Cheap airlines are really great.

Here in the Philippines, we have a budget airlines, called Cebu Pacific which throws in big discounts on airfare both for domestic and international flights. We always check out their website for new offers, and also signed up for email alerts. They sometimes give the famous "zero-fare" sales, where all you need to pay for is the tax. Their slogan says "Every Juan can Fly." And, it's true. They are able to make more Filipinos travel around the country and the world. I hope their business continues to succeed so they can give more great offers to the Filipino people.

Some cheap airlines are good, some I think take it a bit too far. I don't mind airlines like Norwegian (the local cheap airline) but Ryanair takes it a bit too far for my liking. Fines if you forget to bring a printed ticket, no responsibility if they mess up the time but you can't come 1 minute late, giving airports other names to make them sound more central. I travelled with Ryanair from Stockholm in Sweden once, except it wasn't Stockholm but somewhere way out into the district, several hours with bus.

In my life I can think of a few times when I have got really cheap flights. Easy Jet and Ryan Air are the best known no frills airlines from the United Kingdom. I went to Sardinia, Italy and Riga, Latvia on Ryan Air. I went to Faro in Portugal on Easy Jet. Best of all I have been on First Choice Airlines, a holiday airline that do charter flights. These have been ideal for an airfare only 14 nights trip. I went on them to Cancun in Mexico in 2006 and the year before to the Maldives. All that way for just two hundred pounds. Now it is increasingly hard to get cheap flights. Higher airport security measures and more expensive fuel makes it harder for the airlines to offer cheap prices. The airport tax prices these days shock me. Going to Argentina for my family the airport tax was more than one thousand pounds. That was going long haul on a good quality airline. The budget airlines have extra costs for hold baggage and check in these days. On my last budget airline trip I could take one piece of luggage weighing up to 15 kilos for free. They had free check in back in 2006.

Cheap air lines play an important role for travelling. It is very difficult for the people like us to travel a long distance through plane at a high cost. There comes the importance and significance of such planes. Such planes help us people to afford the cost of travelling.

I have nothing against budget airlines. It has enable more people to fly which otherwise they may never have any chance to travel by airplanes because of costs. Consequently, although understanable, we cannot expect the same level of services we get from taking non budget airlines. But I don't really mind not being served meals, having smaller seats, or not getting all the other extra perks if I could really save some money. Especially for short flying time, we can do with just basic service as long as the airlines do not compromise on safety regulations...

It is really nice that there are cheap airlines since you can really save on them such as their promos. But usually it requires very early booking and of course first come first serve. So better to look out for those promos they will going to have for you to vail for it until sets are all sold. ;)

You mean "Chun Qiu" airline? Your profile show that you're from China. Hahah!