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...What makes the budget carriers such ornery opponents is their relentless cost cutting. Fernandes, who has dreamed up all kinds of ways to save money, claims AirAsia is the world's lowest-cost airline. He pays his flight attendants to clean planes instead of special crews, which not only lowers costs but chops the time spent boarding at terminals to 25 minutes-about half that of the major airlines. His pilots are trained to land at a later point on the runway and at a slower speed to conserve fuel and reduce wear and tear on tires. Half of AirAsia...
...success at containing costs means that major airlines can afford to routinely sell some tickets at prices that are competitive with those of budget carriers. Overall, Fernandes says his airline charges about half as much as major competitors, but only about 30% of his seats are sold at the lowest advertised price. Fares increase as the plane fills up, especially on very popular routes, so passengers need to buy early to get the dirt-cheap fares. Sam Chan, a Singaporean trader, found this out on a June business trip to Malaysia. He purchased a one-way ticket from Kuala Lumpur...
...this daunting course will remain both a beauty and a beast: thanks to the extreme undulations of these links, even the lowest handicap players have to play the majority of their fairway shots without being able to see their target. Get to Islay on flights from Glasgow (two per day unless the Scottish mist intervenes) or by ferry from Kennacraig on the Mull of Kintyre. And save time for some of the seven local distilleries: those who are let off lightly by the Machrie can drink a dram or two in celebration; for the rest of us they offer...
...goes well," says manager Ian Brown, "future visitors will be able to experience a course very similar to the one that Vardon and Co. played." But this daunting course will remain both a beauty and a beast: thanks to the extreme undulations of these links, even the lowest handicap players have to play the majority of their fairway shots without being able to see their target. Get to Islay on flights from Glasgow (two per day unless the Scottish mist intervenes) or by ferry from Kennacraig on the Mull of Kintyre. And save time for some of the seven local...
...Cost of lowest-priced package deal leaving from New York City, which includes six nights at a one-star hotel, compared with an average of $3,000 for a week's vacation in Greece...