Discount airlines in Australasia

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Finding Discount airlines in Australasia may prove both easy and difficult at the same time! Many years of deregulation in the New Zealand airline market and collapse of the Australian duopoly following the demise of Ansett has seen such cut-throat competition on some routes that only the airlines offering discount have survived. Apart from primarily scenic flights in light aircraft, all major carriers offer discounts on their seats on most routes. Some carriers specialise in providing low cost, no frills, travel between tourist and other destinations.

Understand

The Australasian airline market is noted for its competition and has seen the collapse of a number of airlines. Perhaps the most spectacular was that of Ansett, which nearly caused the collapse of its owner, Air New Zealand as well, and had the potential to ground New Zealand's national carrier, and only airline serving many parts of the country. Since then Air New Zealand has reworked itself as a discount airline, while Pacific Blue has taken on the dominant carrier, Qantas, in Australia, and also started a Trans-Tasman service. As a consequence, there is no one airline that provides a clear discount over any other. Travelers will need to shop around and may find they need to use two, or more, airlines to get the best deals.

External links

• Low cost carrier routing - Routing information for the low cost airlines

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