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Daily Mail Reporter
18:15 EST, 16 April 2013
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04:17 EST, 17 April 2013
Low-fare airlines now carry the majority of passengers flying from the UK , the latest figures show.
Of the 93 million passengers who started their journey at a UK airport last year, 52% were flying with budget carriers, according to statistics from travel industry technology company Amadeus.
That compares to 48 per cent using no-frills airlines in the previous year.
Budget airlines such as Ryanair and Easyjet now carry the majority of UK passengers
The total number of flights from UK airports rose by 2 per cent from 2011.
Across Europe, budget firms made up to 38 per cent of flights in 2012, the biggest share of the market for low-cost carriers in any global region.
In North America, budget airlines’ market share was 30.2 per cent, and in Asia it was 18.6 per cent.
Worldwide 2.48billion passengers travelled by air last year.
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Three years ago, I needed to fly to Rome and checked all flights on the web. Most of the cheap flights landed elsewhere or flew from anywhere except Birmingham, so for a laugh, I checked BA. What a surprise, they flew direct to Rome, had luggage and baggage allowance, and even a meal on board ,all for the price of a cheapie, but with return flight tickets as well. Guess who I flew with, and got 5* treatment?
Oldcogger
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Birmingham, United Kingdom,
17/4/2013 14:12
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They are only flyng inside europe. YOu wouldn’t wan to be on a budget airline for any longer than a three hours at the most.
li
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Florida, United States,
17/4/2013 14:00
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I fly Lufthansa regularly. The flight costs me £10 each way. The rest of the “price” is unavoidable taxes. How can Ryan and the rest. be better value?
terrydel
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Walton-on-Thames, United Kingdom,
17/4/2013 13:24
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In a lot of cases there is no longer any choice.
The scheduled airlines have abandoned some routes.
heardit allnow
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London, United Kingdom,
17/4/2013 13:03
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Low-fare airlines now carry the majority of passengers flying from the UK , the latest figures show………They also carry more passengers travelling on domestic flights than national rail service. They are much cheaper and quicker.
bigben
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london,
17/4/2013 11:22
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Carrying luggage, i always find scheduled more econmical.
Kim
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Setubal, Portugal,
17/4/2013 11:07
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Well for a fact after the appalling treatment we have received off Thomson Holidays we will always use the likes of Easyjet where after using them lately I cannot fault there service one little bit and at a much lower cost.
peter
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manchester,
17/4/2013 10:50
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It`s the only direct flight I can get from here back to the UK ….
Out there
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My world, Greece,
17/4/2013 10:49
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“Low cost flights, not if your a suitcase there not.” – - – And for those of us whose first language is English?
Ajay
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Swindon,
17/4/2013 10:42
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I fly British Airways to Venice as the budgets aren’t really any cheaper and with BA you can have a piece of hand baggage AND a handbag or laptop. And booster seats can be checked in for free.
SallyM
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Lincoln, United Kingdom,
17/4/2013 10:27
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