low cost carrier

English

Alternative forms

• low-cost carrier
• LCC (abbreviation)

Noun

low cost carrier (plural low cost carriers)

1. (aviation, travel) An airline that sells very inexpensive tickets but which does not provide (or charges for) typical services like meals or the carriage of baggage.

Synonyms

• budget airline

Derived terms

• LCC (abbreviation)
• ultra low cost carrier / ULCC

Related terms

• low-cost (adjective)

Translations

an airline selling very cheap tickets

• Chinese: 廉價航空 / 廉价航空 (liánjià hángkōng)
• Finnish: halpalentoyhtiö (fi)
• Japanese: LCC (ja) (erushīshī), 格安航空会社 (かくやすこうくうがいしゃ, kakuyasu kōkū gaisha)
• Russian: лоуко́стер (ru) m (loukóstɛr), бюдже́тная авиакомпа́ния f (bjudžétnaja aviakompánija), диска́унтер (ru) m (diskáuntɛr)
• Swedish: lågprisflygbolag (sv) n
• Turkish: düşük maliyetli havayolu