Tbolt1 From United States, joined Apr 2007, 189 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 12053 times:
.....I think IT has some bugs to work out on this web site yet.....some links not working....some pages won't allow you to go back to the home page, etc. etc.
Typical web site launch problems.
ERJ170 From United States, joined Apr 2004, 5661 posts, RR: 18 Reply 4, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 11954 times:
I knew they were going to choose GSO.. it's almost in too good of a position to get RDU and CLT traffic.. and for $10 fares, they might actually get some good traffic.. good for GSO.. now they can no longer state they don't have any LCC.. they have 2! Hopefully they will actually use them now..
Ejmmsu From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 5, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 11939 times:
I'm scheduled for the inagural GSO-CMH on May 29th, returning on the 30th. All in, it was $36, and I then added $6 for trip insurance since Skybus will not pay for food or lodging if a flight is cancelled for any reason. I'll be sure to write a full trip report. I'll even try bringing my own bottle of water on board to see what they do.
QueenofDaSkies From United States, joined Apr 2007, 99 posts, RR: 1 Reply 7, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 11798 times:
156 on an A319? WOW.....that is tight fit. I will say I do like the butterfly on the tail. Would have been cool if they painted each plane a different color though.
InTheSky74 From United States, joined Sep 2005, 522 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 11792 times:
I'm surprised they went with 156 rather than 150. With 150 they only need 3 FA's.... But I guess with what they pay their FA's ($9 an hour), the extra one doesn't matter.
LesMainwaring From United States, joined Dec 2005, 530 posts, RR: 4 Reply 10, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 11785 times:
I just booked my ticket --- RIC-CMH-BUR
I live in Virginia Beach, so it will be almost a 2 hour drive to RIC, so we'll see if it will be worth it in the long run, assuming on future flights I can snag the $10 seats (I did on the ones I booked)
I didn't like the return skd, so I am flying Air Tran back out of LAX
I want something under my wheels thats plenty long and mighty dry --- Vern Demarest
QueenofDaSkies From United States, joined Apr 2007, 99 posts, RR: 1 Reply 11, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 11760 times:
Quoting InTheSky74 (Reply 9): But I guess with what they pay their FA's ($9 an hour), the extra one doesn't matter.
WHAT!?!?! Are you serious?
Who on earth would sign up for that? I mean, I heard they will make commission from sales but $9 an hour? That is just awful.
Pe@rson From United Kingdom (England), joined Jan 2001, 16004 posts, RR: 60 Reply 12, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 11761 times:
Some extraordinarily cheap fares, e.g. $20.40 one-way including tax for CMH-BUR, which has a block of nearly 4.5 hours.
[Edited 2007-04-24 14:32:45]
People can't swear nowadays without F-ing and blinding.
InTheSky74 From United States, joined Sep 2005, 522 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 11727 times:
Are they kidding?
How do they think they will control this?
From their website:
Please don’t bring food or beverages on board. Skybus fares are very, very low in part because that's all you're paying for: your air fare. That means no free peanuts. (Actually, no one seems to miss them).
On the other hand, Skybus flights are very, very comfortable partly because you can buy delicious snacks and beverages you actually want during your flight. Or not. It's your choice.
To keep everything tidy and organized, we do ask that you finish any snacks and drinks you purchase on your own before boarding, as you are not permitted to bring them on our aircraft.
Mnevans From United States, joined Feb 2007, 165 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 11721 times:
I just booked me and a friend CMH-Portsmith on june 1-3. I'm kinda excited. Cause if it sucks on the plane, it won't be that long of a flight. Also, as a part-time web designer, that site is pretty well done, though there is some funky-ness in the post-backs where you get the "are you sure you want to resubmit the data" message in your browser (thats never good).
'3. Bring a book
We’re not big fans of fancy in-flight entertainment systems. So grab that best seller at the airport, or buy a Sudoku puzzle onboard if you’re feeling brainy. You’ll touch down before you know it.'
and
'10. No spontaneous dancing in the aisle.
