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For most traditional airlines it is possible to book a flight from A to B with a connection at C on a single ticket. For many low-cost carriers, this is not possible as they only offer single "point to point" flights. To make a connection with a low-cost carrier, you need to purchase two separate tickets, one from A to C, and another from C to B, and these count as separate contracts. Connecting low-cost flights can save on cost but it has a few disadvantages:
You are not guaranteed to make the connection to your final destination. If your first flight is delayed, so that you miss the connection, it is your responsibility. The airline fulfilled the first contract by bringing you to the connection point albeit delayed, and it is your problem that you failed to arrive at the airport in time to get your second flight. Travel insurance may sometimes cover an event like this, paying for another ticket on a later flight, but only if you have put up a safe connection time.
All checked luggage will need to be picked up at your connection point as if that were your final destination. It then needs to be checked in again as if you are departing from that airport.
However, some low-cost carriers want a share of the market with transporting connecting passengers, and have policies which allow for connecting tickets. Note that connecting flights here refers to connections to another flight on the same airline.
Planning low-cost flight connections can be complicated and requires access to vast amounts of data.
Very few low-cost carriers offer connecting tickets to different airlines. (Many traditional carriers don't offer such tickets either although interline agreements often exist.)
Ryanair does not offer connecting tickets, and discourages people from flying with them if they need to connect.
EasyJet do not offer connecting tickets, and advise passengers who need to connect to calculate a two hour connection time.
Air Berlin offers connecting flights on their website and codeshares with some members of the oneworld Alliance
Norwegian generally operate point-to-point and recommend a connection time of 2 hours. If you have calculated two hours but still miss the connection, Norwegian will rebook you to a later flight subject to available space. Connecting flights can sometimes be booked on a single ticket online ("onlining") for a surcharge of 40 NOK, and in those cases they are responsible for bringing you to your destination.
Wizzair do not offer connecting flights, and accept no liability for missed connections. Passengers are advised to calculate "sufficient time".
German Wings offer connecting flights, and can often check your luggage through to your destination.
bmibaby do not offer connecting flights, and do not accept responsibility for missed connections.
Flybe offer connecting tickets, and will try to reaccommodate passengers onto the nearest available flight if a connection is missed.
Jet2 do not offer connecting flights, and accept no responsibility for missed connections.
Monarch Airlines do not offer connecting flights, and accept no responsibility for missed connections.
Smart Wings do not offer connecting flights unless expressly stated otherwise. They recommed a two hour connecting time, but do not guarantee the connection.
Transavia do not offer connecting flights on their website. Their general conditions of carriage say "If a passenger is prevented from traveling within the period of validity of the ticket because Carrier: ... (5) causes the passenger to miss a connection; ... the validity of such passenger’s ticket will be extended until Carrier’s first flight on which space is available for that passenger in the class of service for which the fare has been paid."
Meridiana do not offer connecting flights on the website; the conditions of carriage do not cover the issue.
Iceland Express do not offer connecting flights per se, though they have a service which sets up connecting routes. The contract of carriage accepts no responsibility for missed connections.
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