But over the long haul, they succeed in destroying the fat profit margins of full-service airlines.
It will be a full-service airline focusing on leisure destinations.
Four of the country's largest full-service airlines said this week that they would reduce capacity in the next several months.
The world over, budget airlines operate at half the cost of full-service airlines.
They also realized they could benefit by giving the full-service airlines a little competition, too.
Evidence of full-service airlines awaking to that fact came in pessimistic bursts throughout last week.
Garuda Indonesia is a full-service airline featuring both business and economy classes.
"There are elements of our full-service airline that have tremendous value."
Many airlines, full-service and no-frills, offer some excellent fares to web users.
Both of those sets of figures pale in comparison to the big full-service European airlines.