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Are budget airlines less safe?

( bbs.chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2015-03-27 07:11

Mikayla (UK)

Yes, I think so. Budget airlines use their aircraft more intensively than traditional scheduled airlines. Some budget lines leave a gap of just 25 minutes between arriving and departing, managing four return journeys to Europe in a day - double that of a British Airways jet.

Are budget airlines less safe?

Rescue workers landing near the site on the mountain slopes after the crash of the Germanwings Airbus A320 over the French Alps, France, 25 March 2015. [Photo/IC]

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