We realize you might be excited about paying a ridiculously low fare, but please refrain from any unbridled dancing onboard. This includes jumping for joy, disruptive cheering, and celebratory break dancing.'
InTheSky74 From United States, joined Sep 2005, 522 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 11700 times:
Well, the $10 fares must be very limited. Some of the dates are already showing as $50 for the lowest fare... And also, for example CMH-BUR on 11/21, the first flight is already priced at $125.00!!!
FriendlySkies From United States, joined Aug 2004, 3581 posts, RR: 7 Reply 18, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 11683 times:
From the website:
4. Don’t call us.
We don’t have a phone number. Seriously. We’d love to chat, but those phone banks are expensive. And a good website like skybus.com is even more convenient.
This seems really farsighted to me. Even a call center in India is better than no customer service at all!
I'm a ramblin' wreck from georgia tech and a helluva engineer
Gregarious119 From United States, joined Jun 2006, 462 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 11564 times:
I think they were trying to be "cute" but to me they came across as condescending. After just reading that list, I will never step onto a Skybus plane.
Tjwgrr From United States, joined Mar 2000, 1766 posts, RR: 4 Reply 22, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 11507 times:
Quoting InTheSky74 (Reply 14): Please don't bring food or beverages on board. Skybus fares are very, very low in part because that's all you're paying for: your air fare. That means no free peanuts. (Actually, no one seems to miss them).
On the other hand, Skybus flights are very, very comfortable partly because you can buy delicious snacks and beverages you actually want during your flight. Or not. It's your choice.
Buy delicious snacks.... yeah right. Probably $5.00 for pretzels, $3.00 for a can of soda, $10.00 for a muffin.........
Direct KNOBS, maintain 2700' until established on the localizer, cleared ILS approach 26 left.
Dsa From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 23, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 11507 times:
A great website from Skybus, its nice to see a change from the old one. I look forward to seeing how those flights fill! $10 flights to Greensboro now on sale!
FlyCMH From United States, joined Jul 1999, 2183 posts, RR: 17 Reply 24, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 11475 times:
From The Dispatch:
Skybus starts selling tickets today, with some one-way fares for $10
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 3:37 AM
By Marla Matzer Rose
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
How do you make a splash as a startup airline? Try $10 fares.
Skybus Airlines is expected to announce this morning that it will sell at least 10 seats on each of its flights for $10 one way before taxes and fees, according to a source familiar with the plan who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
AirPortugal310 From United States, joined Apr 2004, 1504 posts, RR: 1 Reply 25, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 11456 times:
I've already received email responses from the company. If they can handle most cases over email and it allows them to keep prices low - have at it.
No its really not cool. Who do you call for lost bags? Or any really basic information for that matter?
They can handle the emails for now...while the passenger count is still low...wait til they have full planes going every which way. Then we shall see
too free to follow...enjoy the melodies...
26 CMHSRQ: Are you serious? Cause if you are it's pathetic. Hey so and so why don't we all fly to LA for the weekend, only $40 each round trip on Skybus.......
28 Hiflyer: Heck JetBlue started with 156 on a 320....and then dropped it to 150! Frontier does 132 seats in 22 rows as a single class on the 319 with a 33 inch
29 Itsnotfinals: with all flights P2P lost bags shouldn't be much of an issue. If you lose your bag you would tell someone at the airport at the time it didn't come o
30 CMHSRQ: The skybus booking site has been down for over 2 hours. Can't sell tickets when the only place to book them is broke!
