Ropey Pilot
the "LoCos" are not cheap anymore. They used to be some 2 years ago, when majors been charging EUR 500-700 for short intra-european return flight in economy. Since then most of majors lowered prices and now it is more or less the same the same money, sometimes even cheaper.
Just an example:
at the moment Ryanair quoting me EUR 134.18 (incl taxes and credit card charge) for
15jul HHN-CIA
18jul CIA-HHN
and that's the cheapest one, if I would like to go on the flights I really prefer it will be EUR 230.18
Lufthansa offering EUR 138.78 (incl taxes) for
15jul FRA-FCO
18jul FCO-FRA
and I have a choice between 5 flights a day, and don't need to drive for 100 km to HHN.
Just guess what I would go for...