Oasis Airlines, a new Hong Kong based, low-cost, long-haul airline, has started booking today!
http://www.oasishongkong.com/intro.aspx?p=111
Oasis Airlines opens booking - London to Hong Kong for £260!
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this is amazing.
I just checked the latest possible booking date. 75 pounds one way, 150 pounds in total.
This will crack the prices, just like Ryanair did.
Let's hope they can continue.
(and let's hope that the price they show on a booking site are the prices that are actually paid)
The business class prices are cheapier than normal - if you can have a hot deal (red flame) , but if you compare it to Evergreen deluxe, it is quite similar.
I just checked the latest possible booking date. 75 pounds one way, 150 pounds in total.
This will crack the prices, just like Ryanair did.
Let's hope they can continue.
(and let's hope that the price they show on a booking site are the prices that are actually paid)
The business class prices are cheapier than normal - if you can have a hot deal (red flame) , but if you compare it to Evergreen deluxe, it is quite similar.
Wow amazing indeed though we should exerce a bit of caution:
Remember Civair who were going to offer amazing fares from Stansted to South Africa? The airline was only going to have one 747 and in fact their "plane" never even took off leaving thousands of customers who booked tickets forced to make alternative travel arrangements! I also noticed that the pictures on their website are computer generated and there are no real pictures of the plane and their seats, their first flight is Oct 25 so they better get that plane ready!
The £261 fare that Oasis offer is indeed good but I reckon the basic cheapest fare will go up to around £350 incl taxes in 6 months time which will position them about £100-£150 cheaper than BA, Cathay and the other competitors. At the end of the day they are a business and have to make money and look at making more money if they want to survive.
I do see their flight leaves Gatwick at 8pm and leaves Hong Kong at 1:00am (similar sort of schedule as Air Madrid and other long-haul low cost airlines who can get cheaper slots).
I'm not too keen on the name. You would have thought they could have chosen a more chinese themed name. It's a bit like Sahara airlines of India, most people may think it's a north african/african airline.
Remember Civair who were going to offer amazing fares from Stansted to South Africa? The airline was only going to have one 747 and in fact their "plane" never even took off leaving thousands of customers who booked tickets forced to make alternative travel arrangements! I also noticed that the pictures on their website are computer generated and there are no real pictures of the plane and their seats, their first flight is Oct 25 so they better get that plane ready!
The £261 fare that Oasis offer is indeed good but I reckon the basic cheapest fare will go up to around £350 incl taxes in 6 months time which will position them about £100-£150 cheaper than BA, Cathay and the other competitors. At the end of the day they are a business and have to make money and look at making more money if they want to survive.
I do see their flight leaves Gatwick at 8pm and leaves Hong Kong at 1:00am (similar sort of schedule as Air Madrid and other long-haul low cost airlines who can get cheaper slots).
I'm not too keen on the name. You would have thought they could have chosen a more chinese themed name. It's a bit like Sahara airlines of India, most people may think it's a north african/african airline.
What, Hong Kong is not an oasis? You don't like the look of putrid smog hovering over the harbor?Captain wrote: I'm not too keen on the name. You would have thought they could have chosen a more chinese themed name. It's a bit like Sahara airlines of India, most people may think it's a north african/african airline.
Anyways, after the promotional period is over with, I imagine the lowest rate would indeed settle down to about 100 less than BA or CX. But if I'm stuck in a tin can for 15 hours, I'd rather pay the extra money to be on CX.
By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly an airplane?
The CEO of Oasis recently said (according to a news article couple weeks ago) that they're not competing against Cathay. I don't think anyone is buying that for a second. Their model is interesting: selling as many seats up there as possible with minimum services while making extras at the belly with cargo.
They do have 2 B747-400s right now, so the real pictures of their planes will be available soon. I am pretty confident that this airline is not a hoax.
Now, they plan to be listed in a IPO in 9 months: http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/af ... 91171.html
They do have 2 B747-400s right now, so the real pictures of their planes will be available soon. I am pretty confident that this airline is not a hoax.
Now, they plan to be listed in a IPO in 9 months: http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/af ... 91171.html
not too keen on the name
Why chinese?DFW wrote:What, Hong Kong is not an oasis? You don't like the look of putrid smog hovering over the harbor?Captain wrote:I'm not too keen on the name. You would have thought they could have chosen a more chinese themed name. It's a bit like Sahara airlines of India, most people may think it's a north african/african airline.
The owners are Christians, they come out for it, straughtforward.
