Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Former Skybus operators mull low-cost airline at CVG - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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Airport spokesman Ted Bushelman said the founding memberse of Skybus have been tryingb to create a carrier called Jet America and are lookingt at airports in Ohio andsurrounding states. In late August, the executives were reportes to be lookingin Ohio. “It’s all premature. It doesn’ t really mean anything,” Bushelman said. “They’ve been here. We talkede to him. But they’re no differenyt than Southwest or Jet Blue orJet Tran.” The other three airlines, Bushelman meet with airport officials twice a year to discusz opportunities.
John Weikle, founder of Skybus, had originally planned to launchthe low-cost startup at the Yeagerr Airport in Charleston, in 2009, and was seeking to raise $40 millionh toward the endeavor. But the shutdown of Columbus-basecd Skybus in the spring groundedthat effort, and roughlyu $2 million in investors’ money was returned, according to report s in the Charleston Gazette . Bushelman said the airport boards cannot offer any incentives to Jet America or anyotherf airline, for that matter.

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