31 DeltaRules: We were expecting FLL, BUR, Bellingham, PSM & the SFO area (OAK)...but where'd GSO, MCI & RIC come from? Interesting to see that they have all these r
32 Tbolt1: You make your own connections. If you live in Burbank, and want to get to FLL, you can buy a ticket to Columbus...exit the aircraft and pick up your
33 CMHSRQ: Also noticed that they have 25 minute turns scheduled. That's isn't going to be easy with 156 pax
34 Dsa: Every airline or travel website including this one has faults, the site will just be experiencing teething problems. The most important thing is that
35 Flyinryan99: That's why they are using ground level boardings. They will be able to deplane from the rear of the aircraft while boarding from the front. Chill abo
36 JetJock22: The key to that is getting 156 pax to begin with....
37 Ejmmsu: However, if you first flight is late, and you miss your connecting flight, you are SOL.
38 TOLtommy: Can't bring your own food or drink onboard, but they don't share the costs of the on-board products. I'd like to see a menu of some kind. Hopefully th
39 CMHSRQ: uhhhh, what? deplane from the rear while boarding from the front. That won't work, and think about why. Deplaning from the front and rear then boardi
40 AirTranTUS: I calculated 28" of pitch, assuming they did not change the cabin in any way by removing lavs. I think Ryanair has more pitch than that, but that is m
41 Pe@rson: Enormously humourous how Americans don't get what European flyers have had for many years. Gees, who cares if it has 156 seats? easyJet configures its
42 Pe@rson: Yes. 30". Better than easyJet's pitch. As for the don't-bring-food-onboard stuff, quite a number of airlines say that, although it cannot effectively
43 MAH4546: I hope Skybus enjoys the approximately 7 months they will be in busines. Fun times for Skybus ahead! I wonder how other airlines will react.
44 SansVGs: The site was a bit slow, but I got it to work eventually. They still have plenty of $10 FLL seats. The times seemed a bit of an issue. Early evening
45 ATLAaron: Kind of ruins the point. They are going to have high turnover, quitting without notice, not showing up for a flight, etc. You pay someone fast food t
46 GSM763: It's not that in itself. Low cost flying in the US and Europe has always been different. There have always been a few 'frills' on US airlines ranging
47 Clickhappy: Well, I guess I am off to CMH Never been to Ohio, but for $20 + tax am willing to give it a shout. My gf and I are going to do an overnight routing BL
48 Tjwgrr: My knees are already into the back of 31" pitch seats.
49 Tornado82: Allegiant got rid of their 1-800 # as well. Same difference. As for 156 in an A319, doesn't adding all that pax payload cut into the weight allowed f
50 CMHSRQ: Tons to do here. Short north and Arena district are night life hot spots, as is the campus area along High St.
51 Pe@rson: Odd. I'm 6' and never have a problem whatever. American consumers have been living in a padded room regarding flying for many years, what with requir
52 Tornado82: Agreed. Loved it when I spent some time out there.
53 LN-MOW: Your back will never be the same. Have fun!!
54 Clickhappy: Nothing a few percocet won't fix. That's all the IFE you need Just booked a room at the Columbus Airport Marriott. Sprung for the ESCAPE! ROMANCE PKG.
55 CMHSRQ: check on the Marriott or Hilton at Easton. Hyatt, or Hampton inn downtown Downtown and Easton are only 10 minutes from the airport Just heard that Sk
56 WestJetYQQ: The site won't let you book any connecting flights yet; You have to buy the separately. When I first looked at the map I'm like "Cool! Vancouver!", Th
57 SansVGs: If you can still change your reservation, please take CMHSRQ's advice. The Airport Hotels are OK but the Easton and Downtown areas are much more fun.
58 BA747400: Just booked a flight from PSM to CMH.....guess it was meant to be because just the other day i was trying to get a flight to CMH but gave up as the fa
59 Pe@rson: That's because it's a point-to-point airline. Bellingham, marketed as both Seattle and Vancouver, could do very well, assuming that it is heavily pro
60 Ejmmsu: Speaking of CMH... How far is the Airport Golf Course from the terminal ? I am booked on the inagural GSO-CMH on May 29th, and will come home one May
61 AirlineEcon: I was curious how other airlines are responding to the skybus entry. I briefly looked at farecast.com and southwest.com for midweek saturday night sta
62 Bluejackets: 2 minutes. About 200 ft. from the 28L threshold.[Edited 2007-04-24 19:31:21]
64 CMHSRQ: About a mile, but I doubt you could hike it. The road to the back side of the field is 2 lanes and runs under taxiways. Under the approach to 28L. Go
65 Bluejackets: No, there is no sidewalk or room along Sawyer Rd., which connects the terminal with the golf course. It'd be like $3 or $4 in cab.
