ezybus
Ezybus:
I think you are on a hopeless quest in trying to establish a difference between a "low cost carrier", a "low cost operator" and a "no frills airline". These terms are essentially synonymous. Of course it's possible to argue that Ryanair are lower-cost than easyJet, and so on, but I can't really see easyJet saying "we are not a low cost carrier."