themags 0 Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 probably going to the US next summer, will be saying a few days here and there, was wondering if any of our US based people could advise me on budget airlines for internal flights, an american type easyjet and so on cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 www.google.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themags 0 Posted September 22, 2005 Author Share Posted September 22, 2005 ah but our american people will have expierances which ones are decent to use and so on (yes i'm also been lazy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 JetBlue, Air West, South West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14135 Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 JetBlue, Air West, South West 37413[/snapback] Saw live coverage (slightly voyeuristic really) of an emergency landing of a JetBlue plane on CNN late last night. Landing gear was stuck at a 90-degree angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35330 Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Southwest are like Easyjet in terms of no assigned seats etc. TBH though all US internal flights are pretty reasonable, even with the big carriers like United. I always used to fly United when I lived there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Southwest is the great grandady of Budget airlines - thats where Stelios and Ryanair got the idea from...................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras 234 Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 It will really depend on where you're flying from. Certain airline's hubs will make prices vary a lot depending on where you are/where you're going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6321 Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Could always try Delta.... I heard their flights will be going cheap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut 9 Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Could always try Delta.... I heard their flights will be going cheap! 37552[/snapback] Don't get it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras 234 Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Could always try Delta.... I heard their flights will be going cheap! 37552[/snapback] Don't get it? 37554[/snapback] Delta and Northwest just declared bankruptcy last week. OTOH, I think 4 of the top 5 airlines are currently bankrupt.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 doesn't mean they stop flying tho' - its just a device to avoid paying any bills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6321 Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 doesn't mean they stop flying tho' - its just a device to avoid paying any bills 37570[/snapback] did anyone say it would? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 In Yurop or the UK if you go bust you stop flying straight away - in the USA it seems they just go on forever in Chapter 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6321 Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 All to do with the airlines being subsidised over there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 BA calls for US airline closures BA boss Rod Eddington Mr Eddington took over at BA in 2000 and helped improve profits Rod Eddington, the outgoing boss of British Airways, has complained that the US unfairly protects its airlines. Speaking at an industry meeting, Mr Eddington said that "America, the land of the free, is turning itself into the land of the free ride". Four of the biggest US airlines are in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, which effectively allows them to keep flying while they sort out their finances. Mr Eddington said there were too many airlines and some needed to close. Busier skies "The world does not need 300 airlines," Mr Eddington explained, adding that a number of airlines are "operating in protected markets". "They exist because of political demand," he continued. "They are hoovering up public funds and they still can't make a profit." Mr Eddington, who retires from BA at the end of this month, estimated that "in the last four years, the US airlines have soaked up $15bn to $20bn [£8.4bn to £11bn] of public subsidies and loan guarantees". He said there was enough business for between 10 and 20 major airlines worldwide, and that takeover rules need to be relaxed to make consolidation easier. The comments came during one of Mr Eddington's last engagements at the helm of BA, and after Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines filed for Chapter 11. The two firms joined United Airlines and US Airways, which already had filed, and their action now means that four of the seven biggest US firms are seeking protection from their creditors. Airlines worldwide are having to cope with increased competition from low-cost carriers and surging fuel prices. The former boss of Aer Lingus, Willie Walsh, will take over from Mr Eddington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sima Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 BA wanting to get weaker competition removed? Never.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 What! the people who bought B Caledonian, Dan Dair, who spread rumours about F Laker and hacked into Virgin's Business class database??? heaven forefend Sima, heaven forefend.................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sima Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Dan Dair? I remember flying with them in 1988. I thought Airtours bought them? or was that Air 2000? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 it was BA DanDair (formerly known as Lashup Airways) would have been a great budget airline if they could have lasted another 4 years................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sima Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 It was the first time I had been on a plane as well. Smoking on a flight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 18013 Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 I once got a flight from a really small American airline back from Cancun called "Sun Country". They had been sent in to replace our knackered British Caledonian flight (26 hours delay ). I think they claimed to be the second biggest airline in Minnesota or something, which was hardly reassuring. Anyway, being a nervous flyer I wasn't impressed when they told us "This is the first time any of us, or this plane, has flown across the Atlantic before, so it's an adventure for all of us, yee haaa*". It couldn't even make it one go - it had to refuel in Bangor, Maine. Got us back in the end though, thankfully. * Yee haa put in for dramatic purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 I once got a flight from a really small American airline back from Cancun called "Sun Country". They had been sent in to replace our knackered British Caledonian flight (26 hours delay ). I think they claimed to be the second biggest airline in Minnesota or something, which was hardly reassuring. Anyway, being a nervous flyer I wasn't impressed when they told us "This is the first time any of us, or this plane, has flown across the Atlantic before, so it's an adventure for all of us, yee haaa*". It couldn't even make it one go - it had to refuel in Bangor, Maine. Got us back in the end though, thankfully. * Yee haa put in for dramatic purposes. 37992[/snapback] Could have been one owned by the Firm - a guy I knew in Canada used to go on about how he used to get really cheap flights to the West indies with a US airline none of us had heard of - they had one DC-8 Latter turned out to be CIA owned.................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6068 Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 yeah defo south west airlines. they do all the really small airports as well, got me from jacksonville fl to hartford ct and saved me about 3 hours driving time instead of orlando to boston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras 234 Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 I once got a flight from a really small American airline back from Cancun called "Sun Country". They had been sent in to replace our knackered British Caledonian flight (26 hours delay ). I think they claimed to be the second biggest airline in Minnesota or something, which was hardly reassuring. Anyway, being a nervous flyer I wasn't impressed when they told us "This is the first time any of us, or this plane, has flown across the Atlantic before, so it's an adventure for all of us, yee haaa*". It couldn't even make it one go - it had to refuel in Bangor, Maine. Got us back in the end though, thankfully. * Yee haa put in for dramatic purposes. 37992[/snapback] The largest Airline in Minnesota is Northwest, one of the biggest in the world, so being the 2nd biggest in Minnesota isn't that small of a claim. Sun Country is a budget airline but generally better than America West or South West. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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