Reports are out that Skybus CEO Bill Diffenderffer is leaving the airline to, get this, write books. Sounds strange, no? The information coming out of the airline doesn't make it clear exactly why he's leaving, but my guess is that it wasn't just so that he...
Skybus Airlines, the Columbus, Ohio-based carrier that brought cheap flights into St. Augustine and 14 other cities around the U.S., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Rising fuel costs and a slowing economy "proved to be insurmountable," says CEO Michael Hodge. You...
Despite his experience with Skybus Airlines, Henry Isaacson is not down on discount carriers. The chairman of Piedmont Triad International Airport says Skybus, which shut down less than three months after opening a hub at the Greensboro airport, showed PTI could thrive with one. "We had more than 81,000 passengers...
Late in February, Skybus Airlines founder Bill Diffenderfer, speaking at a Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce breakfast forum, predicted a bright future for the budget-priced air carrier. But only weeks later, Diffenderfer had resigned and the airline filed for bankruptcy and ceased operations. The shutdown, less than a year...
PHOENIX -- Mesa Air will shut down subsidiary carrier Air Midwest, cutting off service to 16 small cities in 10 states because of soaring fuel prices, the company said Wednesday. Phoenix-based Mesa Air Group Inc. said the cuts will begin next week and be completed by June...
Frontier Airlines announced today it was going into bankruptcy, mostly due to rising oil costs. Last week, ATA Airlines and Skybus went into bankruptcy, mostly due to rising oil costs. Two weeks ago Aloha Airlines went into bankruptcy, mostly due to rising oil costs....
There are a number of factors that separate success from failure in business, and no entrepreneur would dare understate the importance of timing in that mix. Not the owners of Skybus, and certainly not Denis Gagnon. He launched what many observers consider to be a breakthrough product, the...
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Skybus Airlines announced on 5 April that it was to cease all operations, with effect from 5 April 2008, due to its struggle to overcome rising jet fuel costs and a slowing economic environment, following a decision made by the company's board...
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD US Airways (NYSE:LCC) has announced that it will accept tickets from passengers who were scheduled to fly on Skybus Airlines flights to/from Skybus's former operational centres at Columbus, Ohio and Greensboro, N.C., for standby travel. The airline said Skybus customers...
Passengers who had tickets to fly from Oakland to Ohio on Skybus Airlines are searching for alternative ways to get to their destinations after the low-cost carrier ceased operations Saturday due to rising fuel costs and the sluggish economy. Skybus had only one daily flight between...
Passengers who had tickets to fly from Oakland to Ohio on Skybus Airlines are searching for alternative ways to get to their destinations after the low-cost carrier ceased operations today due to rising fuel costs and the sluggish economy. Skybus only had one flight between Oakland and...
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Low-cost carrier Skybus Airlines is shutting down today and plans to file for bankruptcy protection next week, becoming the latest airline to fall because of rising fuel costs and a slowing economy. The financial situation of the airline, which announced the shutdown late yesterday, has worsened in...
TEMPE, Ariz. -- US Airways (NYSE: LCC) will accept tickets for standby travel from passengers who were scheduled to fly on Skybus Airlines flights to/from Skybus' former operational centers at Columbus, Ohio and Greensboro, N.C. Skybus customers will be able to travel on a space available standby basis...
GREENSBORO -- Columbus, Ohio-based Skybus Airlines, which has a hub at Piedmont Triad International Airport, hiked fees for checked baggage. The discount-fare carrier now charges $12--$10 if the bags are checked in online. The fee had been $5...
When Bill Diffenderfer began passenger service from Portsmouth almost a year ago, 10 people boarded the first Skybus flight. Now, his 156-seat aircraft are often at capacity, especially in the summer months. One of those passengers is Phil Decker, a patent attorney based in Portsmouth. He flew Skybus with...
Michael Bolton puts it in that proverbial 'good problem to have' category. He was referring to the phone calls - upwards of 50 per day of late - that come in to Westover Metropolitan Airport from customers and potential customers of Skybus, the low-cost, no-frills airline that initiated service...
Skybus' cut-rate, fares have piqued the Interest of fliers from the Hudson Valley - and from the new airline's hub in Columbus, Ohio. Skybus plans to begin service to Greensboro, N.C., beginning Monday, Feb. 25. Even without 10 seats at $10 each per flight into and out of Stewart...
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Newquay Cornwall Airport has announced that it expects to carry up to 550,000 passengers in 2008. The airport hopes to operate a 23 route network in 2008, as compared with the 11 routes operated in 2007 and it also plans...
Skybus was true to its word when it debuted last week at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. CEO Bill Diffenderfer announced Skybus' imminent arrival as Stewart's newest carrier during the Port Authority takeover ceremony Nov 1. He also did what he said he would do: keep planes flying. No...
Dec 24, 2007 Allegiant Air Allegiant Airlines flew 274.5 million RPMs in November, up 64.5% from the year-ago month. Capacity rose 62.3% to 348.1 million ASMs and load factor increased 1.1 points to 78.9%. Dec 18, 2007 JetBlue Airways JetBlue Airways CEO...
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