Budget Asian AirlinesWith so many Asian cities with very large populations the budget Asian airlines business is set to really take off. The following is a listing of the most prominent of these airlines. The list is by no means complete and if any readers know of any other airlines please submit the details using the following form.
Air Arabia Air Arabia is a regional low cost airline based in the United Arab Emirates. Asian airline Destinations: Bahrain, Bandaranaike, Beirut, Damascus, Isfahan, Kuwait, Muscat Seeb, Sharjah, Shiraz, Tehran. Air Blue Air Blue is a new low cost airline operating within Pakistan. Fly Kingfisher Kingfisher formerly known as Air Deccan is the low cost airline section of Deccan Aviation Private Limited. Destinations: Bangalore, Belgaum, Chennai, Coimbatore, Goa, Hubli, Hyderabad, Madurai, Mangalore, Tirupati, Vijaywada. Bangkok Air This is a rapidly growing airline based in Thailand. They are not strictly a low cost carrier but I have included them here as you can sometimes get great deals. Asian airline destinations: Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Da Nang, Guilin, Krabi, Luang Prabang, Pattaya, Phnom Penh, Phuket, Samui, Siem Reap, Singapore, Sukhothai, Trat, Xian, Xishuangbanna. Cebu Pacific Cebu Pacific Air, operating out of the Philippines, began its operations in October 2001. Destinations: Bacolod, Butuan, Cagayan, Cebu, Clark, Davao, Dumaguete, Iloilo, Kalibo, Manila, Puerto Princesa, Roxas, Subic, Tacloban, Zamboanga. Dragon Air the airline was founded 1985 and serves destinations across Asia. Asian airline destinations: Beijing, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Guilin Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hong Kong, Kunming, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Sanya, Shanghai, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xian, Dhaka, Bandar, Seri, Begawan, Phnom Penh, Kota, Kinabalu, Kaohsiung, Bangkok, Taipei, Phuket. Gulf Traveller Gulf Traveller is the economy full service airline, which operates as a subdivision of Gulf Air. Asian airline destinations: Riyadh, Jeddah, Abu Dhabi, Nairobi, Dar Es-Salaam, Muscat, Bahrain, Karachi, Mumbai, Trivandrum, Colombo, Dhaka, Kathmandu, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, plus you can book flights to Gulf Air flights from Gulf Traveller. JAL Express JAL Express is the budget subsidiary of Japan Airlines. Menajet A United Arab Emirates based airline. Merpati Low cost budget Asian airlines operation out of Indonesia. Asian airline destinations: Balikpapan, Bandarlampung, Bandung, Banjarmasin, Batam, Bengkulu, Biak, Bima, Denpasar, Gorontalo, Gunung Sitoli, Jakarta, Jambi, Jaya Pura, Kendari, Kupang, Luwuk, Manado, Mataram, Maumere, Medan, Padang, Palangkaraya, Palembang, Palu, Pekanbaru, Pontianak, Semarang, Sorong, Surabaya, Tarakan, Timika, Ujung Pandang, Yogyakarta. Skymark Airlines A Japanese budget asian airline. Asian airline destinations: Fukuoka, Kagoshima, Aomori, Tokushima, Tokyo.
Long Haul Flights At Economy PricesBudget Asian airlines generally operate only short haul flights, which is great if you are travelling locally. If for instance you require a long haul flight as the first leg of your journey shop around to make sure you get the best possible deal. I can thoroughly recommend the following companies who have excellent flight search engines. Companies specialising in flights from the United States.
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