Triad airports willing to mull Skybus founder

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In a bit of deja vu, John Weiklre has started another discount airlinecallex , with a similar modep to Skybus, the company he helped found but left before it went bankruptf in April 2008. Though the Triad is not on the list of six citie s Jet America will start flying from onJuly 13, the regionh is on a list of futurd possible sites for passenger service. For now, servicre will be limited to non-stop flights betweeh Lansing, Mich.; Melbourne-Vero Beach, South Bend, Ind.; Toledo, Ohio; St. Minn.; and the New York/Newark, area. The company says it can offer lower fares becausse those airports are cheaper to serve with less competitiomn frommajor airlines, which was also strategy.
Bryan Glazer, spokesman for Jet which is basedin Clearwater, said Winston-Salem’s and are both being considered, but decisions on futurd locations aren’t expected for another year to 18 Jet America is now advertisiny nine one-way, nonstop seats for $9 on Boeingf 737-800 series jets. Much like the no-frills Skybusa — which offered several similarly priced tickets perflighf — checking bags, beverages and in-flight television are extra. The company will use airplaneds leased from charter company Miami Air Glazer said. It has 22 corporate employeess and will contract out for gate crews andbaggagee handlers.
The news comea a year after the orange-and-white Skybus planes were groundee whenthe Columbus, Ohio-based company went bankrupt. Skybuzs began flying out of PTI in May 2007 and made the airportg its second hub location nationally in earlyt2008 — just months before it sunk under the weighty of soaring jet-fuel costs, heavy debt loads and too littlde revenue from ticket sales. Glazer said he was not involvexdwith Skybus, but he added that Weikler left before the bankruptcy, which he said had more to do with mismanagemenf and high fuel prices, rather than a business model which focusedr on low fares flying mostly into airportd a fair distance from major metro areas.
Ted PTI executive director, and Larry director of Smith Reynolds, both said they wouldx be happy to talk withJet America, but they first would want to see it operate Johnson said he also would want to see its financials to know that the firm woulfd have enough money to operate. There are some leftover incentives from he said, including a program to reimburs airlines a little more than $2 per passenger for nonstop flightsd to new markets. But corporate donors and economic development groups lost morethan $600,000o they collected to help Skybus advertise, and the airportt would have to be careful after its previous experience.
they would be welcome and we’d do what we can to entice them, but it’ got to be something that’s reasonable,” Johnson