Tag: lccs

Here are the answers to last Friday’s video, enjoy!

Suggested ICAO level for video: 4+

1. You don’t get food, newspapers, a generous baggage allowance, passenger lounge access or frequent flier miles.
2. LCCs use planes that are more efficient and use single-type fleets to keep maintenance and training costs down.
3. Single-class seats are used, which allow budget airlines to have space for more passengers.
4. They oversell their flights knowing that a percentage of passengers won’t make the flight, allowing them to make more money on each flight.
5. They can buy food, wifi, blankets and souvenirs.
6. They choose secondary airports which are less busy. They also don’t use jetways, allowing them to save time and keep their planes in the air for longer each day.

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Here are the answers to last Friday’s video, enjoy!

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

1. It offers extra legroom seats (for a price), a business class product with lie-flat beds on key routes and the ‘Marketplace’ for passengers to help themselves to snacks and drinks.
2. It offered live tv.
3. It’s giving away free wifi to passengers.
4. He describes it as a global low-cost carrier.
5. It has been helped by the most modern aircraft; the 787 and the A350.
6. The lesson is that the low-cost market has evolved.

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Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

1. Due to their flight schedule, the team were able to get a full night’s sleep, which has helped their energy levels.
2. He describes it as transformative, he says it has changed the way everybody behaves.
3. It has been successful because it has been almost completely independent since it was founded. They don’t feed the Qantas network, they also don’t feed baggage through to the Qantas network.
4. They sell access to the entertainment system as well as an amenity kit, they also sell food and drinks.
5. They crossed the international date line giving them a 42-hour day.
6. It’s an ‘ultra-low-cost’ airline that uses older, cheaper planes. They only fly when people want. They don’t operate daily services if they’re not needed and usually connect small underserved cities.
7. There’s no coffee on board because they remove the coffee makers from the planes when they buy them.

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