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GoAir has announced a special offer, christened ‘Buy 5 Get 1 Free’, which will enable customers to get a free ticket against the base fare on booking 5 tickets.  Go Air, part of the Wadia Group, is a low-fare carrier currently operating across 11 destinations.

Among airlines based in the United States, low-cost carriers have topped the rankings for “being on-time and for uniting bags with passengers.”

Ryanair, the low-cost airline headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and also Europe’s largest low-fare carrier, has said its pre-tax profits have gone down by 47% at €214.6 million in the first half of 2008, compared with €407.6 million over the same period a year ago, as its fuel costs have more than doubled.

Notwithstanding the general slump in Europe’s airline industry, some of the continent’s low-cost airlines are continuing to attract record number of passengers.

The ongoing strike by machinists of Boeing Company has forced Virgin Blue to put off the launch of its V Australia trans-Pacific service, which was planned for December 15, 2008.

Virgin Blue, the low-cost airline based in Australia, is on a collision course with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the international industry trade group of airlines.

Adding another dimension to the beleaguered aviation industry, pilots are complaining that, in a desperate attempt to cut costs, airline companies are forcing them to fly “uncomfortably low on fuel,” thereby putting at risk the safety of passengers and crew.

FlyDubai, the new low cost airline from Dubai , has placed an order for 54 Next-Generation 737-800 aircraft from Boeing. The order is valued at approximated US$4 billion and is termed as the biggest single order by a Gulf-based low cost carrier for the Boeing aircraft.

SpiceJet has just got spicier with US billionaire Wilbur Ross pumping in Rs 3.45 billion into the low cost airline.

Dubai has a new low cost airline and it has been christened FlyDubai.

While major airlines around the world are making loses, Southwest Airlines, the low-cost airline based in Dallas, Texas, the United States, is preparing to reap  profits.

Airlines are set to raise domestic as well as international fares following the huge hike in the prices of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) announced by India’s state-run oil companies.