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