Skybus Goes Bust
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 04.07.08 | 11:21 AM ET
Um, just guessing here, but perhaps the Columbus, Ohio-based low-cost carrier should have charged at least a little more than 10 bucks a seat. A bargain is great and all, but travelers understand that you gotta pay the bills.
As the Charlotte Observer notes, the airline took an interesting, RyanAir-esque approach to the business: “The company flew mostly to smaller airports and sold advertising on the inside and outside of its orange-and-white planes. It had no connecting flights, no customer service telephone number and limited staffing at terminals.”
The CEO blamed the economy and steep fuel prices for its demise.
And to think it was only last week that we said ciao to Aloha.
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
