All European low-costers: list and reviews

Independent travel throughout Europe is gaining popularity among Russians. This way to organize your vacation choose different categories of the population. Only a few years ago, only young people could take risks of organizing an independent trip to one or several European countries. Now people over the age of forty entered the taste of such trips, so many tourists were interested in the issue of European loukosterov in Russia. These airlines often offer tickets at ridiculous prices of ten or fifteen euros. Also, cases where the lucky ones become the ticket holder for one euro or are quite free to fly from one point to another are also quite common. Today we will tell you about the main European low-costers and reveal the secrets of their pricing policy.

Loucoster: what is this "beast"

Low-cost airlines include air carriers selling tickets at the lowest prices in their segment of the market. Low cost is achieved by reducing the level of service on board - lack of food and free drinks, or, for example, the impossibility of carrying baggage at no extra charge. This kind of business management allows the company not to raise prices for its services and successfully compete with other air carriers.

For the first time, low-costers appeared in the seventies of the last century in the United States. They quickly showed how successful this business model can be. Therefore, now European loukostery not only compete with large airlines, but also compete for passengers with each other.

What is the success of such companies? And do they have significant shortcomings?

"For" and "against" air travel loukosterom

Naturally, the main advantage of European loukosterov and other similar companies is the low cost of their services. After all, often for a purely symbolic fee, any person can afford to fly to Spain or the Czech Republic. And his accumulated money he will usefully use already during the vacation, but not at the stage of booking tickets.

However, do not forget that all European loukosterov have a lot of "but", which should be known in advance:

• Service on board the aircraft will be extremely simple, if not limited - lack of free meals, video panels and folding chairs;
• The transportation of luggage costs additional money, and hand luggage must strictly comply with the established strict rules;
• Seats in the cabin of the aircraft are dealt in the order of the queue, for an additional fee you can be the first in the list;
• The airport of arrival will be small and remote from the city you need for several tens of kilometers, so you will also have to organize a transfer for yourself.

Of course, for someone, the nuances listed by us may seem to be significant drawbacks. But most people believe that they are quite suitable system of payment only for the services that they are going to use. This category of Russian citizens, our article on European airlines, loukosterov will be very useful.

Russia and discount companies

It is interesting that there are European low-costers flying to Moscow and Moscow, but no one has heard about Russian air carriers selling tickets at low prices. Of course. We can name a couple of companies that offer our compatriots flights at a reduced cost. However, while they can not compete with the recognized masters of air transportation.

What is the reason for this? Are Russians unworthy of cheap tickets? On this score, experts are unanimous in the opinion that the specifics of air travel in our country does not give an opportunity to develop domestic loukosterov. After all, in our country, very expensive services at airports, high fuel prices and difficulties with entering the market.

Therefore, we think that not soon enough decent companies will appear in our country, making air travel more accessible to the general mass of the population of the country. Having found out all these nuances, let's go back to the topic of European loukosterov. Who are they, these leaders, which make the dream a little more accessible and closer?

European low-costers: list

Since most travelers try to save money on tickets, planning their trip, the discount companies are just those "wizards" who give their customers a coveted discount. If you are thinking about traveling to Europe this summer or in the autumn, then take a look at the below-listed low-costers: perhaps, you will use their services:

• Irish Ryanair;
• Wizz Air;
• Latvian Air Baltik;
• Turkish Pegasus Airlines;
• Norwegian.

So that you do not get confused in these companies, we will tell you about each of them in the most detail.

Ryanair

This air carrier is considered to be one of the largest in Europe. He practically has no competitors and often sells tickets at really ridiculous prices in one or two euros.

To date, Ryanair operates on almost two thousand routes, in many directions it provides such prices that they quite successfully compete with the cost of travel on the intercity route by bus.

The company often provides discounts in different directions, usually a discount of twenty percent, and the average cost of an air flight in this case will not exceed nine euros. If you do not get under the action of the action, then the ticket will cost you about fifteen to twenty euros.

