Why Budget Airlines are Suddenly Failing

I mean the real issue with budget airlines is the prices really aren’t cheap

Here's a take. People hate Spirit Airlines. People put up with all their BS with bag checks, extra fees, and horrid customer service when they had no choice. With literally any reasonable competition in the market, people are going to bail on them.

When you add up fees the budget airlines aren't really much cheaper.

Honestly, I’m tired of being loaded with fees. A round trip from Boston to Atlanta was $75 on Frontier, but with all the fees it came out to $180 just to hav3 a bag. Flying American was $200 and that came with a checked bag, choosing my seat, and snacks on board. Plus comfier and bigger seats.

Fixed title: Why American Budget Airlines are Suddenly Failing

Budget airlines use to be budget, they would have 100% full flights because they were so cheap. Now the budget airlines increased their prices so their demand dropped, people will fly Delta/United when its the same price as the budget airline

"Elliott doesn't understand what makes Southwest Southwest" private equity doesn't understand a damn thing.

Southwest is often just as expensive as legacy carriers.

Not in Asia... It's booming there.

A Wendover plane video? Never seen this before

Because when you add up all the paid options you need, the price isn't so different from conventional airlines.

I flew budget when you could bring a carryon/backpack with no extra fees. Budget airlines kept getting more and more stingy with what you could bring, seats got worse, no infotainment systems. Delta got very competitive price wise and if you have their credit card you get a free checked bag per ticket. I fly with golfclubs/snowboards/mountainbikes most of the time I fly and delta treats them like any other bag and its free if you book with the delta card. If you add the fees and extra costs you have to pay when you fly budget, its almost the same price as delta, but, delta planes are more comfortable, you can pick your seats, have movies/screen. Overall I just fly delta now because the cost is prettymuch the same. Yea if I'm flying with just a backpack, alone, with no need for a checked bag, from 2 major airports (denver to JFK) I might still fly spirit, but, sometimes the delta flight is competitive enough that I'll just fly delta. also, frontier and spirit often times have 10-12+ hour "travel times" with stops in places.... for example denver => JFK I can pay 67$ more on delta to have a better flight experience while also having a 3hr 47min "Travel time" non stop... Or I can save 67$, fly frontier, have a 6-8hr layover in dallas... Frontier/spirit don't have as many non stop flights.

8:50-8:55 well that's Spirit's own fault. They treat the customer like an inconvenience. If you treat your customers terribly, they will stop accepting being treated terribly. There are two airlines I refuse to use, Spirit and United. Spirit is uncomfortable and wants to nickel and dime me for everything. For United, I've had way too many cancelled and delayed flights, and they don't do a good job of accommodating me when they screw up.

Something I love about watching Wendover + other similar channels for so long is seeing the world change, I remember watching the old video on how budget airlines work and being so fascinated by it and, eight years later, now we're here

I went on Kayak to find flights from Southern California to Montana— delta was offering a round trip at $200. Go on southwest and the very cheapest round trip was $430. That’s why they’re failing.

Part of the reason why u.s. budget carriers are less succesful then the European ones is that full service airlines in the u.s. operate lots of hubs, so often times the routes that u.s. budget carriers operate compete with full service airlines. Combine this smaller differences in price, and budget carriers in the u.s. are struggling.

One simple reason : PRICE. for example : Budget airline ticket is cheap, but with check in fees, luggage fees, seat selection fees, carry-on bag fees, overpriced inflight food and beverages, it ended cost more than traditional airlines where basically it's as simple as "Pay the ticket and you basically get all the frills and amenities" people ended bought traditional airline ticket.

i feel like nebula letting sam make another airline video is the equivalent of zookeepers throwing a pumpkin full of steak into the tiger exhibit (i do not know how zoos or nebula works)

I would like to add-Southwest stopped service from Houston (IAH)-they still have service from Houston (HOU). For a few years they had service from both.

Budget airline rules are the worst! Paying extra for a carry on bag and sometimes your purse or back pack is ridiculous. People just don't want to deal with those add on fees.