Dallas, TX (PRWEB) July 8, 2009 — FareCompare.com, a comprehensive airfare comparison shopping website, has reincarnated the European summer vacation of its CTO for a giveaway tailor-made for the Twitter crowd - and those who'd like to join the Twitter-sphere. Airline travelers will have the chance to win a roundtrip for two to Europe.

FareCompare introduces Graeme, FareCompare's favorite cranky Scotsman. He's on a European holiday with the family and tweeting pictures from his trip! Airline twitter twavelers follow Graeme's photo album for clues to his location and guess “Where is Graeme?” by tweeting their entries. With each guess, they are automatically entered to win a European vacation!

Call it the convergence of easy-to-use real-time technology and good old fashioned bargain hunting - a true win-win for travelers who want to save

No more wading through 'flight deals' that don't work for you - just the ones from your home airport.

“Where Is Graeme” farecompare.com/whereisgraeme will tweet a new picture each week to Graeme's vacation photo album. Every picture tells a story and includes clues about the countries he visits. Clues will be tweeted throughout the day. Travelers tweet guesses and they are automatically entered to win the Grand Prize which includes roundtrip airfare and hotel accommodations to a city in Europe - for two!

To play, contestants simply “follow” FareCompare's deals from 'your home airport' on Twitter farecompare.com/twitter. For example, if you usually depart from Dallas-Fort Worth, then follow http://twitter.com/flyfromDFW.

FareCompare delivers real-time flight deals from more than 170 US/Canada airports - so shoppers get the deals they want, instantly! FareCompare's process real-time feeds faster than any other consumer-facing website, delivering email alerts in real time via Twitter and via traditional email alerts signup for real-time email alerts at http://www.farecompare.com/signup - faster than any other alert service out there.

“Call it the convergence of easy-to-use real-time technology and good old fashioned bargain hunting - a true win-win for travelers who want to save,” says FareCompare CEO Rick Seaney. “No more wading through 'flight deals' that don't work for you - just the ones from your home airport.”

For a complete listing, visit farecompare.com/twitter to choose a departing airport. Where Is Graeme giveaway will run until 12:00 am CDT July 23, 2009. Twitter tweet airfare deals will continue.

Quick links:
“Where's Graeme?” Entry form - farecompare.com/whereisgraeme Follow FareCompare deals from a home airport on Twitter - farecompare.com/twitter Meet Graeme on Twitter: twitter.com/wheresgraeme
About FareCompare.com:
FareCompare.com is an award-winning independent airfare shopping site with real-time alert tools to help consumers find the best deals available quickly and easily - and find them first. That's because FareCompare is not the typical airfare “meta search” comparison shopping site.

Every day, FareCompare's sophisticated software processes feeds from more than 500 airlines - totaling more than 270,000 city combinations - making FareCompare a comprehensive one-stop airfare shopping experience. Plus, FareCompare's proprietary software and robust processing power delivers airfare prices in real time. And that's important because the best fares disappear quickly - but with real-time technology, shoppers learn about the best deals first - and are first in line to buy them.

Low cost airlines and their fares deeply changed the flight sector. A low cost (or no frills, or low fares) is an airline company that offers flights at very competitive prices (Cheap Flights) by not offering or by selling most of passenger services (like on-board meals, seats bookings, etc.). Cheap flights were born in USA in 1971 with Southwest Airlines, and started spreading in Europe at the beginning of the ’90s with Ireland’s Ryanair.

Statistics and history in brief

To point out the strong growth of low cost flights we will show a few stats: in 1994 about 3 million passengers flew low cost, most of them with Ryanair, and in 1995 they reached 17,5 million.

In 1995 British Airways founded their cheap flights division named Go, operating from London Stanstead airport in 1998. The same year Go started operating form London Luton as well. In the year 2000, Go was sold to EasyJet.com with an operational loss of over 21 million Pounds. In 2000 KLM also entered the low cost world with Buzz, which was bought over by Ryanair in 2003 with very high losses. Currently EasyJet.com and Ryanair are among the most successful European low cost airlines, and operate over several hundred routes.

Today’s market situation sees a strong and constant growth of the cheap flights sector, new routes being opened every day by all main airlines, In the future a strong growth of low cost companies it is foreseen also in the long range flights segments.

Why low cost flights are such

Low cost airlines are very flexible and efficient organizations with a cost structure that is very different from the one of traditional airlines. Cutting many costs allows them to offer very competitive prices.

Costs are optimized mainly in the following areas:

- Tickets sales are direct, Internet being the main channel. By shortening the intermediation chain, costs can be deeply reduced.

- Smaller and cheaper airports are used, that are also less jammed by traffic.

