The budget carriers are hoping to ride the economic downturn by offering better value to corporate travellers.
Europe's low-budget carriers, unlike some of their bigger name rivals, have thrived by operating slimmed-down, low-cost operations.
Alas, none of Japan's new budget carriers is expected to be as cut-throat as low-cost carriers elsewhere.
Alternatively, you could pick up a pay as you go handset from one of the UK's budget carriers.
Budget carriers including Ryanair and Whizz Air have since agreed to amend their online booking policies to reflect this.
Budget carriers are far more flexible and ruthless than their full-fare competitors.
Like all budget carriers, AirAsia wants to pare costs, which is why it refuses to berth its planes at KLIA's expensive glass-and-steel terminal.
The orders signify the airline's long-term confidence in the Asian-Pacific premium segment despite an onslaught of budget carriers such as Malaysia's AirAsia Bhd.
All this illustrates how the business models of big carriers and budget airlines are converging.
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But the Navy has many other options for generating savings in its budget, and the Ford class is a big improvement over carriers designed before the information revolution began.
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One thing the service will not do is concede that there is a need to cut the number of carriers in the fleet during the early stages of the current budget debate.
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Finally, whenever possible, you'll now find prices from Amazon Wireless, which allows us to provide you with more compelling budget selections and highlight the substantial savings that you can score by circumventing the carriers.
Perhaps the most dramatic example of changes in the market is Air Berlin, which has swallowed several smaller carriers to emerge as Germany's second airline and the third-biggest budget carrier in Europe.
The Navy has five aircraft carriers tied up at its base in Norfolk, Virginia, all subject to various budget constraints.
With manned aircraft, carriers cannot counter cruise and ballistic missile threats from a survivable distance, and will face budget cuts on grounds of vulnerability, just as the new class of destroyers did last month.
With manned aircraft, carriers are not a cost-effective way to counter insurgents and terrorists, and will face budget cuts in order to fund other, less costly sources of airpower.
Like many legacy carriers, PAL struggles to cope with a bloated payroll, high fuel costs and fierce competition from budget airlines.
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