66 UAL777: I doubt this will fly. Car rental rates are usually very expensive. After Skybus takes some diabetics food away and the media blows it up, they will
67 Boch: Avis and Budget are going to make some money off of this deal, that's for sure.
68 Ejmmsu: Thanks for the advice... I definately know what I'll be doing the morning of May 30th if the weather is ok. Certainly an open invitation of any other
69 SansVGs: It is not walkable, but the shuttle van can take you there. Spotting is not good on the airport, the golf course actually provides the best spotting.
70 Pe@rson: Who gives a damn about car rental? There are buses from Bellingham Airport to both Vancouver and Seattle; the former takes 45 mins and the latter 1 h
71 Tbolt1: Just a side note...if you just go to skybus.com without the "www." in front it will take you to the old page....you have to put in the www. to get to
72 Drerx7: If Skybus can keep costs under control and get the load factors I think they can make it--I'd give them a shot -- just if they would connect Houston a
73 UAL777: Yes they do, but they don't want to fly to the east cost, then back to the West Coast. Further, Burbank is NOT LA. And Portsmouth, NH is NOT Boston.
74 Tbolt1: No, it's not going to be easy. There is talk about deplaning and boarding at the same time....the only way I see this working is to have people depla
75 CMHSRQ: nope still won't work, you can't do it. It's almost impossible, simply for the fact that if you deplane from the front the first rows go first and on
76 WestJetYQQ: I love some of the slogans on the site. "90210 without the 902!" and "Please adjust your jaw to it's full upright position."
77 Clickhappy: There are buses from Bellingham Airport to both Vancouver and Seattle; the former takes 45 mins and the latter 1 hour 15 minutes. Easy. You are smokin
78 Tbolt1: I have family that lives in L.A. Burbank is more L.A. than LAX is. A lot of your L.A. attractions are in the valley where Burbank is. There's probabl
79 ContnlEliteCMH: No telephone. No carryon food or drink. $5 each bag up to two bags. 30 minute hard check-in cutoff. All of this is fine with me. Three additional ques
80 AirTranTUS: They are 31-32". You won't have much fun on Skybus' 28".
81 CMHSRQ: over 46,000 tickets sold so far today at skybus.com
82 BlueElephant: Easton is a really really nice area, with just about every store and restaurant you can imagine. Its about 10 minutes from the airport, and the Hilto
83 CMHSRQ: Important: Skybus is a brand new airline, and we're still awaiting our federal certification before we can begin flying. In the meantime, we're autho
84 Vfw614: Those moaning and complaining should really take an upside down approach: You pay 20 USD all incl. What can you seriously expect ? Being pampered by h
