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By: 1st September 2000 at 13:18 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-RE: low cost airlines
Good point. You´ve convinced me. In fact Valujet crash wasn´t for faulty maintenance, but incorrect handling of dangerous cargo.
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By: 2nd September 2000 at 15:20 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-RE: low cost airlines
If the way the aircraft were maintained and the general safety levels involved were that much of a concern with low cost carriers, I imagine the powers that be (ie CAA/FAA) would not allow the aircraft to fly in the first place. The CAA has been known to ban airlines flying into UK airspace if there was a major safety issue, witness the banning of Nigeria Airways in 1997.
By: 5th September 2000 at 23:16 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-RE: low cost airlines
yes, you're right. However, Valujet didn't go out of business. It suspended operations for a while after the crash, then changed it's name, merging with a smaller Florida based company who'd previously held the name, and are currently introducing new aircraft. It's new name? AirTran (launch customer of the 717)
By: 7th September 2000 at 14:00 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-RE: low cost airlines
Thanks averyone to have answered my question about easyjet.
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By: keltic - 31st August 2000 at 13:42
I have wondered how peanuts airlines make proffits, selling seats at bus prices. Everybody know their philosophy: Cost cuts and fully loaded planes. Its clear that the pioneer is the successful Southwest and here in Europe there are several examples which have tried to follow Southwest success. Ryan Air and Easyjet are doing a good job in terms of proffits, Debonair
(one of the finest low cost) went down when they missed the objectives of a low cost and tried to behave like a regular airline in terms of prices but at low cost service standards, Buzz (lovely colours) and the troublesome GO. I am affraid when they cut costs they cuts maintenance and level of safety.
I´ll be flying Easyjet MAD to LPL and I don´t feel really confident despite having paid only 30 pounds return. What do you think of low costs in terms of safety?. Do they use right spare parts of bogus?.