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Asian Budget Airlines
The lure of starting a low cost airline in Asia is obvious, with over 130 cities having population in excess of 1 million in the region. However, the industry's development in the region has been slow and there are still only a few significant players in the region. Much of the forthcoming expansion is likely to come from existing national carriers launching low cost airlines, rather than from independent start-ups. Existing Asian Budget AirlinesThe emergence of carriers operating across national borders, like the carriers operate in Europe, is very much still in the early stages of development. However, there is increasing number of carriers serving more than one nation in the region. The following carriers currently operate in Asian region: Adam Air Adam Air is a low-cost airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Destinations: Balikpapan, Banda Aceh, Banjarmasin, Denpasar, Jakarta, Jambi, Lampung, Medan, Padang, Palembang, Pangkal Pinang, Pekanbaru, Pontianak, Semarang, Surabaya, Ujung Pandang, Yogyakarta, Penang (Malaysia), Singapore. Air Arabia Air Arabia is a regional low cost airline based in UAE. Destinations: Sharjah, Aleppo, Alexandria, Almaty, Amman, Aqaba, Astana, Asyut, Bahrain, Beirut, Colombo, Damascus, Dammam, Doha, Jeddah, Khartoum, Kuwait, Mumbai, Muscat, Nagpur, Riyadh, Sanaá, Sharm El Sheikh. Air Asia Air Asia operates low fares, ticketless service in the Asian region. Destinations: Alor Star, Bali, Balikpapan, Bandung, Bangkok, Batam, Bintulu, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Clark (Manila), Hanoi, Hat Yai, Ipoh, Jakarta, Johor Bahru, Kota Bharu, Kota Kinabalu, Krabi, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Terengganu, Kuching, Labuan, Langkawi, Macau, Medan, Miri, Narathiwat, Padang, Pekan Baru, Penang, Phnom Penh, Phuket, Sandakan, Sibu, Siem Reap, Singapore, Solo, Surabaya, Tawau, Ubon Ratchathani, Udon Thani, Xiamen. Air Blue Air Blue is a low-cost airline based at the Quaid-e-Azam International Airport Karachi, in Pakistan. Destinations: Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta, Dubai, Faisalabad, Islamabad. Air Deccan Formed in 1995, Air Deccan is a low cost airline unit of Deccan Aviation Private Limited. Destinations: Bangalore, Belgaum, Chennai, Coimbatore, Goa, Hubli, Hyderabad, Madurai, Mangalore, Tirupati, Vijaywada. Air Do Air Do, also known as Hokkaido International Airlines, is a Japanese low cost airline. Destinations: Tokyo, Sapporo, Asahikawa, Hakodate. Air India Express Air India Express is a low cost subsidiary of Air India that started operations on April 28, 2005. Destinations: Mumbai, New Delhi, Kochi, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram, Muscat (Oman), Salalah (Oman), Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Al Ain (United Arab Emirates), Sharjah (United Arab Emirates). Air Philippines Air Philippines is a low-cost airline based in Pasay City, Philippines. Destinations: Bacolod, Cagayan de Oro, Canton, Cebu, Davao, Duaquete, General Santos, Iloilo, Manila, Puerto Princesa, Tuquegarao, Zamboanga. Bangkok Airways This is a rapidly expanding Thailand-based carrier. However, they don't operate as a pure budget airline, but you may find great deals from them. Destinations: Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Da Nang, Guilin, Krabi, Luang Prabang, Pattaya, Phnom Penh, Phuket, Samui, Siem Reap, Singapore, Sukhothai, Trat, Xian, Xishuangbanna. Cebu Pacific Air Cebu Pacific is a low-cost airline based in Pasay City, Manila, Philippines. Destinations: Bacolod, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Cotabato, Davao, Dumaquete, Iloilo, Kalibo, Manila, Puerto Princesa, Roxas, Tacloban, Tagbilaran, Zamboanga. CitiLink Citilink is a budget flight service from Garuda Indonesia, connecting selected cities point-to-point. Destinations: Balikpapan, Cengkareng, Denpasar, Gorontalo, Jakarta, Jogjakarta, Kendari, Makassar, Mataram, Palu, Pontianak, Semarang, Surabaya, Tarakan. Cebu Pacific Cebu Pacific Air, operating out of Philippines, began its operations October 26, 2001. Destinations: Bacolod, Butuan, Cagayan, Cebu, Clark, Davao, Dumaguete, Iloilo, Kalibo, Manila, Puerto Princesa, Roxas, Subic, Tacloban, Zamboanga. DragonAir Founded in 1985, Dragonair serves destinations across Asia. 