Because I’ve started receive comments on this old post i have made it up to date.

The Italian low-cost carrier Myair and the Slovakian based low cost airline SkyEurope sign an agreement to form in the short future an alliance that will transform them in the fourth player on the low-cost aviation market in Europe.
According [...]

An air carrier may not as a general rule refuse to pay compensation to passengers following the cancellation of a flight on account of technical problems in the aircraft

Compensation may however be refused if the technical problems stem from events which, by their nature or origin, are not inherent in the normal exercise of the [...]

Romanian low-cost carrier BlueAir is introducing a 7 euro fee for each checked in bag, starting with October 26th. The carrier is not limiting the number of bags that a passenger can check-in but the tax will be paid for each bag.
In the same time the carrier is lowering the luggage allowance to 20kg, from [...]

Today, the Belgian and Irish governments announced that they plan to introduce from the early months of 2009 a new tax for all the airlines operating to/from Belgium and Ireland.
The new tax called “Collective madness” will be paid by each carrier taking off from any airport in the two mentioned countries, no matter it is [...]

It’s up in the air and it is still flying and … will keep on operating. It’s so good to be right sometimes! I was right when I had said that this company would not get busted because there could have been too many bad things to come after the “dead” of this airline-company.
And the [...]

Am deschis aceasta serie cu aeroportul Funchal (Madeira). Continui sa prezint cateva dintre aeroporturile ciudate ale lumii… in speranta ca pe unele voi ajunge personal sa le fotografiez din aer…. dar si de pe mare (de pe uscat nu prea se potriveste in acest context).
Acum avem aeroportul Providenciales International, principalul aeroport al insulelor Turks and [...]

De cele mai multe ori aeroporturile sunt amplasate in camp (camp era si la Baneasa si Otopeni pana la ceea ce va ramane in istorie ca “marele tun boom imobiliar”). Altele sunt limitate de o plaja la unul din capetele pistei. Insa, exista cateva aeroporturi in lumea larga care sunt… pe cat de speciale… pe [...]

Primul avion in care am pus vreodata piciorul a fost un MD80 al Alitaliei. Am zburat de mai multe ori cu acest tip de aparat si atata timp cat nu stateam in spate – aproape de motoare – totul era ok: destul de silentios, destul de rapid si destul de stabil chiar si la turbulente [...]

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O poveste… cu o companie falimentara
In noaptea de joi spre vineri, ma suna un prieten… cu o voce disperata. Eu balmajesc ca m-a trezit din somn, el vorbea pe “fast forward”. L-am lasat sa termine si l-am rugat frumos sa mai spuna o data ce-mi spuse anterior, dar de data asta sa vorbeasca [...]

Am sesizat post-ul lui Alex si m i-am adus aminte ca nu mi-am scris “trip report-ul” de la ultima calatorie in strainatate, aceasta fiind efectuata cu Alitalia.
Relatia mea cu aceasta companie a inceput in urma cu 8 ani. Este prima companie aeriana cu care am zburat. Si mi-a placut, astfel ca am repetat experienta… tot [...]

- In timp ce toata lumea se agita despre renuntarea la aproximativ 90% din zborurile Alitalia operate de pe Malpensa (Milano), compania incepe sa arate ce are de gand sa faca ea la Milano: sa-si transforme baza de aici intr-una low-cost cu ajutorul operatorului Volareweb. Pana mai ieri, Volareweb, declarata acum doi ani “bankrupted” si [...]

Cateva chestii pe scurt despre ce se mai intampla pe piata low-cost:
- MyAir introduce in numai trei zile, patru noi destinatii, toate din Bari catre: Amsterdam (AMS), Bruxelles (BRU), Madrid (MAD) si Atena (ATH). In afara de Madrid nici unul dintre aceste destinatii nu se regaseau pana acum pe harta zborurilor MyAir. Si mai merita [...]