The passengers who pay upwards of £150 per sector are often those who are booking to fly within two weeks of travelling, when the legacy airlines will be charging often two or three times the amount. What people fail to understand, is that the low-cost airlines have made flying affordable for everyone, whether that means booking in advance for a holiday and being able to pay £0.99 plus-tax, or for business travellers who can expand their businesses by making more business trips because the walk-up fare is under £300 return, that's why these airlines have changed the face of the airline industry.
Are their business plans robust? Yes! Does this mean that working conditions for employees may be harsher? Yes! Does it mean that you aren't going to get lots of freebies when things go wrong? Yes! But has it meant that flying is more affordable, and that the airline underpromises but overdelivers by generally getting passengers ontime & with their bags ... yes again!
