Posted in Airplane X-ing on June 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Delta cuts some Southwest Florida nonstop flights
Two months of flights slashed amid cost-cutting
BY LAURA RUANE • lruane@news-press.com • June 19, 2008
Delta Air Lines won’t provide nonstop service from Southwest Florida International Airport to Boston and Columbus, Ohio, for September and October.
Those cancellations might not be the last.
In a regulatory filing announced Wednesday, the airline said [...]
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Posted in Airplane X-ing, tagged Skybus on April 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There’s talk of a resurrection for Skybus, or at least its assets.
New airline could rise from ashes of Skybus
Operating license, plane contracts on the block
Saturday, April 19, 2008 3:10 AM
By Marla Matzer Rose
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
The death of Skybus Airlines has left behind a trail of valuable assets that could be used by investors to [...]
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Posted in Airplane X-ing on March 30, 2008 | No Comments »
High price of flight fuel grounds private pilots
Local airports see decline in hours spent in the sky
Sunday, March 30, 2008
BY JOSH JARMAN
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Andy Jones can track the decline through maintenance logs. A quick look at the number of hours flown tells the story of more and more private pilots across the [...]
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Posted in Airplane X-ing, tagged Skybus on March 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Skybus throttles back on growth
Airline weighs fuel costs, recession in its plans to cut and add flights
Thursday, March 13, 2008 [...]
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Posted in Airplane X-ing on March 12, 2008 | No Comments »
NetJets to Expand in Ohio
March 12, 2008, 3:08PM
Houston Chronicle
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Private air charter service NetJets Inc. plans to invest $200 million to expand in Columbus. The decision ends speculation that the company would move its operations elsewhere.
NetJets has flight operations and more than 2,000 employees in Columbus. It’s expected to add 800 jobs in [...]
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Posted in Airplane X-ing on February 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Skybus tops Southwest as No. 1 carrier at Port Columbus in January
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
BY MARLA MATZER ROSE
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Skybus Airlines became the top carrier at Port Columbus in January, edging out Southwest Airlines, which had been the leader in number of passengers flown to and from the airport since 2005.
Overall, the airport [...]
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Posted in Airplane X-ing on February 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Here’s a few video clips of Skybus chief Bill Diffendorfer on Fox Business talking about the hometown company’s philosophy.
PART 1
PART 2
There are a few interesting tidbits towards the end of the second clip…
First, he discusses the rapid growth philosophy. Essentially, he states that the company saw the need to diversify quickly during the first [...]
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Posted in Airplane X-ing on February 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Midwest Connect, Delta drop flights from Columbus; Skybus was factor, they say
The Columbus Dispatch
Monday, February 18, 2008
BY MARLA MATZER ROSE
Two airlines have trimmed service at Port Columbus, and both say Skybus Airlines played a role in their decisions.
Midwest Connect will discontinue its twice-daily flight to Kansas City on April 6, while Delta Air Lines [...]
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Posted in Airplane X-ing on February 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Waypoint will fly small jets to nonhub airports up to 500 miles from Columbus
Friday, February 15, 2008
BY MARLA MATZER ROSE
An air-taxi service that uses new-generation small jets is expected to launch this summer in Columbus, putting the city on the leading edge of an aviation trend.
Waypoint Corp. (blog), a New Albany startup, and Lane [...]
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Posted in Airplane X-ing on January 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Port Columbus traffic up 15% in 2007
Friday, January 25, 2008 - 1:28 PM EST
Business First of Columbus
After breaking its annual passenger record a month early, Port Columbus International Airport finished the year with traffic up 15 percent from 2006, the Columbus Regional Airport Authority reported Friday.
The authority said more than 7.7 million passengers used the [...]
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