How Budget Airlines Work
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN points to it as a short, clear answer to why budget airlines are so cheap.
What it is
A Wendover Productions explainer on how budget airlines can sell tickets for under 10 euros. It covers the costs airlines face and how low-cost carriers structure their business.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2017 to 2019.
What Hacker News said
Recommends jasode · 2017-12 · on “Trying to spark an emotional connection in the commoditized airline market”
For some extra background on EasyJet and Ryanair's ability to charge lower prices than Air France and KLM, Wendover has a short 8 minute video: [this video]
Recommends pimmen · 2019-04 · on “Sweden Wants to Revive Europe’s Overnight Trains”
Europe has extremely cheap prizes because the big airlines are trying to compete with the budget airlines. The real question is "why are budget airlines so cheap in Europe (they often cost about a third of what a budget ticket in the US would cost)?". Well, lots and lots and lots of reasons why. [this video]
Cites chipperyman573 · 2019-02 · on “The Colgan Air disaster was a milestone in aviation safety”
You should check this video out: [LINK] You would be pretty surprised how many costs airlines have to pay. An extra $4/passenger/flight would eat significantly into their bottom line. This is especially true for budget airlines, which often already make less than this per passenger already (source: [this video] )