THE VIDEO SHELF · budget airline economics
How Budget Airlines Work
A Wendover Productions explainer on how budget airlines can sell tickets for under 10 euros. It covers the costs airlines face and how low-cost carriers structure their business.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN points to it as a short, clear answer to why budget airlines are so cheap.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Wendover Productions
- Topic
- budget airline economics
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2017–2019
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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For some extra background on EasyJet and Ryanair's ability to charge lower prices than Air France and KLM, Wendover has a short 8 minute video: [VIDEO]
jasode on Hacker News · 2017-12
In Trying to spark an emotional connection in the commoditized airline marketEurope has extremely cheap prizes because the big airlines are trying to compete with the budget airlines. The real question is "why are budget airlines so cheap in Europe (they often cost about a third of what a budget ticket in the US would cost)?". …
pimmen on Hacker News · 2019-04
In Sweden Wants to Revive Europe’s Overnight Trains
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