| In Southeast Asia, the main low-cost carrier is AirAsia | | | | departure time. It seems that you can check-in at |
| with 54 airplanes and some 2'500 flights a week. This | | | | any time with Blue Virgin during the same day of |
| upstart airline has carried over 30 million passengers; | | | | departure. It can be a really advantage when you |
| more than Singapore Airlines. AirAsia flies to 80 | | | | have a long transit time. |
| destinations in South East Asia. However they are | | | | For all low-cost carriers company, you would prefer |
| planning to establish intercontinental route. This is | | | | to reserve your ticket quiet in advance as they are |
| definitely the cheapest way to flight in this region of | | | | full booked most of the time. However, if you have |
| the world. | | | | a very flexible schedule, you can wait the last |
| In Australia, the main airplane companies are Quantas, | | | | moment to take advantage of the last minutes |
| Jetstar and Virgin Blue. In others states you can find | | | | cheap tickets offers. |
| smaller group such as Kendall for New South Wales, | | | | If you want to travel from South East Asia to |
| Victoria, South Australia and Queensland; Hazelton for | | | | Australia, it is more difficult to find cheap fight tickets. |
| NSW; Sunstate in Queensland or Skywest in WA. | | | | VirginBlue and AirAsia do not fly between most of |
| Jetstar and Virgin Blue seem to be cheaper than | | | | these countries. JetStar covers much more country in |
| Quantas. But as précised before, they don't | | | | South East Asia than Blue Virgin; however they are |
| offer any meals or additional services during the flight. | | | | quiet expensive compare to local flight or AirAsia. The |
| However, you can purchase food and drinks in the | | | | reason is that the flights taxes to get in or get out |
| flight for a reasonable price. | | | | of Australia are very high; almost the price of the |
| Sometimes Blue Virgin is Cheaper and sometimes is | | | | ticket itself. So in this case, you won't find really big |
| Jetstar. It all depends on the route and date you | | | | differences between low-cost carrier and standard |
| want to fly. The main advantage of JetStar is that | | | | airlines such as Singapore Airlines, Malaysia Airlines or |
| you can check-in your seat online. However they | | | | Garuda. |
| open their check-in counter only 2 hours before the | | | | |