In Reply to: Jetstar - a Europan view. (Low cost air) posted by Norwegian in Bali on Monday, 5. February 2007 at 21:46 Bali Time:
Hi,
Jetstar do provide some cheaper seats, and yes there was the mad rush on the initial cheap seats that many of us got last year. However, they are not really a cheap provider. They are not that much cheaper than Qantas or Garuda, but they treat customers as if they were flying a second rate airline.
As I said in one of my posts, I know things go wrong, but it is how companies handle problems that is how they should be judged, and in my opinion, Jetstar have no idea and they can't hide behind teething problems as they are owned by Qantas.
I have flown Virgin and they are a much better airline in my opinion.
By the time you pay for all the extra, and then pay for extra weight, I don't believe that they are much cheaper at all, just a lower class of service.
Dave