EuroCheapo's Airlines Articles

Mar 27 A lounge used to be that private space back home where you kicked off your shoes, cracked open a beer and settled down to watch the telly. In 2013 new-speak, trainers have eclipsed shoes, Prosecco has replaced beer and the television has been consigned to technological history. And the lounge has moved out of your » Read more

Feb 27 While aviation watchers stateside mull over the implications of the US-AA mega-merger, in some parts of Europe it is small carriers which continue to make the news. Next week sees the start of Minoan Air’s first routes outside Greece. The fledgling airline took to the skies from a base in Crete last year, operating short » Read more

Jan 09 Yesterday we heard from our pals over at Bootsnall.com, who let us know about a brand new airfare product they launched called Indie. Bootsnall has been around for a long time – since 1998, to be exact – and has grown a well deserved reputation as an online pioneer in the independent / backpacking travel » Read more

Dec 24 Well, Merry Christmas, indeed! Airberlin announced this Christmas Eve morning a last-minute $499 sale for winter flights from NYC-Berlin or Dusseldorf (and several connecting cities throughout Europe) booked through January 1, 2013. Sale Details: • Flights must be booked between December 24, 2012-January 1, 2013 • Offer good for travel between January 14, 2013 – » Read more

Dec 04 We’re heading over to Paris at the end of the year to celebrate New Year’s Eve. Most of our time is booked up with typical holiday plans—getting together with friends, blow out dinners (on the cheap, of course) and relishing winter in Paris. But we do have four or five days that are wide open » Read more

Oct 19 Hey Cheapos: You know the age-old question “when should I book a flight to get the best deal?” Is it better to book many months in advance or at the last minute? What about holidays? Recently the flight gurus over at Kayak.com looked into the matter. By sifting through a billion (with a “b”) flight » Read more

Oct 11 Are you feeling lucky, Cheapos? We’ve teamed up again with our friends over at airberlin to give away another fantastic and free roundtrip for two from New York’s JFK airport to anywhere airberlin flies in Europe! Start packing your bags, folks, because someone is about to get lucky. Why shouldn’t it be you? Did you » Read more

Jun 01 Finally, after surviving blazing hot days in February and freezing days in May, summer has arrived. To celebrate the arrival of June, I’m clearing out of New York and heading to Berlin on Sunday. Three days later I’ll continue on to additional hot, top-secret destinations in Europe. My bags are packed (sort of), papers organized(ish), » Read more

May 31 The high season for airline bankruptcies in Europe tends to be the fall, but 2012 is sending spring shivers through the industry with a number of carriers having stopped operations in recent weeks. When German regional carrier Cirrus Airlines filed for insolvency earlier this year OLT Express looked set to take over Cirrus. But that » Read more