyone today likes cheap. Whether it is cheap beer, cheap
travel insurance or cheap flights, everyone seems to be cutting
costs. Today's airline business model has been honed to perfection
to provide flights and very low cost - even free. Ryanair and
EasyJet are the main players in this area but an increasing number
of regional airlines are now joining in offering very competitively
pried fares. Flybe, Monarch and Jet2 are just three examples
of low cost airlines. Where will it all end? We wait to see.
Information:
Ryanair:
Low Cost Airline based at Stansted Airport
EasyJet:
Luton's cheap flight airline with their unmistakable orange
livery
Flybe: Flybe
believe that low fares do not mean low service! They say that in comparison
to the budget competition, flybe continues to focus on customer service.
Monarch: As
well as being one of the UK's major airline suppliers to the tour operating
industry, Monarch also provides low cost scheduled flights from Manchester
and London Luton airports. Leading engineering facilities offered by
Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited, complete the Monarch operation
Jet2: Jet2.com has
already flown over 2.5 million business and leisure passengers to 23
popular European city break, sun and snow destinations from Leeds Bradford,
Manchester and/or Belfast International Airports
Fear of Flying
Air travel is becoming so much a routine mode of transport
these days that a fear of flying is a phobia that can become
quite restrictive. It is far from uncommon and can vary in severity
from an anxiety in turbulence through to not being able to board
an aircraft at all. Many airlines now offer Fear of Flying courses
during which pilots and psychologists talk to attendees about
the rationality of the phobia and culminates in a flight.
Information:
Virgin
Atlantic Flying without Fear
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