When Ryanair’s Micheal O’Leary and EasyJet’s Sir Stelios started their companies, they opened up a whole new frontier in the aviation industry.
They started the low cost airlines industry and revolution. By offering cheap flights to a vast range of popular and alternative destinations, they basically improved travel and tourism.
Nowadays, you can find cheap flights basically from every major city in America and Europe to any other major city. Sometimes, flights cost as low as $10.
But what do you get for that amount of money? Can these companies really over quality? How were these low cost airlines born? Watch the documentary to see the beginning of cheap flights, and how they became leaders in the industry.
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