Skybus is an airline based in Columbus, Ohio, USA. It is the ultra-low-cost carrier and it aims to be the least expensive airline in the United States. It is a privately held airlines and it plans to go public by 2009. It focuses mainly on Piedmont Triad International Airport with it's hub at Port Columbus International Airport.In early 2005, Skybus filed a proposal to the United States Department of Transportation to start operations from Port Columbus International Airport and received approval on March 15, 2006. The airline received FAA certification on May 10, 2007, though it was granted a waiver that allowed them to begin ticket sales on April 24th. The first flights out of Columbus began on May 22, 2007.
What was to become Skybus was initially founded in the late 1990s by John Weikle and Ken Gile, the former Director of Operations for Southwest Airlines. This early venture went by the name of Heartland Airlines and planned to operate Boeing 717s out of Dayton, Ohio. Working with JP Morgan, the airline almost reached startup, but failed to raise the necessary capital and was eventually abandoned.[5] Years later, the concept was resurrected, this time under the name of "Skybus Airlines".
As of March 2008, Skybus provides service to 18 destinations throughout the United States as follows :
Boston (Portsmouth, NH)
Chattanooga, TN
Chicago/Gary, IN
Columbus, OH
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Fort Myers (Punta Gorda, FL)
Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point, NC
Hartford (Chicopee, MA)
Jacksonville/Daytona Beach (St. Augustine, FL)
Kansas City, MO
Los Angeles (Burbank, CA)
Milwaukee, WI
New Orleans (Gulfport-Biloxi, MS)
New York/Stewart, NY
Philadelphia/Wilmington, DE
Richmond, VA
San Francisco (Oakland, CA)
Toronto, ON/Niagara, NY
Online booking can be made at the official website of Skybus
UPDATE: SKYBUS CEASES OPERATIONS
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