- On-board services and crews. No meals are served. Fewer crew members are used, and airplanes need less cleaning.

- Full usage of aircraft capacity. Airplanes always fly full charge and fly more often to amortize costs. They have faster load/download times (25/35 minutes vs. 2 hours of traditional companies).

- Newer and all equal aircraft. Low cost companies fleets are made all of the same make of planes, all new ones and easy to service, in order to have them all at maximum efficiency.

Characteristics of low cost companies

To operate cheap flights, airlines must have specific characteristics to allow them to keep prices as low as possible. The basic ones are:

- A single passenger class, with free choice of the seating place.

- A single airplane make (in order to optimize service costs), such as Airbus A320s or Boeing 737s (for instance: Ryanair uses Boeing 737 series, EasyJet favors both Boeing 737s and Airbus A319s).

- Airplanes have more seats (for instance, Lufthansa’s Boeing 737s carry 132 passengers, EasyJet’s ones carry 148).

- Lower weight allowance for both hand carried and stored luggage.

- No free meals or beverages are served on board, but they are available to buy.

- Crew members fulfill multiple tasks (mainly stewardesses and stewards).

- Intensive use of airfleets. For instance, EasyJet flies an average of 10.7 hours a day, while British Airways flies 7.1 hours. Airport stops are shorter (with a faster turnover, usually 25 minutes between flights), and flights are shorter too.

- Connections are made using convenient secondary airfields, often far away from town centers, without slot restrictions, little air traffic and lower airstrip fares.

- Straight peer-to-peer connections without luggage transfers to other coincident flights (separate check-in and check-out), no coordinate flight plans with other airlines.

- Expenditure savings trough direct ticket sales, especially trough the Internet and outsourced call centers, automated check-ins and, occasionally service fees.

- Certain offers (as low as 0.99?) are only valid for in-advance bookings or are limited offers, for a relatively low number of seats.

- Lean management (savings on staff). For instance, Germanwings in Cologne employs no more than 50 people.

It isn’t easy to be low cost: flops

There were new low cost companies that flew only a few months, or even only a few days, like Ireland’s JetGreen Airways, that stopped all activities in May 2004 after only one week without paying back about 40.000 already sold tickets.

- V Bird flew from October 23, 2003 to October 8, 2004 from Dsseldorf.

- VolareWeb, low cost daughter of Italy’s Volare went bankrupt on November 23, 2004. On October 30, 2004 they stopped at once their flights between Germany and Italy. In June 2005 they started to fly again, mainly to domestic destinations and a few European ones.

Several more or less known flops were: Minerva, Gandalf, Azzurra, Air Sicilia, ItalAir, Air Libert.

When to book

It is usually better to book your cheap flights in large advance, at least 15 days before leaving. Better offers are for departures from Mondays to Thursdays: Better to avoid leaving on week ends. Always buy return tickets and be ready to take off at unusual times (early mornings or late evenings).

Canceling or modifying bookings

Before booking read thoroughly the company’s regulations about cancelling or modifying bookings! Usually cheap flights tickets not used on the booked flight are not payed back as recession rights for long distance travel do not apply to this kind of sales. About changing departure dates, every company have different regulations, which you better always check on the company’s site. Usually changing dates is not convenient. It is better to loose your old ticket and buy a new one.

How to pay

To shorten intermediation chains, thus offering competitive prices, low cost airlines use favor Internet and call canters (these may apply a small overcharge). Therefore be ready to pay via credit card (payments are secure, to verify be sure that Internet addresses change form http: to https:).

Cheap Flights Confirmation and check in

If you book on line, you will receive a confirmation mail at the e-mail address you specified. For telephone bookings at a call center, you will receive confirmation via fax, e-mail or, eventually by regular mail. In the last case, certain companies ask for a small overcharge if sending via messenger mail. If you are e-booking, that means if you buy your ticker on line, you receive confirmation via e-mail. It is enough to print it out and to show it at the booking counter at the airport.

Secure on line payments

On line payments are preferred by low cost airlines. To guarantee discretion in data transfer on the web, credit cards use the most advanced SSL (Secure Socket Layer) technology. When paying, if your browser uses SSL you just select Protected Mode and your data will be protected. If the browser has limitations, you can use Unprotected Mode. We recommend to get hold of the latest version to be able to carry out without problems all transactions.

Watch out for taxes and extras

Unfortunately, in offers of may low cost airlines there is a not yet regulated very bad habit of give only a partial price, not including overcharges and extras. So don’t be fooled by offers at 0.01 cents, always calculate global prices including taxes, overcharges and fuel costs. Sometimes there are huge differences in price.