85 Flyf15: I predict Skybus to be the next Tower Air.
86 HAJFlyer: Ryanair is Europe´s fastest growing airline and it flies to places most people never even heard of before Ryanair started their service. They are ac
87 ContnlEliteCMH: Also, the CoC says this: Passengers must reconfirm their reservation for outbound and return flight status and details 24 (twenty-four) hours prior to
88 KarlB737: Courtesy: WBNS-TV New Airline Announces Destinations http://www.wbns10tv.com/?sec=&story=...content/pool/200704/278369309.html Video Report: http://ww
89 AirlineEcon: I say if they don't allow food and drink so that they rip you off like at movie theatres and baseball games, then passengers should have the right to
90 Gregarious119: I don't understand going to MCI. I'm wondering if they're setting up MCI as a future focus point. Everything else is Coast - 4 east, 3 west. Nothing t
91 CMHSRQ: I thought the exact same thing, why MCI??? After the airtran Midwest merger, Airtran shuts the MCI focus city and skybus starts one[Edited 2007-04-24
92 Boch: If your credit card bill goes to a PO Box (or any address that does not begin with a number), you can't book on the website. Where is the guy that was
93 DCrawley: They really should just call it what it is.. Bellingham. Seattle/Vancouver my ass! Just because more people will be able to afford to fly somewhere d
94 Yellowstone: The poster who pointed out that they are going to see seriously high turnover among their FA's at a wage of 9 bucks an hour raises an interesting poin
95 SANFan: Easy to see those ticket sales numbers at this point: a novelty experience, Spring/Summer season, dirt cheap... Like lots of us here on A.net, people
96 Bh4007: Valid point. However, if some unscrupulous person did want to become involved with an airline in order to carry out terrorism etc.. then they would b
97 JetJock22: You are assuming they will still be in business in July. With a COC that reads like a bad comic book, I don't see them lasting long enough to have a
98 Itsnotfinals: they have 160 million dollars and these are multi-billion dollar companies investing. What makes you think you know more than they do? The cash alone
99 JetJock22: What if you were investing in a company like this and say they have a few good weeks, but then seriously beginf to suffer. Are you going to keep pump
100 Bh4007: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skybus_Airlines - I know it's wikipedia, but do they really have 65 airplanes on order? 319s i'm assuming.[Edited 2007-04
101 Itsnotfinals: yes, it's called building a market. Check out B6's first few quarters. Also people are forgetting they will have other "Hub" cities, not just CMH. I
102 Malaysia: I got sour attitude at AK once for bringing my food on board (guess what it was) Dr Pepper Can and Southwest Snack Box yes far away from Home..... I
103 We're Nuts: While I don't think Skybus's inflight training program really has safety as its top priority, their interviews are rigorous. It was one of the hardes
104 Poitin: I guess you'll have to ring them up on their non-existent telephone number. Going to be fun watching these clowns. Hopefully they will learn fast, be
105 Itsnotfinals: The lead clown came from Ryanair, so Ireland is responsible for this mess..[Edited 2007-04-24 22:23:36]
106 Pe@rson: You really are the biggest fool imaginable. And that is saying something.
107 Poitin: At least Ryanair has a workable plan. Pity the lead clown didn't take a copy of it with him. And if you look into it, you will find that Ryanair is b
108 Itsnotfinals: Why is it foolish to think that the Ryanair model cannot be duplicated in the US by the same Executive? I would say your comment is boorish and not a
109 PILOTALLEN: I think thats pretty cool, even if they have some tickets at 50.00 who cares, that is pretty darn cheap. I want to fly from Boston-Vancouverm will cos
110 Itsnotfinals: do you mean Southwest Airlines (WN). who are Southwestern?
111 LGA777: One airport that does not fit the mold is FLL. Fairly busy, congested airport with frequent ATC delays, and probably not as cheap to operate at as som
112 S5FA170: SkyBus wasn't really looking for people who wanted to be flight attendants. They were looking for retail workers who would put up with working on an
113 MeanGreen: The $9 an hour for a flight attendant is comical. $9 an hour at say 75 hours reserve guarantee is $675 a month GROSS! Who is going to work for that (r
