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TRAVELING WITH LOW-COST AIRLINES LOW-COST CARRIERS' HUBS IN THE UNITED STATES New York/JetBlue Airways Newtown/Usa3000 Atlanta/AirTran Airways Detroit/Spirit Airlines Chicago /Southwest Airlines Minneapolis/Sun Country Airlines Dallas/Southwest Airlines Denver/Frontier Airlines Las Vegas/Allegiant Air, Southwest Airlines Los Angeles/Spirit Airlines, JetBlue Airways San Francisco/Virgin America Tampa/Gulfstream International Air Orlando/Allegiant Air Fortlauderdale, Miami/Gulfstream International Air, Spirit Airlines MAIN US LOW-COST CARRIERS' TIMELINE Southwest Airlines Spirit Airlines Sun Country Airlines Gulfstream International Air Air Tran Airways Frontier Airlines Allegiant Air JetBlue Airways Usa3000 Virgin "71 '80 82 '90 '93'94 "98 '01 *07 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 MAIN US LOW-COST CARRIERS' ROUTES SOUTHWEST.COM FRONTIER america AirTran spirit airlines jetBlue AIRWAYS TOP 10 U.S. AIRLINES, RANKED IN 2010 DOMESTIC SCHEDULED ENPLANEMENTS KEY Low Cost Carriers Traditional Carriers American Eagle 11,225 Southwest JetBlue 79,064 15,781 SkyWest 17,033 AirTran West airTran Continental Airline 18,095 Continental 22,882 WEST CO UNITE AA hericanAirline United US AIRW 32,829 DE LT US Airways American Delta 33,613 49,433 67,530 Passenger numbers in millions FEE COMPARISON - US LOW COST CARRIERS UPTATED ON FEBRUARY 2011 BAG1 BAG2 OVERWEIGHT SNACK SELECT SEATS TICKET CHANGE MEAL SOUTHWEST.COM $0 $0 $50 $0 $10 $0 đirTran $15 $25 $49 $1 $6 $75 jetBlue $0 $30 $50 $0 $10 $100 AIRWAYS ADELTA $25 $35 $90 $3-$7 N/A $150/$200 A'A $25 $35 $50 $3 N/A $150 AmericanAirlines UNITED $25 $35 $100 $5-$9 $0 $150 FOREIGN LOW-COST CARRIERS FLYING TO JAPAN JEJU AIR SEOUL fir Asia TOKYO OSAKA MANILA KUALA LUMPUR CEBU PACIFIC CAIMS BRISBANE Jet MAIN BUDGET AIRLINES' ROUTES IN JAPAN KEY AIRDO Asahikawa SKYNET ASIA AIRWAYS Sapporo STAR FLYER Hakodate SKYMARK AIRLINES TOKYO Kobe Fukuoka Kumamoto Nagasaki Miyazaki MAIN JAPANESE DISCOUNT AIRLINES' TIMELINE Skymark Airlines AirDo Skynet Asia Airways StarFlyer New Low Cost Carrier announced by ANA Starting in October 2011 98, *02 '11 1990 2000 2010 Sources: www.bts.gov, en.wikipedia.org, compareairlinefees.com, wikitravel.org. www.cnngo.com, abcnews.go.com nfographic LABS LetBlu