﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>budget airlines news stories on Newser</title><description>Read more budget airlines stories on Newser</description><link>http://www.newser.com/taggrid/12758/budget-airlines.html</link><copyright>2009 - Newser</copyright><language>en-us</language><generator>Newser Feed Generator</generator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:19:58 CST</pubDate><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/74545/airline-pulls-own-mag-after-holocaust-memorial-shoot.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Airline Pulls Own Mag After Holocaust Memorial Shoot</title><description>British budget airline easyJet has taken its in-flight magazine out of its planes after the New Statesman pointed out that a fashion spread in its current edition was shot at Berlin’s Holocaust memorial. The airline blamed the outside publishing house in charge of the magazine, which, judgment and taste issues...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/74545/airline-pulls-own-mag-after-holocaust-memorial-shoot.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:50:47 CST</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/65827/ryanair-boss-you-want-service-try-another-airline.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Ryanair Boss: You Want Service? Try Another Airline</title><description>The budget-airline boss who's thinking about charging passengers to use the bathrooms on his planes wants you to know that he doesn't feel a bit bad about it. If you expect to be coddled, Michael O'Leary tells the New York Times , Ryanair's not for you. O'Leary—famed for his rudeness...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/65827/ryanair-boss-you-want-service-try-another-airline.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 7:27:58 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/60217/new-budget-airline-launches-with-1-plane-9-seats.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>New Budget Airline Launches With 1 Plane, $9 Seats</title><description>The founder of the short-lived discount airline Skybus thinks conditions are right for a second attempt at adding service to less-used regional airports, the Chicago Tribune reports. JetAmerica will follow the model of European budget carriers like Ryanair, offering a handful of seats for $9 and charging for services like...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/60217/new-budget-airline-launches-with-1-plane-9-seats.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 9:44:04 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/51974/airline-eyes-charging-for-toilets.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Airline Eyes Charging for Toilets</title><description>Just when you thought the airlines had figured out how to wring every penny out of flyers, budget carrier Ryanair announced it was mulling a new fee: a $1.50 charge to use the toilets. The Irish airline's CEO said today he was considering "putting a coin slot on the...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/51974/airline-eyes-charging-for-toilets.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 9:15:01 CST</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/30492/fuel-costs-bump-up-budget-airfares.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Fuel Costs Bump Up Budget Airfares</title><description>Rock-bottom airfares are going the way of the zeppelin as fuel prices continue their climb into the stratosphere, the New York Times reports. Some budget carriers have gone bust. Others have hiked fares and begun to woo more business travelers, blurring the line between big carriers and discount operations. Southwest...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/30492/fuel-costs-bump-up-budget-airfares.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 3:43:48 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/24019/thousands-stuck-as-asian-budget-airline-folds.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Thousands Stuck as Asian Budget Airline Folds</title><description>Thousands of passengers have been stranded in Hong Kong, London, and Vancouver with the collapse of Asian budget airline Oasis, the New York Times reports. In a sign that the industry's woes are spreading rapidly, the Hong Kong-based airline joins three US budget carriers to have gone under this month...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/24019/thousands-stuck-as-asian-budget-airline-folds.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 8:00:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/7622/death-toll-at-88-in-thai-air-crash.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Death Toll at 88 in Thai Air Crash</title><description>The death toll has risen to 88 in the crash of a budget airliner on a Thai island resort today, Reuters reports. Officials said the plane broke up and burst into flames as it tried to land in torrential rain.The 42 survivors are being treated for a variety of...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/7622/death-toll-at-88-in-thai-air-crash.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:08:32 CDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>