Fly the frugal skies: how low-cost airlines have transformed Europe—and what it means for America

Reason, Jan, 2005 by Matt Welch

As painful as it may be to admit, it looks like the United States, which blazed the global trail of airline deregulation nearly three decades ago, will be choking on the exhaust of Old Europe for years to come, denying Americans the benefits that have transformed the way Europeans behave. Amazing what a little political cowardice can do.

Associate Editor Matt Welch (mwelch@reason.com) writes for Canada's National Post.