Are you going to be more careful booking a flight with a cheap, small airline company now?

Question

Another airline company has gone bust and left passangers who were on a ticket only deal with them stranded. Those who paid by credit card should be OK - if they have enough on their card for a flight to get them home! ABTA and ATOL only protect holidays apparently so many who paid cash or used a debit card have lost their money. The company says it is because of the high cost of fuel - they were paying $130 a barrel whereas the large companies got better deals paying $68 - 80 a barrel. As this situation is likely to get worse, would you think twice before buying a ticket only from a small company as they are so much more vulnerable?

Answer 1

i live in santa rosa ca, about 45 minutes from san francisco. we have an airport here but they are smaller and the planes dont have forst class, and since they are smaller i feel all the bumbs and turbulence more. i ALWAYS fly Virgin airlines out of San Francisco, id rather pay more and be comfortable  

Answer 2

That's really all that flys out of the airport where I live, so no I can't really worry about only flying with major carries as they don't come here.  

Answer 3

Can't see why I should as I pay by credit card, we should support the small company or we will end up paying more.

Answer 4

If the lager companies are getting better deals on fuel why are their prices higher? but I would rather pay a little bit extra to guarantee I would get to my destination .There is a lot of competition in the airline industry due to rising fuel cost and smaller companies will suffer.As the paying customer does