114 Tbolt1: 45,000 fares sold so far today and climbing since last check I imagine.
115 LAXspotter1985: Just booked with my girlfriend to go see some of my family cant wait! KBUR - KCMH 6/6/07 11:29 a.m. Dep. 6:39p.m. Arv. KCMH - KFLL 6/6/07 7:41 p.m. De
116 MeanGreen: *Able to show up on the first day of training with a laptop capable of reading a memory stick and CD-ROM * That's what it says when you click on caree
117 Poitin: Yes -- thanks for the correction. If you go back in Ryanair history, you will find the MOL was about to close it, then took a trip and had a beer or
118 UAL777: Ryanair has the European ground transport infastructure to make flying to out of the way airports work. Skybus does not. Also bear in mind that the l
119 Pe@rson: Economy air travel is and should always be for everyone: it is simply another form of transportation. Nothing more, nothing less. It is an everyday a
120 PDXBJV: I just booked a flight from "Seattle" (hahaha) to CMH on 29 May returning 30 May. Haha I know, such a short trip, I'm only going to try them out, and
121 Boch: So you have 61 minutes to deplane, collect your checked luggage (my presumption), clear security and board the flight to FLL? If anything happens to
122 Clickhappy: So you have 61 minutes to deplane, collect your checked luggage (my presumption), clear security and board the flight to FLL? Actually you have less t
123 Tbolt1: you would be smart to book your next flight a decent amount of time away from the time you were supposed to get to your first destination to compensa
124 BrianDromey: Look to the FR model, all sorts of "unconventionsl" routes have been opened up. The locals will love skipping hubs and the low fares will attract oth
125 Poitin: This is the CRITICAL issue, UAL777. Thanks for pointing it out. I doubt if Columbus OH is in the top 150. Let's see, at $2.50 a gallon (US) for Jet A
126 Clickhappy: So, lets say you miss your connection between CMH and FLL, and you have a $10 fare, with trip insurance. They give you your $10 back, right? But you w
127 AlecxiA319: For $40 each way? This is a must see! AlecxiA319
128 Tbolt1: Yes, 65 A-319s through 2012 I believe.
129 FCYTravis: So what happens when you're sitting on a delayed Skybus plane and you want to call someone to check on your connection? Better pray you have a Treo.
130 Itsnotfinals: No one reads any more. CMH is just their first base of operations. they will have several other cities where they base planes and crews for point to
131 Steeler83: Oh my!!!!! Oh, and LA from 10 Dollars!!! GEEEZE, and 90210 without the 902? Very funny, at least it's somewhat close to L.A. Burbank? The actual fare
132 Tbolt1: I don't know on that one....just keep in mind that your bag is going to go to baggage claim and you're going to have to go back through security.....
133 Clickhappy: And you need to check in no later than 30 minutes, correct? So, if your flight is 30 minutes late, and you have less than an hour between your two fli
134 Easyas321: What sort of population is within 2 hours drive of CMH ? Do any other LCC's fly any similar routes to Skybus's? These are probably the 2 most critica
135 FCYTravis: You need to look at American markets before you say it can and will work. For one, public transit infrastructures in many places are next to nonexist
136 MAH4546: Actually, these fares are not promos. $10 is their everyday, lowfare for advance purcahses.
137 G4resagent: Some of Allegiant's turns are 30 minutes... and we carry 150. It can be done.
138 ScottB: But...for $70 more per person ($248 round-trip instead of $181.60), you could have gotten a non-stop flight between LAX and FLL. And does your trip i
139 Jimbobjoe: The passport is still not required for land/sea crossings (and won't be till Jan. of next year.) By then the passport wait times should be back down
140 BlueElephant: I have met the Safety Manager personally, he came to our Aviation SAFETY class, and although it might seem as if they don't have safety as a top prio
141 SandroZRH: Why don't you try to respond to Clickhappy before calling other people fools?
142 PeachAir: Good luck getting your bottle of water through the security checkpoint
143 CIDflyer: Very interesting. I think they are missing the boat though in not allowing connections and having to go through the hassle of claiming bags, and check
145 Tbolt1: Every flight will have 10 seats at $10....ALWAYS! It's their gimmick. I've heard that Ryanair even gives free tickets away sometimes.....but don't co
146 Itsnotfinals: Cleveland MSA Statistical Area has 2,250,871 Akron Metro 694,960 Dayton MSA Metro 848,153 Cincinnati MSA 2,104,233 so within 2 hours drive of Columbu
147 DeltaRules: Surprised to see SFB wasn't one of the first cities, or PIE for that matter. If you're talking about non-stop to FLL, DL runs an ERJ once daily CMH-FL
148 ATLAaron: Are the other carriers going to match SkyBus's fares? What is their two letter sign?
149 Tbolt1: Well, I think Skybus is giving the American public just the slightest bit of confidence that they will be able to figure out the system over time....
