budget airline | budget carrier | low-cost airline | low-cost carrier | LCC [Abbr.]

low-cost supplier

low price | low-priced

at a low price [ low-priced | low-cost ]

discount store | discount house

remainder | sell off

low-cost | cheap | economical | low-priced

air carrier permitted to act as price leader

One air carrier states that at 32 coordinated EU airports, low cost carriers have started new air services or increased their number in the last decade.

Waterborne transport- direct employment: around 200,000, roughly 80% of which in maritime transport and 20% in inland waterway transport- share in total freight transport: 42% (intra-EU maritime 39%, inland waterways 3%; both more or less stable)-share in total passenger transport: below 1% in intra-EU passenger transport, slightly decreasing- growth between 1995 and 2004: + 29% in freight transport (+ 31% in intra-EU maritime transport, + 9% on inland waterways)- average yearly growth of worldwide con-tainer traffic between 2001 and 2004: 13.5%- share (of inland navigation) in total energy consumption: 0.5%- vehicle efficiency (of inland navigation) in toe ...[+++]/Mtkm: 17.5 | Airborne transport- direct employment: around 400,000- share in total freight transport: 0.1% in terms of tkm in intra-EU traffic -share in total passenger transport: 8% (only intra-EU flights included; increasing strongly)- growth between 1995 and 2004: + 55% in intra-EU passenger transport- market share of low-cost carriers in scheduled intra-EU traffic (in terms of available seats): 25% in 2005- growth in number of intra-EU routes: +100% between 1992 and 2004- share in total energy consumption: 4.0% |

The low cost carriers are concerned that the slot coordinator may have too many powers and that the adoption of an appeal procedure could remedy this.

Contracts concerning domestic flights and non-members, like charter companies and low-cost carriers, may differ.