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