150 Kaputt: This is the most disgusting to grace the American skies in awhile. $65,000 for A319 captains? Its a race to the bottom in the airline industry...
151 Itsnotfinals: first year pay...still way better than Mesa!
153 Kaputt: How can you compare this to Mesa? This is an LCC flying A319s! Mainline aircraft. Its awful pay for an a310 captain. Add to that the fact that the FA
155 JROTTO: Could SkyBus not benefit from some serious publicity? If it were not for my addiction to a.net, I wouldn't have any idea of the airline's existence. I
156 Tbolt1: from the Bellair Airporter Shuttle "Coming soon... We will be offering Skybus passengers a special southbound run to Seattle, connecting perfectly wit
157 AirTranTUS: You can always buy one post security. That is the way connections between flights of different numbers works at ExpressJet now.
159 AirTranTUS: Gas is cheaper when you buy 3,000 gallons at a time.
160 UAL777: I think differently and I fly airplanes.
161 FlyCMH: Weeeeell, considering most ERJs are configured with 30-31" of pitch, Skybus' plush 28-29" of legroom is going to be even more unbearable. Also on the
162 Tbolt1: True....but I've sat on that single seat, and it was still unbearable from the standpoint of how the sidewall narrows to the point where I had to hav
163 MAH4546: That does not mean they are promo fares. They are not promo fares: Bill Diffenderffer, Skybus chief executive officer, said the airline always will o
164 Itsnotfinals: your quote implies 10 dollars is the every day price, it's not. only the first ten seats are promoted at 10 dollars, the other 146 seats are not 10 d
165 G4resagent: Do you work for Skybus? How do you know they are a horrible company? Just because they pay their captains a small amount compared to Delta or United
166 Flyingchoirboy: I'm gonna try them out on May 22-23, Boston (Portsmouth, NH)-Columbus. Total price: $36.80 Amazing. I hope they're good! Scott
167 We're Nuts: What managers say to get approval and what they tell employees can often be very different (e.g. ValuJet). I don't doubt they have capable people in
168 SpencerII: This policy of "not being able to bring food on board" will go over like a terd in the punchbowl with the traveling public. There will be lots and lot
169 Clickhappy: they do say you wont be allowed to fly if you smell bad, so they have that going for them
170 SansVGs: Nice take on the pop culture aspect. Just think of the reality TV show that Skybus could produce...would make the WN show like like peanuts.
171 LASOctoberB6: hmm...no service to LAS JFK EWR or SYR....im lookin the other way....
172 LAXspotter1985: Ive e-mailed skybus to see how my transfer will work. if It wont then I have to cancel soon but I have insurance that guarantees me on the next flight
173 Dsa: Ryanair and Easyjet both seem to have this same policy, I think that it will happen and pax will take their own food and drink onboard. It would be h
174 BHD: Didn't Easyjet have their A319s seated with 156 pax on their introduction - i remember reading somewhere that they then reduced this as the economics
175 COFanNYC: From the Ryanair website: "Passengers are welcome to bring their own food on board, however, in the interest of safety passengers are prohibited from
176 Dsa: This may be what is stated on the website but I have been on numerous FR and U2 flights where passengers have been asked to eat their food after disem
177 BrianDromey: Apparently their target is to have a CASM that is 28% lower than WN. If they do manage this then tehy have a very good shot at success. If teh fare i
178 COFanNYC: I agree there. Being American but living in London, I have come to love U2 and FR for my European travels. However, if either airline was where Skybu
179 UAL777: Im not saying it will go bust in a month. I give them 18 months to 2 years to burn through that cash. Yes it is, but even at 2.50 which is a large di
180 Xkorpyoh: Depending on CMH on this first stage is not going to help them. They should at least do 1 stop flights to attract more passengers, like FLL-CMH-BLI, R
181 Poitin: CMH most likely will be not only their first, but last base of operations. They will run out of money in six months with this "business plan." $3.50
182 Poitin: CMH most likely will be not only their first, but last base of operations. They will run out of money in six months with this "business plan." $3.50
183 Itsnotfinals: 160 million dollars is only invested in a real business plan. How in the world can you have an Irish flag in your profile and not understand that Rya
184 Flyinryan99: I think they (a.netters) are still looking at the fares as the main source of revenue, when in actuality it is going to be in the advertising in the
185 Ejmmsu: An update for those looking for a hotel..... I used priceline to bid for a 2.5 star hotel for $33 on the night of May 29th, and it accepted my bid. It
187 FriendlySkies: From the above links: This, more than ANY other reason, is why they will fail. Hell, even Wal-mart has decent customer service.