Get organized for transportation

Low cost companies usually fly from secondary airfields that can be very far from final destinations (there are almost 70 miles from Stanstead to London), so make sure you know your way out (costs, timings and transportation time) and get organized to reach your destination.

Your luggage

Luggage transport is another point to pay attention to when flying low cost to avoid spending more on extra allowances than on tickets. Extra payload is usually very expensive and companies are very strict about it. So pay extreme attention to luggage overweight regulations and “weigh well” your suitcases.

This article is brought to you by http://en.europelowcost.com

Mountain View, CA (PRWEB) December 14, 2009 — International travel website vayama.com is starting their ‘12 Days to Christmas Fly Away Sale’. The sale will run each of the 12 days preceding Christmas Day and will offer deeply discounted international airfares plus a bonus $30 off per booking to all destinations in Australia/ Pacific, Asia, Europe, Africa & South America.

Vayama Christmas Special Sale

The sale will run each of the 12 days preceding Christmas Day and will offer deeply discounted international airfares plus a bonus $30 off per booking to all destinations in Australia/ Pacific, Asia, Europe, Africa & South America.

For more information on how to book the cheapest international airfares to travel this winter, we invite you to visit http://www.vayama.com/specials

Vayama’s 12 Days to Christmas Sale Highlights:

1- Guadalajara : San Francisco to Guadalajara from $255 Roundtrip Total
2- Barcelona: New York to Barcelona from $555 Roundtrip Total
3- Hamburg: New York to Hamburg from $574 Roundtrip Total
4-Paris: New York to Paris from $584 Roundtrip Total
5- Manila: Los Angeles to Manila from $713 Roundtrip Total

About Vayama:

Vayama.com is a first-of-its kind travel Web site that provides North Americans a whole new world of choice for booking international flights. Using the latest in Web technologies, vayama.com offers a massive selection of airlines, flights and fares, many never previously available online, so you can find the lowest prices and best schedule options for all your international travel. Established over 3 years ago and founded by travel experts with decades of experience, vayama.com is backed by one of the world’s largest travel organizations. Vayama.com is a subsidiary of BCD Holdings NV, one of the global leaders in the travel industry.

Please Contact Our Media and Press Relations Department:
Ellen Joosten 650.963.1004

Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) February 26, 2010 — Everyone wants to travel at the cheapest. Airlines often provide the cheapest of ticket offers at the last minute. LetsFlyCheaper.com has as its goal, the task of providing outstanding service while getting you the lowest price for airline tickets out there. The secret to this is that they constantly and consistently re-negotiate airline fares directly with the airlines. By working closely with the airline consolidators and wholesalers, they help you save up to 30-70% on your ticket cost. The benefit with working with airline consolidators is that they have access to airline tickets simply not available on airline websites or any other travel booking website. Lets Fly Cheaper offers the cheapest personalized airfare quote. Whether the travel is a one way or an open jaw, they specialize in Cheap Last Minute Tickets and multi-city flights to any destination in the world.

The new & improved site shows their continued commitment to making things better for customers. To celebrate the launch of the new website, they are giving away free trips to Las Vegas. Do vacations get any freer and better than this? They being a low fare specialist are focused on supplying best available Cheap International Tickets to destinations worldwide. They also cater to customer’s need of Insurance and hotel reservation. This BBB accredited service is the best in providing utmost service to customers. Lets fly cheaper's advanced search allows users access to hundreds of discounted airfares from major carriers. Having negotiated with airlines the site passes on the benefit to customers in all categories like economy to first class. They take pride in ensuring that their customers get the cheapest tickers to any international hotspot on any day.

Lets Fly cheaper is the source for cheap international tickets to famous tourist spots. Consider for example Bangkok, which is one of the places where international tourist flock to. The site is the best place to get cheap Bangkok flights and save a lot on travel. Bangkok is the capital of Thailand and is an exciting, bustling city. This is one of the top tourist destinations in the world. The city offers friendly locals, endless shopping opportunities, colorful nightlife, numerous attractions and a varied culture. Traveling to Bangkok is a delightful experience of lifetime for those who want to get a taste of Asia. Whether your Bangkok trip is planned in advance or if you are looking for last-minute flights to Bangkok, Let’s Fly Cheaper will be able to help you find the right package for both personal and business travel.

About LetsFlyCheaper.com:
Letsflycheaper is focused on providing the cheapest flight tickets to any destination in the world. With their tie up with the leading airlines they are able to pass on the discounts to passengers by negotiating with airlines directly. Currently they are giving away free Las Vegas trips as a celebration of their new & improved website.

