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廉價航空公司新開張 票價低到只要十美元
法新社╱陳維聰 2007-05-01
（法新社芝加哥三十日電）美國一家新廉價航空公司將於五月誕生，票價低到只要十美元。這家稱為天空巴士的航空公司(註:本月已因高油價虧損停業，2008/04)，承諾每一航班至少有十個座位的票價只要十美元。
天空巴士航空公司執行長迪范德費在今天的聲明中說：「從今天開始，乘客可以以低於一桶汽油的價格買到飛機票。」
他又說：「它們不是幾週內發售的"促銷"票。這些是我們開始建立天空巴士航空公司時，所承諾的每天低價票。」
多數低價票在週一上午發售，不過對那些願意在四個月之前預訂者，公司還有到洛杉磯或舊金山單程只要五十美元的低價票。
購買廉價票的乘客，搭車距離會更遠些，因為多數航班都只到達第二級機場，例如距離波士頓車程約一小時的新罕布什爾州朴茨茅斯。
天空巴士航空公司也從俄亥俄州哥倫布市開闢直飛航線，到達波士頓、洛杉磯、舊金山和西雅圖或溫哥華等地區機場。其他直飛航線還包括到佛羅里達州的勞德岱堡、維吉尼亞州的里契蒙、密蘇里州的堪薩斯市、以及北卡羅來納州的格林斯伯勒與文斯登薩萊姆。
迪范德費說：「我們知道，乘客在尋找真正廉價與直飛航班，我們相信，我們的定價結構不僅可吸引現有的航空乘客，而且可開闢新市場，吸引許多現在認為航空旅遊太昂貴的其他乘客。」
他又說：「我們的策略是"簡單化"航空公司的作業，以降低成本，同時盡量讓乘客搭飛機時簡單與方便。」
2007/4/18
亞洲航空免費機位促銷又來了，預定日期和出發日期請見上圖，要小心加上機場稅是不是真的比平常便宜喔（請參見底下，之前2007/1/10時的亞航免費機位訊息），亞洲航空網站 http://www.airasia.com/site/ch/home.jsp
歐美單程超低價機票 僅台幣460元
2007-04-13 公共電視
想要出國旅遊的民眾注意了！英國的低價航空【黎安航空公司】(943註：Ryan air)，為了搶占歐盟和美國，開放天空之後的龐大商機，打算推出 讓人覺得不可思議的便宜機票，跨越大西洋，從【歐陸】飛【美國】的【單程機票】，只要七英鎊，等於不到台幣460元，比從台北搭高鐵到台中，還要便宜！
搭飛機往來歐洲與美國，不必再動輒花費一千多美元、相當于三萬多台幣買機票。以後只要七英鎊、不到台幣460元就能搞定！
準備推出這麼便宜誘人的跨大西洋機票的，就是以低價策略起家、每年獲利超過一億英鎊的英國【黎安航空】。
黎安的總裁歐雷利宣佈，要在未來的三到四年內，大手筆建立一支擁有五十架客機的龐大機隊，專門經營歐陸飛美國的長程航線，從二十三個城市運送七千萬旅客，而且依舊主打低價機票，最低票價從七英鎊起跳。
黎安航空會推出這個超便宜機票計畫，主要就是看準歐盟與美國在今年三月底達成開放天空協議後，高達160億美元的潛在龐大商機。決議明年三月正式生效後，歐洲天空將不再由英航、德航等大型航空公司壟斷，任何航空公司都能開闢新航線。黎安表示，已經有多家美國航空公司與他們接洽。
而這幾條低價歐美航線，黎安航空將另外成立子公司來運作，並尋求有興趣的金主投資。預料更自由的歐洲天空，即將掀起一場激烈的機票價格割喉大戰！記者林佳蓉報導。
943註：以上新聞編譯自英國泰晤士報，原文如下：
Transatlantic dogfight looms as Ryanair promises £7 fare to US.
Times Online ^ | 13 April 2007 | David Robertson
Posted on 04/12/2007 9:17:24 PM PDT by lowbuck
The bargain flights common in Europe yesterday looked set to spread across the Atlantic, as the budget airlines announced plans to challenge the dominance of British Airways and Virgin Atlantic.