In their believe they are the Oasis in the middle of paganism.
btw, Sahara airlines belongs to Sahara India Pariwar, that is among India's largest private enterprises. Sahara India is basically a para-banking company.
The employees at Sahara India Parivar greet each other by saying " Sahara Pranam", which means "They follow modernisation but backed by their tradition."....
Sahara means 'desert' in Arabic.
Then you've got Air Sahara. "The Hindi/Urdu word sahara means something like hospitality, help, and solicitousness all lumped together."
imho, one is better of in Hindi/Urdu sahara than in the Sahel Sahara?
Booked! I tried three times yesterday but their website kept crashing. I finally got through by phone this morning and reserved my seats for £75 each way or £261.05 return including all taxes and fees from the 8th December until the 23rd. I will now book return flights from Hong Kong to the Philippines. 
I really cannot imagine how they can do it with such amazingly low prices, Cathay has said they do not have margin for any price cuts, but i mean the price difference is so big and i don't think 'services' is worth £200 or even £600(compared to CX's standard fare)..
I think it'll turn out a bit like the low cost Australian airline, OzJet, buying some old 737s, difference was that was for local and they sold business class seats at Qantas economy seat prices... then the 737's maintenance cost was very high and volume wasn't particularly high and then screwed up... Of course Oasis is the other way round with high volume economy seats and long haul, but how long can they last with such cheap seats/?
by the way when will they be receiving more planes?
I think it'll turn out a bit like the low cost Australian airline, OzJet, buying some old 737s, difference was that was for local and they sold business class seats at Qantas economy seat prices... then the 737's maintenance cost was very high and volume wasn't particularly high and then screwed up... Of course Oasis is the other way round with high volume economy seats and long haul, but how long can they last with such cheap seats/?
by the way when will they be receiving more planes?
If only they flew LON-NYC..... 
If they get the costs right, then £261 return will bring in a huge number of passengers. They have a better seat pitch than BA, so buisness travellers in ECO who will want to rest on board will find it easier to sleep, and there will be PTVs in every seat. Admitedly, the buisness seats look like SN's old seats, but they don't cost much either. The ex-Singapore 747s will be well looked after, so maintainence will be cheaper.
If they get the costs right, then £261 return will bring in a huge number of passengers. They have a better seat pitch than BA, so buisness travellers in ECO who will want to rest on board will find it easier to sleep, and there will be PTVs in every seat. Admitedly, the buisness seats look like SN's old seats, but they don't cost much either. The ex-Singapore 747s will be well looked after, so maintainence will be cheaper.
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"Mass transportation is akin to the Lord's work.
I find being able to transport millions of people around the world, who had previously not been able to afford flying, a very spiritual aim."
An original and refreshing view about LCC, one that MOL had not thought of !
London to New York is already extremely competitive. Also Canada's Zoom airlines, one of the pioneers of long-haul low-cost aviation, has recently expressed interest in expanding its Trans-Atlantic services to routes such as London to New York and London to Los Angeles.vc-10 wrote:If only they flew LON-NYC.....
True but no doubt it will steal some customers away from Cathay, but i don't think Cathay can do much about it, unless they do something predatory like match their prices and kick Oasis out, something that Cathay is not likely to do...SN30952 wrote:This is not about competition.David747 wrote:Can this low cost long haul carrier really compete with Cathay?
Oasis is a longhaul LCC concept LHLCCC! with 2 747's
CX is a full option airline, flying 100aircraft to 5 continents...
Cannot be compared..
Also how many more 2nd hand 744s does SIA has? ANZ's 744 fleet is nearly all 2nd hand SIA 744s, and here we still have 2 more??
The difference between Cathay and Oasis is that Cathay served from LHR while Oasis served from LGW. I think LHR is more expensive to operate from (correct me if I'm wrong!) However, Oasis will steal economy seat passengers away from CX and BA.
Oasis' next destination will be Oakland, just across the bay from SFO. I think that will also eat into Cathay's and United's economy passengers. SFO is more expensive to operate from compared to OAK. I think Oasis will find more success at OAK than LGW as OAK is the low-cost carriers heaven and transpacific routes have higher demand.
Oasis' next destination will be Oakland, just across the bay from SFO. I think that will also eat into Cathay's and United's economy passengers. SFO is more expensive to operate from compared to OAK. I think Oasis will find more success at OAK than LGW as OAK is the low-cost carriers heaven and transpacific routes have higher demand.