For more information visit: http://www.letsflycheaper.com

New York, NY (PRWEB) March 29, 2007 — For New York travelers and locals alike, getting to the airport can often take longer than the flight itself. Deciding how to get there is yet another challenge. Figuring out which methods are available to which New York airports, remembering bus numbers and subway routes, comparing costs, and getting it all timed out right so that you don't miss your flight can be absolute nightmare. Noel Turner, the president of nysubway.com, finally decided to do something about it: “People just don't know how to get to the New York airports, they often jump in a cab, which is often the most expensive and can be slower than other forms of transportation” Mr. Turner continues: “I thought it was about time someone put all the travel choices together in an easy-to-read guide.”

The “How to Get to the New York Area Airports” series at nysubway.com includes three separate guides detailing the best ways to get to New York City's three major airports: Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, and John F. Kennedy and La Guardia airports in Queens. The guides outline all the available options — including subway, bus, shuttle, train, taxi, limo, and even helicopter — along with details on cost, travel time, and of course where to pick up the transport. The guide concludes with its top airport travel recommendations, as well as an easy-to-read chart that organizes all the info in one place.

The guide also breaks down which transportation methods are the Cheapest, Fastest, and Most Luxurious. For instance, many people don't realize that you can get all the way to La Guardia via the M60 city bus for a mere $2 … and, in many cases, it is just as fast as taking a taxi, which would cost you at least 20 times more.

The airport travel guides are the newest feature on nysubway.com, a website devoted to helping New York City locals and visitors alike keep up with the latest news and information pertaining to the New York Subway System.

To learn more about the “How to Get to the New York Area Airports” series please visit nysubway.com or use the contact below:

Press Contact:
Noel Turner, President, nysubway.com
Tel 646 290 6419
nysubway.com

Melbourne, FL (PRWEB) June 23, 2009 — During this down economy, a website called www.Flycontract.com is helping corporate pilots and flight attendants find employment. In the past 6 months Flycontract.com has seen the demand for contract pilots and flight attendants increase over 50%. The website has completed a redesign of the system to allow for the increasing amounts of pilots and flight attendants. As some employers have reduced their full time staff others have a need for more staff or part time flight crew. Flycontract helps streamline the selection process by allowing employers to skip the job posting step in their search and go straight to contacting the pilot they need.

Flycontract works as a directory of pilots and flight attendants which employers may search free of charge. The search allows employers to narrow their search to pilots who are trained on specific aircraft and location. Pilot profiles include information such as flight hours, picture, aircraft training, daily fee, resume, and a 3 month calendar of each pilot's availability. Having this information organized and available within the search has provided the aviation industry with a means to hire pilots without having to post a job. The website also allows employers to post pilot jobs and flight crew requests free of charge. The site also provides a method that allows pilot simulator training facilities to post training discounts for its members.

Terry Cooper (President) said, “In the corporate aviation industry many flight departments use part time corporate pilots for many reasons and Flycontract.com gives them the fastest way to locate the pilots who are trained for a specific aircraft. Many of our flight crew members get hired full time after flying a contract trip for an aviation employer.” The website now has over 1,000 aircraft trained pilots available and 130 corporate flight attendants.

About Flycontract.com
Flycontract.com is owned and operated by CharterMatrix LLC. A leader in aviation website design more information can be found on the company website www.CharterMatrixWebGroup.com. Media inquiries can be made by calling 1(321)-473-4003 or email at info (at) flycontract (dot) com.

London UK (PRWEB) August 2, 2005 — PriceBookers is a UK travel search tool. This innovative new service enables travelers to search travel websites and book deals in less time and fewer clicks. Visitors simply enter their desired travel details once and click to search from over 20 leading travel websites.

“With the addition of PriceBookers, consumers can make a more informed choice when it comes to their travel requirements” said Robert Chamberlain, Managing Director of PriceBookers. “This new service makes locating travel deals easier”.

With the addition of PriceBookers, consumers can make a more informed choice when it comes to their travel requirements

This new service makes locating travel deals easier

Benefits of the PriceBookers search service include:

- Saves Time: Enter the information only once and the tool allows users to search multiple travel sites, resulting in fewer clicks

- Saves Money: Offers a variety of search options including package deals and holiday specials.

- Wider Selection than current booking engines: For cheap flights, the site provides links to search major airlines such as British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Singapore Airlines. Search options are also provided to all the major hotels, package deals and car rental providers.

PriceBookers is a free service for consumers. It enables travelers to compare a wide variety of leading companies from the one site. The site is owned and operated by AirfaresFlights.co.uk (http://www.airfaresflights.co.uk), a comprehensive flight-only travel portal for UK consumers.

For more details on the new PriceBookers travel search tool please visit the website at http://www.pricebookers.co.uk