Flying à la Carte: Q&A with Skybus’s CEO

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http://www.popsci.com/popsci/technology/da2183afd28a4110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html

If Skybus Airlines is the future of air travel, then the future won’t cost much. Nor will it keep you hostage on the tarmac. The company’s chief executive, Bill Diffenderffer, has rethought everything from the cost of onboard refreshments to how and where passengers check in. The result, he claims, is an airline that can charge as little as $10 for a nonstop flight without delays or lost luggage. (Procrastinators pay more, with last-minute tickets costing as much as $400.)

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[ladykalana.livejournal.com]

That's really cool. Wish they flew through other cities, which I'm sure will come later. I'd happily use them!

[astroprisoner.livejournal.com]

If they're the future, then the future may not be that much better than what we have today.

They are indeed astoundingly cheap if I want to go to Columbus OH. But anywhere else useful...not so much.

I checked out what it would take to get from where I am down to Florida (where we go frequently). That would mean going from here to Columbus and then to Ft. Lauderdale...and by the time I do that, I've equalled the best fares from here to Ft. Lauderdale via another airline.

Sadly, I am reminded here of People's Express...a cheap fare airline that 20 years ago was a media darling and considered the wave of the future...and now has faded into such obscurity that it doesn't even rate an entry on Wikipedia.

a guarantee of no lost luggage?!

[(Anonymous)]

Wouldn't that be awesome! In the meantime, I'm sticking with my Global Bag Tags (http://www.globalbagtag.com). I don't understand how they can offer a $10 flight, but more power to them!!