ALLEN: Around the world in eight days, Richard Quest, host of "QUEST MEANS BUSINESS" and CNNMoney editor at large is about to embark on quite the journey. Quest will fly only on low-cost airlines such as AirAsia, around the globe to highlight the expanding range of budget carriers. He filed this report detailing his adventure.</s>RICHARD QUEST, CNNMONEY EDITOR AT LARGE: Ten airlines, nine countries, eight days, one journey around the world, all by low-cost carriers. It's all designed to show how the low-cost airlines are now the backbone of so much in aviation. How they've changed the way we fly and how, indeed, the other legacy airlines are now also following suit. And we have certain key rules for how we're going around the world. First of all, we must start and end in the same place. That is London, Gatwick Airport. We must continue to travel in the same direction of travel, no backtracking. We have to cross the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean once and once only. And most important of all, there can be no premium seats, no business class, even when they're offered by the carrier -- absolutely not. Follow along as we go around the world, #FlyWithQuest. Join in this journey, this celebration of the new way of aviation. It's really very simple, it's 10 airlines, nine countries, eight days and one journey around the world.</s>ALLEN: That will be Richard Quest. We'll wait for that one. Our top stories are right after this.
Quest Flies Around the World.