Ryanair's Michael O'Leary promised £7 tickets to the US and Southwest Airlines, the American pioneer of no-frills travel, signalled its intention to start flying to the UK.
The prospect of cheap flights from London to New York will revive memories of Freddie Laker’s ultimately doomed challenge to the flag carriers 30 years ago. However, liberalisation of air travel through last month's "open skies" agreement promises to revolutionise transatlantic travel.
Ryanair, Europe's biggest low-cost carrier, yesterday unveiled plans to offer flights to Baltimore, Rhode Island and New York for as little as 10-12 euros each way, but the service is likely to face stiff competition. The Times understands that Southwest Airlines is considering going international, while Jet Blue, another US low-cost airline, is also thought to be keen to join the fray.
If the plans are carried out, prices for passengers would be slashed and a much wider choice of service would be available, from the top end offered by BA and Virgin, to aircraft on which everything from food to entertainment costs extra.
The opportunity to launch low-cost fares across the Atlantic has been made possible by the "open skies" agreement, which will lift the restrictions on where airlines can fly. Only BA, Virgin, American and United are currently allowed to fly from Heathrow to the US. From next year this will be opened to all carriers. Technology is also making budget flights possible as the next generation of aircraft will be at least 20 per cent more fuel efficient and less expensive to maintain.
Mr O'Leary, Ryanair’s chief executive, said he was looking to buy between 30 and 50 long-haul jets. These would be either the Boeing 787 or Airbus A350, neither of which are yet flying. He is proposing to launch a company, wholly owned by Ryanair, which will start flying within four years to up to half a dozen US cities. Ticket prices will start at 10-12 euros but the company will use the typical low-cost model of increasing the price as more tickets are sold.
This would challenge the already competitive market for economy passengers between the UK and the US, potentially forcing BA and Virgin to offer similar promotional fares.
BA and Virgin are also experiencing competition in business class, which accounts for most of their profits. Silverjet, Maxjet and Eos have all begun operating business-class-only flights for substantially lower prices.
However, the real threat to all these operators will be if Southwest launches international flights, possibly through its code-share partner ATA. Southwest said: "It is definitely something we are looking at." The prospect of America's and Europe’s largest budget airlines going head to head could mean flights to New York costing less than the journey to the airport.
2007-04-16
機票超便宜 3萬3遊世界
聯合新聞網╱編譯朱小明/綜合報導 2007-04-16
