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Midwest Connect, Delta drop flights from Columbus; Skybus was factor, they say

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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Waypoint will fly small jets to nonhub airports up to 500 miles from Columbus

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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Port Columbus traffic up 15% in 2007

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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Columbus-Athens Commuter Rail

Posted in Airplane X-ing, Rail X-ing, tagged , , , , , , , on January 25, 2008 | 5 Comments »

The part of this article that interests me is the last paragraph, which I have highlighted in bold.

Ohio University airport gauging demand for air taxi service

Thursday, January 24, 2008 10:40 AM

ATHENS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio University’s small airport is surveying southeast Ohio businesses to see if an air taxi service might fly.Flights would take off [...]

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Skybus International: Don’t Hold Your Breath

Posted in Airplane X-ing on January 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Skybus International: Don’t Hold Your Breath
Flying Coach
Posted by Marla Matzer Rose
on January 22, 2008
Those hoping for $10 flights to the Bahamas and Mexico on Skybus this summer are out of luck. Skybus Airlines applied last year to fly to two cities in the Bahamas as well as to Cancun, Mexico and hasn’t given any updates [...]

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Pricey sandwich? Fine. Getting stranded? Not.

Posted in Airplane X-ing on January 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Pricey sandwich? Fine. Getting stranded? Not.
The Other Paper
BY STEPH GREEGOR / JANUARY 10, 2008
It’s not $10 fares that will make Skybus the city’s most entertaining business story again in 2008. It’s not the expensive sandwiches or those quaint stairs you take from the cold tarmac up into the planes. It is simple stubbornness.
Critics of Columbus’s [...]

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New Skybus destinations to Philadelphia & Niagara

Posted in Airplane X-ing on January 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Press Release:
Skybus announces new service from Columbus to Philadelphia, Toronto/Niagara Falls
Additional service to Milwaukee, Hartford/Springfield, Richmond; tickets on sale Wednesday morning; 10 seats for $10* on every flight
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 9 – Skybus Airlines announced today it will add nonstop service from Columbus to the Philadelphia area via Wilmington, DE beginning March 7, and to [...]

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How Will CMH Fit Into Southwest’s Expansion Announcement on Wednesday?

Posted in Airplane X-ing on January 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »

How Will CMH Fit Into Southwest’s Expansion Announcement on Wednesday?
Posted by Marla Matzer Rose on January 8, 2008
Southwest says it’s plannning to announce schedule changes on Wednesday, and Denver’s Rocky Mountain News says today that a SWA press conference is scheduled for tomorrow at Denver International Airport.
I’m told that there will be some changes announced [...]

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Skybus Rings in 2008 with $20.08 Ticket Sale

Posted in Airplane X-ing on January 2, 2008 | No Comments »

SKYBUS RINGS IN 2008 WITH $20.08* ONE-WAY FARES ON FLIGHTS BETWEEN JAN. 9 – FEB. 29
– Sale begins today; tickets must be purchased by midnight Saturday, Jan. 5 –
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 2 – Skybus Airlines announced today it will ring in the New Year with $20.08* one-way fares on thousands of seats for travel between [...]

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Skybus launch leads local list of dozen biggest stories in ‘07

Posted in Airplane X-ing on December 30, 2007 | No Comments »

Skybus launch leads local list of dozen biggest stories in ‘07
Friday, December 28, 2007
For the last issue of 2007, Columbus Business First takes a look back at some of the major stories of the year. We readily acknowledge it is not a comprehensive list, but think it reinforces the idea that Central Ohio continues to [...]

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