And what many people still fail to grasp (if they did their sums right) is that many of these so-called LCCs are not in fact that much cheaper (unless you can be in time to book the first few seats sold at loss making prices) than many of the so-called legacy airlines. The one big difference is that with the legacy airlines you still receive better customer comfort, service and assistance. But even in the LCC world there are significant differences between airlines. I gladly use Air Berlin but stay well away from Ryanair.