倫敦→紐約 單程8500元
廉價航空當道，環遊世界不是夢，如果計畫得當，500英鎊（約台幣3萬3000元）就可以打發機票錢。
加拿大航空公司Zoom從倫敦飛紐約的單程機票最低台幣8500元，從今年7月起，Oasis航空將由香港飛美國加州奧克蘭市，廉價航空至此完成環球網路。
倫敦紐約繞1圈 台幣3萬6
英國泰晤士報規畫了一條航空路線，由倫敦搭乘Oasis飛香港（台幣9900元）、再飛奧克蘭（台幣9900元），經跨海大橋到舊金山，搭乘JetBlue到拉斯維加斯、再到紐約（台幣8200元），由紐約乘Zoom回倫敦（台幣8500元），這樣的行程大概要台幣3萬6500元。
但如果不去拉斯維加斯，或最後改經加拿大多倫多市搭乘WestJet回倫敦，機票錢就可在掐在3萬3000元以內。同樣行程如果搭乘英國航空公司班機，價格大約是三倍。
美西→夏威夷 1300元起跳
到了美國，可以搭乘WestJet、Southwest和JetBlue北上加拿大、南下墨西哥、暢遊加勒比海。例如由紐約─波士頓─開斯島單程票還不到台幣5000元，由美國西岸到夏威夷則由台幣1300元起跳。
飛到香港後可搭乘Jetstar到新加坡、澳洲開恩市、雪梨、夏威夷。遠東地區的Tiger、Jetstar Asia等公司的據點更是四通八達，例如從曼谷到河內只要台幣1650元。
廉價航空當紅 撿便宜有道
儘管有些廉價航空公司的名字聽起來讓人覺得不怎麼放心，例如One-Two-Go和Mango（芒果），其實多數公司服務不錯，座位也不會太擠。例如Oasis的座位寬度是32吋，比英國航空公司的31吋還寬一點，有些廉價航空還提供椅背電視等娛樂，不過廉價航空的著眼點是省錢，其他也不能太挑剔。
廉價航空公司業務蓬勃發展，紛紛訂購新型空中巴士A380寬體客機，拆掉商務艙座椅，改裝成可容納800人的經濟艙，打起價格戰更得心應手。AirAsia X就打算開闢吉隆坡飛倫敦的航線，想撿便宜的乘客可拭目以待。
舊金山→洛杉磯→凰鳳城 8千玩一趟 想充分利用廉價航空旅遊得做好功課，才能花小錢走遍天下，英國泰晤土報整理了一份世界各主要地區的廉價好康可供參考。
遠東地區：遠東的廉價航空路線幾乎遍及所有主要城市，主要公司有新加坡的Tiger、Jetstar Asia，不妨上網好好規劃一下隨心所欲的自由行。由印尼首都雅加達飛巴里島不到台幣1000元，在馬來西亞搭乘AirAsia到婆羅洲是不錯的選擇，也可由雅加達飛到檳城、蘭卡威去玩。在泰國，曼谷飛清邁只要台幣1300元，到河內也只要台幣1600元左右。
印度地區：主要公司有SpiceJet、GoAir、和剛訂購了100架空中巴士的IndiGo，可飛到印度50多城市，斯里蘭卡預計今年也將加入戰局。推薦旅遊計畫，在金三角城市德里、阿格拉、齋普爾玩個夠，再飛到果亞享受熱帶海灘。齋普爾飛果亞的單程機票約台幣2000元。
紐、澳地區：主要公司有Virgin Blue、Jetstar，澳洲各地幾乎都可通，國內機票只要台幣1000元起跳，也可外飛曼谷、巴里島、普吉島等熱門旅遊地點，澳洲和紐西蘭間有Freedom Air，單程台幣4300元。推薦旅程，除了暢遊澳、紐後可飛斐濟島、東加、薩摩亞等太平洋島嶼，來回一起大概要1萬3000元。
北美地區：主要公司包括有五百架飛機的Southwest、加拿大的WestJet，墨西哥的Aviacsa和Aero California。舊金山、洛杉磯、凰鳳城三角路線機票錢約台幣8000元，西岸飛夏威夷1300元，由佛羅里達州和加州往返墨西哥一趟台幣6500元。
南美地區：目前這個地區的廉價航空只有巴西發展的最好，有Gol、BRA、Ocean Air等，推薦旅遊計畫，飛到巴西最北端的納塔爾，搭乘Gol探索亞馬遜地區，見識過伊瓜蘇瀑布後飛里約。納塔爾到里約機票約台幣3300元。
非洲地區：在南非可搭乘Kulula航空到克魯格國家公園、或由翰尼斯堡和飛模里西斯，由約翰尼斯堡飛開普敦機票約台幣2400元。
中東地區：中東的廉價航空發展較慢，搭乘Air Arabia可前往17個城市，不妨飛到杜拜，接Air Arabia前往斯里蘭卡、加德滿都、孟買等地，只要台幣5500元左右。也可由伊斯坦堡飛杜拜，再到葉門、尼泊爾、中亞探險。
另外，廉價航空發達的歐洲，除了Ryanair、EASYJET、Virgin Express等知名公司，可說可族繁不及備載，航線不下數百條，有閒沒錢的人不妨上網貨比三家。
943看完報導的補充感想：
Round the world for £500
At last, low-cost airlines have crossed the Pacific, making the world your cut-price oyster. Richard Green investigates
It had to happen. You can now fly around the world entirely on low-cost airlines.
Last week, Zoom Airlines announced it will be launching low-cost flights between New York and London; and, from July, Oasis Airlines is planning to start flights from Hong Kong to Oakland, California. Together, these provide the final links in the cheap-flight chain that now encircles the planet.
Before you throw up your hands in horror at the thought of circumnavigating the globe Ryanair-style, remember that low-cost needn’t mean no-frills. Most long-haul low-costs offer free meals and decent in-flight entertainment. There’s also no scrum for a seat — they’re allocated at check-in. Perhaps most surprisingly, there’s no scrimping on the seat pitch either — Oasis has 32in in economy, compared with 31in on British Airways.