188 SANFan: On the contrary Dsa, at least in the US, most new airlines fail. Especially In today's economic environment I think it's simply financial suicide to
189 We're Nuts: The difference is most people in this thread don't know their own ass from Skybus's business model. Read it again, it's full of "how can they maek mo
190 Xkorpyoh: Do you think they would consider Columbus, GA or Chatanooga, TN as alternatives for ATL? We need more low fares here, specially on the ATL-CVG market
191 Tbolt1: Quoting Xkorpyoh (Reply 190): Do you think they would consider Columbus, GA or Chatanooga, TN as alternatives for ATL? We need more low fares here, sp
192 Clickhappy: I think the fact that the Skybus website is promoting timeshare marketing pitches without clear disclosure is pure horseshit. The fact that you have t
193 Superfreak: How do you know their training program doesn't focus on safety? Have you been through it? Oh, wait, didn't you say that you were not hired? Get over
194 Superfreak: Dear We're Nuts, I would like to propose that you formally petition the FAA to prohibit Flight Atttendants from participating in activities that would
195 Dsa: Not that there are many examples of start up airlines in the US, B6 is a success but they started at an opportune time. I think that there are many cu
196 Tbolt1: Think about it....$10 fares to Los Angeles.....Beverly Hills...90210 zip code for Beverly Hills? Drop of the 902 and you have the 10 for the $10 fare
198 Delta777Jet: Hi there from Europe, we here at easyJet also have 156 seater A-319! But the longest flight we do are max. 3,5 hours! It is quite narrow for a 4+ trip
199 DeltaRules: So...7 new destinations. Let speculation Round 2 begin. San Diego area to satisfy CMH's incentive package? SFB? PIE? NYC-area? DeltaRules[Edited 2007
200 Ejmmsu: SFB PIE New York City/Manhattan (SWF) FTW or AFW GYY IWA VGT EFD VPS / PFN PDK Just to name a few possibilities
201 Clickhappy: I am guessing they will try to set up a second hub focus city in either GYY or RFD, as well as PIE or SFB.
202 AirlineBrat: I heard from the brother of my sisters aunt's best friend that Skybus will be expanding to Kansas City via Garden City International Airport starting
203 Mawelsh: I would like to see HPN and I agree with GYY...I'm surprised the first round didn't cover NYC and Chicago. How about GRK...they could advertise as Da
205 BA747400: So here's a couple of questions for ya: 1: When are they supposed to hear about the flight certificate? 2: If you have a look on their website, under
206 Tbolt1: Just by doing a search on their web site, it looks like BUR, OAK, and BLI are doing pretty good sales. Richmond, Greensboro, and Kansas City not so mu
207 CIDflyer: not really surprising, the flight times are really bad, at least for KC, it gets into Columbus at 8:44pm, and you don't have an opportunity to connec
208 Tbolt1: I agree with you, and this may be a part of their biz model they will have to change. I too think that until they get more planes to work with, they
210 Superfreak: Isn't it the other way around? I mean, you're the one who didn't get the job and seem pretty bitter about it. As for me being pissed, it's more like
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