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...whom have never been on a plane before, pay up to $4 each to join the jet set for a few hours. India's skies may be busier than ever these days, as a raft of budget carriers have made flying in India more affordable, but even a $20 ticket is too expensive for most Indians. "Flying," says Gupta, "is still beyond the reach of the common...
...Right now, there’s only one ticket in the race,” Willey said. “One is the vice president of the UC right now, and the other is the chair of the [Finance Committee]. It’s almost the equivalent of Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld running...
Fernandes wouldn't have it any other way. "I love it when I struggle to find a seat," he says, beaming. With ticket prices as low as 29--yes, you read that right--seats have often been hard to find. Fernandes expects to fly 4 million passengers this year, twice as many as in 2003. His success heralds a revolution in the airline industry in Asia. Although Americans and Europeans have benefited from low-cost air travel for years, tight regulation, powerful national-flag carriers and a dearth of airports have kept budget airlines at bay in Asia. But finally...
...Asians away from rickety buses, inefficient trains and traffic-choked highways. Laykha Boonlerd, 26, a bank employee in Kuala Lumpur, could never before afford to fly to Bangkok to see her family and instead made an excruciating 24-hour pilgrimage by bus and train. But with a one-way ticket on AirAsia costing only $26, she took wing in July for the first time. "I will travel much more with AirAsia," she says. Indeed, about half the travelers on Asia's budget airlines are first-time flyers like Boonlerd...
...rivalry among no-frills flyers is already getting brutal. When Tiger offered a 59 one-way ticket to Bangkok from Singapore on September flights, AirAsia countered with a 29 fare. Fernandes advertised the promotion with his usual flair. Ads showing two beautiful flight attendants draped over a subdued tiger boasted, "AirAsia tames even the wildest tiger." Udom Tantiprasongchai, chief executive of Orient Thai Airlines, says fierce competition from AirAsia and flag carrier Thai Airways forced him to slash the fare on his One-Two-Go budget service from Bangkok to Chiang Mai to less than $25, about 30% lower than...