And most important, they mean you’ll end up with a serious bargain. For example, you could bag a fantastic trip from London to Hong Kong, San Francisco, Las Vegas, New York and back to London for an all-in fare of little more than £500. A similar route would cost at least £1,400 using British Airways and its chums in the Oneworld alliance.
At first, the £500 round-the-worlder will be limited to a small range of cities. You’ll fly Oasis Airlines (www.oasishongkong.com) from Gatwick to Hong Kong for £150 (including taxes), then pay Oasis another £150 to hop on to Oakland — just across the bay from San Francisco’s main airport. From there, fly to Las Vegas and then on to New York with JetBlue (www.jetblue.com; from £125). From New York, it’s back to Gatwick with Zoom (www.flyzoom.com; from £129). That trip comes in at about £550, but cut out Vegas — or fly back via Toronto instead of New York, using WestJet (www.westjet.com) — and you’re down to £500.
For now, it’s fiddly to include Australia, but it is possible, particularly if you’ve got a bit of time on your hands. Fly Oasis to Hong Kong, then Jetstar (www.jetstar.com) from Hong Kong to Singapore, to Cairns, to Sydney, to Honolulu (phew). From there, fly with ATA (www.ata.com) to San Francisco for £100, and then take the above route back to London via New York. That epic trip will set you back about £950, all-in.
And this is only the beginning. The low-cost carriers (LCCs) are just getting into their stride, and the fun will really start in a few more months. Oasis is already looking beyond Oakland, plotting to link Hong Kong with Chicago, and then perhaps Los Angeles, Toronto and New York. And in Malaysia, AirAsia X is ordering new, large aircraft as it eyes up London and Manchester from its Kuala Lumpur base.
Then there is Kingfisher Airlines in India, the first low-cost to buy the new long-haul Airbus A380 superjumbo. Strip away space-hogging business-class seats, and the giant double-deckers can carry a mind-boggling 800 economy-class passengers — a sure-fire recipe for tumbling long-haul fares.
Even if you aren’t going to Phileas Fogg it around the planet, it’s still worth knowing how the low-costers within each region can help you build a more exciting (and cheaper) holiday. Their branding may sound silly — names such as One-Two-Go and Mango hardly inspire confidence — but the fares, from 30p one-way from Kuala Lumpur to Langkawi with AirAsia, are pretty ludicrous, too. Here is our region-by-region guide.
- Unless stated, all sample fares include taxes, surcharges and fees
AUSTRALASIA
The key players: the first brave attempt at a cheap-fare challenge to the dastardly duopoly of Qantas and Ansett came from Compass, launched in 1990. It soon collapsed, broadsided in a bitter price war. Then, in 2000, Virgin Blue (www.virginblue.com.au) took the Branson brand to Oz, setting up alongside Jetstar (www.jetstar.com). Both now have excellent coverage across Australia, with domestic fares from just £16. Virgin Blue also flies to the Pacific islands, and Jetstar is introducing routes into Asia — to Bangkok, Bali, Phuket, and others. Meanwhile, Skywest (www.skywest.com.au) is the one to watch on the west coast, hopping from Perth to Broome, saving you the trouble of the spectacular but flat-tyre-prone Gibb River Road.
Between Australia and New Zealand, Freedom Air (www.freedomair.co.nz) crisscrosses the Tasman Sea with some very cheap flights — from just £66 one-way. It is now in fierce competition with Jetconnect (book through www.qantas.co.nz) and Jetstar. The best plan: use an open-jaw ticket to get to and from Australia or New Zealand, then hop about for peanuts using the LCCs. Plan a side-trip from Sydney to an exotic Pacific island — perhaps Fiji, Tonga or Samoa — from about £200 return. And it pays to be creative when crossing the Tasman: instead of flying from Sydney to Auckland, consider more unusual routes, such as Brisbane to Christchurch or Melbourne to Dunedin, which can be cheaper and increase your options for exploring.
