The explosion of low-fare carriers has spread beyond the US and
Europe and is now rocking the air travel market in Asia. The West
Australian Newspaper calls it something akin to an "aviation gold
rush," even though the worldwide market continues to reel from
9/11, the war on terror and the SARS epidemic.
"We ain't seen nothing yet," said Peter Harbison, managing director
at the Center for Asia Pacific Aviation, a consulting firm based in
Sydney. "This is going to be a big, big movement."