Category: Travel
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According to The Times: "It had to happen. You can now fly around the world entirely on low-cost airlines." And most important, they mean you’ll end up with a serious bargain. For example, you could bag a fantastic trip from London to Hong Kong, San Francisco, Las Vegas, New York and back to London for…
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I must have been busy, because I seem to have only just got round to reading The Economist from 2 weeks ago, which has an article about Oasis Hong Kong Airways (Fare game): Part of the formula is familiar: flying one type of aircraft to reduce maintenance costs, landing at second-division airports, vigorous outsourcing and so…
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I see that the airport at the Gold Coast is touting for business, and they seem to be making eyes at Oasis. Actually, it makes perfect sense for a budget airline to fly to "second tier" airports that will offer them a good deal – that’s certainly what Ryanair do in Europe. Except that…
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Last summer, the UK government introduced very stringent rules about carry-on luggage, and although most of these have been relaxed, liquids are still restricted. Basically you can only take 100ml, and it has to be in a 100ml (or smaller) container inside a clear, sealable, plastic blag. Rather to my surprise, I see that Hong…
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Today’s SCMP (subscription required) reports Oasis are now applying for permission to fly to Vancouver (their 3rd destination after London and Oakland). Apparently Chicago is another destination they are considering. I am still not convinced that Oasis is a budget airline, and I have argued before that what gives them a real edge is having…
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I was reading this report about Air New Zealand, which says that they are struggling to fill their new Hong Kong – London service, in part because of the impact of Oasis. Maybe, but Air NZ are new to what has become a very competitive route, and they have a daytime flight to London, which…
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I regard the charges for using a mobile phone overseas (international roaming) as a big rip-off, as I’ve mentioned before, so I was interested by this report in The Guardian on Tuesday: The mobile phone company 3 will attempt today to head off a possible clampdown by the European commission on the prices that operators charge to call…
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I felt a strange sense of deja vu when I finally got round to reading an article about the Maldives in the Christmas & New Year edition of The Economist: IN THE Seagull Café a young man is talking quietly to two others who are taking notes. He is describing how he was tortured in…
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The SCMP had another go at analyzing Oasis Hong Kong Airlines on Sunday, but I think they’re still missing the point by asking “can an airline be both budget and long-haul?” As I have said before Oasis really have very little in common with budget airlines such as Southwest, Easyjet and Ryanair – the world’s least favourite airline. …
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Well, it seems that Oasis finally got their inaugural flight to London off the ground, almost exactly 24 hours late. Not a good start, but at least everyone knows about the company now! What amuses me about this is that everyone seems to have fallen for the ‘budget airline” angle. It’s all very well to…
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