INDIA
The key players: launched in 2003, India’s first LCC was Air Deccan (www.flyairdeccan.net), and its early success in undercutting high domestic fares and cutting out the byzantine fare rules has inspired more than a dozen imitators. Good carriers to look out for include SpiceJet (www.spicejet.com), GoAir (www.goair.in), and IndiGo Airlines (www.goindigo.in) — the last of which has rattled the competition and thrilled Indian bargain-hunters by ordering 100 new Airbuses.
You can fly no-frills to more than 50 Indian destinations, but it is Kingfisher (www.flykingfisher.com) that has pioneered seat-back TVs and put in an order for Airbus A380 superjumbos. Expect its white-suited chairman and beer-label livery to appear in London before long.
Later this year, Sri Lanka will get its first pair of low-cost carriers, Mihin Air (www.mihinlanka.com) and Holiday Air (www.holidayair.lk). You can then bypass the Sri Lankan full-frills bottleneck by bagging a cheaper flight to India, then hopping over to the island low-cost. The best plan: you can now tour the Golden Triangle cities, Delhi to Agra to Jaipur, then dodge the dusty six-hour drive back to Delhi by flying to the tropical beaches of Goa — one-way fares from Jaipur start from £30 with Kingfisher, Air Deccan or SpiceJet. Or catch a charter to Goa (Thomsonfly has returns from just £299 from Birmingham, Manchester or Gatwick), and use LCCs to hop from there to the southern temple cities or the northern Mogul towns.
Another option is to use Air Deccan to link a trip to Darjeeling and the eastern Himalayas with the Andaman Islands — the connection costs as little as £200, nonstop from Calcutta or Chennai (Madras).
THE FAR EAST
The key players: Singapore’s first LCCs launched in 2004, and immediately began buying planes and slashing fares right across the region. The main players now are Tiger Airways (www.tigerairways.com) and Jetstar Asia Airways (www.jetstarasia.com). Across the border in Malaysia, AirAsia (www.airasia.com) has brought super-cheap flying to Borneo and the tropical islands of Penang and Langkawi. It is now expanding fast, setting up bases in neighbouring countries: Bangkok to Hanoi starts from £25 one-way.
Thailand’s Nok Air (www.nokair.com) also has a burgeoning network from Bangkok — one-way fares to Chiang Mai start from £20. Pacific Airlines (www.pacific airlines.com.vn) of Vietnam is currently restructuring itself to become a low-cost carrier too.
For the time being, steer clear of Indonesia’s Adam Air — blighted by a series of crashes and corruption scandals. For domestic hops in Indonesia, stick with AirAsia or Lion Air (www.lionair.co.id), which have fares from Jakarta to Bali from £15 one-way. The best plan: the region’s route networks are so dense that you can pretty much join up whichever cities you like. AirAsia offers Ryanair-style giveaway fares — pretax one-way flights from just 30p. Get online and start plotting, but my first aim would be to fly to Kuala Lumpur and use the airline to sample exotic Borneo.
With open-jaw tickets from the UK, it’s also a cinch to save money and double up on your destinations — by buying a low-cost linking flight from, say, Singapore to Hong Kong.
NORTH AMERICA
The key players: Southwest Airlines (www.southwest.com) started the entire no-frills revolution in 1971, and now has almost 500 aircraft. Dozens of airlines have followed its lead, flying to all parts of the USA, down to Mexico and into the Caribbean. Meanwhile, both Southwest and JetBlue (www.jetblue.com) have been noisily pioneering “low-cost with frills” — they have great seat-back live TV screens.
In Canada, both Tango and Zip have folded, but WestJet (www.westjet.com) serves 24 cities, and flies to the States, too.
Mexico got its first low-cost carrier last year, prompted by the government sell-off of state-owned Mexicana. There are now more than a dozen copycats, the best of which are Aviacsa (www.aviacsa.com) and Aero California (www.aero california.com) — both have good English-language websites. The best plan: with more than 20 US cities now served by nonstop flights from the UK, it’s an open-jaw paradise, offering endless possibilities for multicentre trips, and chill-out add-ons in the Caribbean or Mexico. Flights from New York or Boston to the Turks and Caicos Islands, for example, cost from £75 one-way with Spirit Air (www.spiritair.com).
Or you could fly to Phoe