Following Airfarewatchdog’s lead, I looked at how easyJet, Ryanair, Wizzair, and Air Berlin engaged with Twitter back in March. Here, I extend the treatment to four additional European low-cost carriers: Germanwings, Jet2, Transavia and Vueling. Germanwings Germanwings uses its Twitter account to publicize promotional sales, announce contest winners, and occasionally provide direct customer service. Sample » Read more

At EuroCheapo, our updated budget flights section is about to take off. For the past two weeks we’ve been reading the fine print on the baggage, seating and check-in policies for each airline and we’ve seen it all. But beyond the colorful interactive route maps and mouthwateringly cheap deals, we found some information that was » Read more

Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou founded easyJet in 1995 at the tender age of 28. The airline—along with Ryanair and a few other major players—came to change European commercial aviation in significant and consequential ways. Flying became much cheaper overnight. Legacy airlines, until that point the only game in town, struggled to keep up with the altered » Read more

Earlier this year, I profiled Baboo and Intersky, two small European airlines. Now I’ll turn my attention to the Dutch low-cost airline Transavia. A cog in the Air France-KLM corporate wheel, Transavia has a hybrid business model that allows it to function both as a budget and a charter airline. Its route map includes fun-in-the-sun » Read more

Ten years ago, European budget airlines were widely celebrated as a positive symbol of then-contemporary Europe. The new budget airlines sold tickets online, easing the transaction process. Airlines flew cheaply to destinations both familiar and novel. The low fares and simplicity of travel ushered into effect by Europe’s budget air revolution were largely commended. Budget » Read more

Hands down, one of the most interesting airlines in Europe right now is Iceland Express, the Icelandic budget airline with brand new Reykjavik-Newark and Reykjavik-Winnipeg routes launching this week. While Newark is an obvious expansion target, Winnipeg, Canada’s seventh biggest city, located midway across the continent, may not be, not at least until one considers » Read more

Following up on hidden europe’s great post on budget air routes to the Baltic and the Balkans of two weeks ago, I thought I’d take a look at a very exciting aspect of the Air Baltic route map, namely, its inclusion of a range of former Soviet capital cities. Caucasus and Central Asian destinations For » Read more

This month has seen quite a bit of low cost carrier activity, as airlines from Air Baltic to Ryanair and easyJet added routes eastward to the Baltics and down to the Balkans. Here’s a quick roundup of some of the most interesting additions. Air Baltic Recent weeks have seen Air Baltic aggressively expanding its network, » Read more

This week, let’s set our sights on six key features that define a good, contemporary airport, whether in Europe or elsewhere. Here the focus is on those areas of the airport open to all passengers, not just the frequent-flier set. What makes a business-class lounge good is a matter for another investigation. 1. Public transportation » Read more