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. Go Air Go Air is a low-cost airline based in Mumbai, India. Destinations: Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Mumbai, Pune, Srinagar, Vadodara. Gulf Traveller Gulf Traveller is an all economy full service airline, which operates as a subdivision of Gulf Air. 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. Hong Kong Express Hong Kong Express is a Hong Kong based low-cost airline that started operations in September 2005. Destinations: Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Chongqing, Dalian, Dayong Guilin, Jinan, Jinjiang, Huangshan (Tunxi),Koh Samui, Kunming, Lijiang, Nanning, Nanjing, Okinawa, Qingdao, Shenyang, Shijiazhuang, Siem Reap, Taichung (Taiwan),Tianjin, Wuxi, Xian, Yantai. Ibex Airlines Ibex Airlines, a Japanese budget airline, started operations under the name Fairinc on 7 August 2000, with the first route being between Sendai and Osaka. Destinations: Fukushima, Hiroshima, Komatsu, Oita, Osaka, Sapporo, Sendai, Shonai, Narita. JAL Express JAL Express is a budget airline subsidiary of Japan Airlines. Destinations: Fukuoka, Hakodate, Kumamoto, Matsuyama, Nagoya, Oita, Okinawa, Osaka, Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo. JetStar Asia Airways JetStar Asia Airways is an airline based in Singapore, partially owned by Australia's Qantas. Destinations: Hong Kong, Taipei, Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Yangon, Manila, Singapore, Bangkok, Phuket, Bangalore, Kolkata. Kingfisher Airlines Kingfisher is a low-cost airline based in Bangalore, India that started operations on 9 May 2005. Destinations: Guwahati, Bangalore, Pune, Chennai, Goa, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Dibrugarh, Agartala, Jaipur, Kochi, Mangalore. Lion Air Lion Air is a low-cost domestic airline based in Jakarta, Indonesia, established in 1999. Destinations: Ambon, Balikpapan, Banjarmasin, Batam, Banda Aceh, Denpasar, Gorontalo, Jakarta, Jogjakarta, Kendari, Kupang, Kuala Lumpur, Mataram, Medan, Menado, Padang, Palembang, Palu, Pekan Baru, Penang, Singapore, Solo, Sorong, Surabaya, Ternate, Ujung Pandang. Nok Air Nok Air is a low-cost domestic airline based in Bangkok, Thailand, established in 2004. The company is owned by Thai Airways International. Destinations: Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Hat Yai, Phuket, Nakorn Si Thummarat, Udon Thani, Trang. Oasis Airwww.oasis-air.com Oasis is Hong Kong-based budget, long-haul passenger airline, starting operations in 2006. Destinations: Hong Kong, London, Milan, Berlin, Cologne/Bonn, Oakland, Chicago. One Two Go One Two Go is a domestic low-cost airline based in Bangkok, Thailand. The company is wholly owned by Orient Thai Airlines and started operations on 3rd of December 2003. Destinations: Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Hat Yai, Phuket, Suratthani. Paramount Airlines Paramount is a low-cost airline operating out of Coimbatore, India. Destinations: Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Bangalore. South East Asian Airlines South East Asian Airlines (SEAIR) is a low-cost airline based in the Manila, Philippines. Destinations: Manila, Busuanga, Boracay, Clark, Cebu, Camiguin, Cotabato, Siargao, Tandag, Zamboanga, Jolo, Tawi-Tawi, Cuyo, Pto. Princesa, El Nido. Shaheen Air Shaheen Air is a low-cost airline based in Karachi, Pakistan. Destinations: Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Al-Ain (United Arab Emirates), Doha (Qatar), Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Kuwait, Seeb (Oman). Skymark Airlines A Japanese budget airline based in Tokyo. Destinations: Fukuoka, Kagoshima, Osaka, Tokushima, Tokyo, Okinawa, Kobe, Chitose. Skynet Asia Airways A Japanese budget airline based in Fukuoka, Japan. Destinations: Tokyo, Miyazaki, Kumamoto, Nagasaki. SpiceJet SpiceJet is an budget airline based in New Delhi, India. The company started operations in May, 2005. Destinations: Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Jammu, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune, Srinagar. StarFlyer StarFlyer is a low-cost airline based in Kitakyushu, Japan, with start of operations in early 2006. Destinations: Tokyo, Kitakyushu. Tiger Airways Tiger Airways was the first true low-cost airline based in Singapore. Destinations: Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Danang, Darwin, Hanoi, Hat Yai, Ho Chi Minh, Krabi, Macau, Manila, Padang, Phuket, Singapore. Valuair Valuair is a a Singapore-based budget airline, launched in 2004. Destinations: Denpasar (Bali), Jakarta, Surabaya, Singapore. |