Keep in mind that Ryanair is active in the UK, Ireland and Eastern Europe. Unfortunately, this European loukoster from Moscow does not fly, so you will have to search for connecting flights with departure from the cities of Europe suitable for you on the route.

The rules of the loukoster allow the carriage on board hand luggage is not heavier than ten kilograms and one handbag.

Wizz Air

This Hungarian company has been on the air transportation market for about thirteen years. Initially, the loukoster could not boast of an abundance of routes, but at the moment airliners fly in four hundred directions. It's nice that this carrier makes flights from Moscow. Especially seductive prices are provided for the flight on the route Moscow - Budapest. Literally for twenty euros you will find yourself in the center of Europe, from where you can reach any country of your interest.

Very attractive for travelers is the club card, which allows you to get a discount of ten euros from each ticket purchased. It also covers luggage. Many tourists say that on the airplane of the company Wizz Air always sell very cheap perfume, and as an entertainment the passengers are offered an interesting magazine.

Essential for some tourists the minus of this loukoster are extremely stringent conditions for carrying baggage. For example, under the category of hand luggage only those bags that do not exceed a height of forty centimeters fall.

Air Baltik

This airline can not be relied on with 100% confidence in low-cost drivers. But Air Baltik offers such tempting prices for flights, which is a serious competition to other European and Russian air carriers.

Russian travelers are happy to buy tickets to Europe with a transfer in Latvia for twenty or thirty euros. In addition, this airline weekly holds a large sale of tickets in different directions. Buyers positively assess such shares of the company. It is interesting that in some cases a passenger can pay for his flight in several receptions. This proposal increases the demand for Air Baltik tickets from Russians who do not always have enough money to fully pay for their trip.

The rules for carrying baggage at the airline are identical to the conditions put forward by the low-costers - you can fly for free with a small hand luggage and one handbag. Anything over the established limits is paid additionally.

Pegasus Airlines

Turkish loukoster mastered not only routes to Turkey and Egypt, but also throughout Europe. The average price for a ticket varies between thirty and fifty euros, taking into account the transportation of baggage. Of course, this is not the lowest cost for the flight, but Pegasus Airlines often holds promotions and makes seasonal discounts, which can be tracked on the company's official website. For the convenience of our compatriots, it has a Russian-language version, so buying tickets through the Internet will not deliver absolutely no inconvenience to future Pegasus Airlines passengers. Russian buyers appreciated this advantage.

Turkish loukoster flies from many cities, including from Moscow, which further increases its attractiveness in the eyes of our compatriots. It is interesting that this year Pegasus Airlines services are in high demand among tourists who decided to travel to Turkey independently. Sometimes such a trip costs a lot cheaper than an ordinary tour.

Norwegian

Lowcoster from Norway has established itself as a punctual and inexpensive carrier. Last year, Norwegian was recognized as the best budget airline, which significantly raised its rating in the list of European loukosterov.

Basically, this company flies from the countries of Northern Europe to almost all corners of the world. There are even African destinations, but it's best to use the services of Norwegian, going to Scandinavian countries. In this case you will get the lowest price possible.

It is interesting that the Norwegian loukoster has a rule not to reduce the ticket price already raised once. For example, if you saw an excellent offer on the site at a suitable price, then immediately make out the purchase. In a couple of days the cost of air travel can grow twice and will not return to the previous level.

A little more about low-costers

In today's article, we told you only about the largest and already proven discounter companies that have a wide geography of flights. But in addition to the carriers already listed, there are others that offer quite good prices for flights across Europe. Among them we can distinguish:

• German loukosterov Condor and AirBerlin, which fly even in the Asian direction;
• The oldest European discounter Transavia, has been working in this field for more than fifty years;
• The Spanish company Volotea, which has its own loyalty program;
• Loukostera Meridiana, which offers quite cheap tickets not only to European countries, but also to Cuba and even to Africa.

Summing up all written, one can say that independent travels in Europe - this is not the destiny of the rich. After all, thanks to loukosterov each person can realize his cherished dream and visit practically in any country of the world.