Low Cost Airlines

SkyEurope Low Cost Airlines

SkyEurope Airlines is a low-cost airline with its main base at M. R. Stefanik Airport (BTS) in Bratislava, Slovakia, and other bases in Kraków, Prague, Budapest and Vienna. SkyEurope services from Budapest are operated by its wholly-owned subsidiary airline called SkyEurope Airlines Hungary (IATA: 5P, ICAO: HSK, and Callsign: Matra).
With bases in Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia it was the first multi-based airline in Central Europe. The airline operates short-haul .point-to-point. scheduled and charter passenger and cargo services.

Direct Fly Low Cost Airlines

Direct Fly was a regional airline based in Warsaw, Poland. It operated domestic services. Its main base was Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport[1]. It has announced on its webpage the suspension of all its flights, effective from May 7, 2007.

Wizz Air Low Cost Airlines

Wizz Air is a Polish/Hungarian low-cost airline focusing on the markets of Central Europe. Its main bases are Budapest Ferihegy International Airport (Hungary) , Katowice International Airport (Poland), Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport (Poland) and Gda.sk Lech Wa..sa Airport (Poland) with hub at Sofia Airport (Bulgaria).

Centralwings Low Cost Airlines

Centralwings is a low-cost airline based in .ód., Poland. It is a low-fare subsidiary of LOT Polish Airlines, operating international services in Europe, using aircraft from the LOT fleet. Its main base is Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport, with hubs at Katowice International Airport and John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice[1]. The airline slogan is: Pay less, expect more.

Germanwings Low Cost Airlines

Germanwings is a low-cost airline based in Cologne Bonn Airport, Germany. It operates services to over 67 destinations in Europe; 9 within Germany and 58 destinations in Europe. Its main base is Cologne Bonn Airport, with secondary bases at Stuttgart Airport, Berlin-Schönefeld International Airport and Hamburg Airport.

Norwegian Low Cost Airlines

Norwegian Air Shuttle is a Norwegian low-cost airline, with headquarters at Fornebu outside the country's capital Oslo and its main base at Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. Norwegian Air Shuttle is also referred to as Norwegian, which is the company's commercial brand.

easyJet Low Cost Airlines

easyJet is a low cost airline officially known as easyJet Airline Company Limited, based at London Luton Airport. The airline operates frequent scheduled services for leisure and business passengers and serves more than 200 routes between more than 65 European airports. It was founded by easyGroup entrepreneur Greek Cypriot Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, but it is now a plc listed on the London Stock Exchange and members of the Haji-Ioannou family own approximately 17%. It is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

RYANAIR Low Cost Airlines

RYANAIR is an Irish airline headquartered in Dublin. Its biggest operational base, however, is at London Stansted Airport. It is Europe's largest low-cost carrier and one of the world's largest and most successful airlines (whether in terms of profits, number of flights, number of passengers flown). Ryanair operates - at one count - on 362 routes to 22 countries. Ryanair has been characterised by rapid expansion, a result of the deregulation of the air industry in Europe in 1997. Over the years, it has evolved into one of the world's most profitable airlines, running at remarkable margins by passing its costs directly to its customers.

Air Berlin Low Cost Airlines

Air Berlin is Europe's third largest low-cost airline after easyJet and Ryanair. It is based in Berlin, Germany and operates scheduled services from a range of European airports.

Austrian Low Cost Airlines

Austrian Airlines (Österreichische Luftverkehrs AG) is the flag carrier airline of Austria, with its headquarters in Vienna. Its main base is Vienna International Airport (VIE). In 2006 Austrian had 10 million passengers.

Sterling Low Cost Airlines

Sterling is an Icelandic owned low-fare airline, based in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was created in September 2005 through the merger of two Danish airlines - Sterling European Airlines A/S and Maersk Air A/S - which had been bought by Icelandic investment group Fons Eignarhaldsfelag a few months before. One month after the merger, Sterling Airlines was sold to the FL Group, which owns Icelandair. On 6 January 2006, Hannes Smárason, CEO of the FL Group, stated that a merger of easyJet and Sterling was a possibility. At the end of 2005 Sterling Airlines had 1,600 staff and 29 aircraft, making it almost twice as large as Icelandair. The company flew to some European 40 destinations, with Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm as principal hubs.