Unless your destination is as low-budget as the airlines, it's pretty easy to avoid them. They're mostly the equivalent of a cheap holiday bus. Also, although

Unless your destination is as low-budget as the airlines, it's pretty easy to avoid them. They're mostly the equivalent of a cheap holiday bus. Also, although I will avoid the EasyJets and Ryanairs as much as possible, for a direct flight the duration of a bus ride it doesn't really make that much difference.