Skybus shuts down!!

[Willit Run]

Well, Skybus didn't last to long!!

[RitterKreuz]

10 dollar fares?



Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free.... these airline executives need to get a %&@! clue!!!

of course it all boils down to John Q. Public really...

John Q. Public cares about the price of his ticket

John Q. Public doesnt care squat about safety

thats the very reason these upstart airlines and regional airlines are down to hiring guys with 250 total hours of flight experience and charging $20 for a seat... its a joke.

[Jayhawk Jake]

Wow, airlines are dropping left and right!

Aloha, ATA, Skybus...hopefully it'll stop so I can still have a job in 4 years!

[flyboy 28]

Skybus was doomed to begin with, no doubt about it.

[Brett_Henderson]

I'm in Columbus right now.. It's huge news here.

I'm kinda hoping that when (if) fuel prices stabilize, and the airlines get their footing back.. that we can get back to how flying was twenty years ago.

This ultra-competitive, saturated market, isn't good for ANYbody. Anyone else remember when an airliner, packed to the gills was a rarity ? When most planes took off with somewhere between half and three-quarters of the seats filled (and the seats were roomier, too) ?

Stewardesses were always in a good mood.. flight crews were NOT underpaid teen-agers living on minimum wage, hoping to still have a job at the end of the week. The airplanes WERE kept on tight maintenance schedules.

Air travel should be an expensive luxury... not something taken for granted. All these airlines.. and the cut-throat competiveness to keep seats full has lead to over-crowded airports, short-cuts in maintenance, inexperienced crews, stressed out stewardesses, people sitting in airplanes on the ramp for hours.. because every airline is operating on the razor-edge of profitability.

Flying, and going to the airport itself, used to be a fun and exciting experience. Now it's like hanging out at a bus depot. People used to get dressed up for a flight. When my grandparents used to fly in to visit us, they looked like a couple going to a wedding. And that's how you were treated, too.. by everyone from the ticketing agent to lady bringing you your beverage, in flight. Now it's the unwashed (litterally) masses; acting like herded cattle, and being treated that way.

Fuel prices are, and will, make flying more expensive. Next (as much as I hate government regualtion), we need the feds to really crack down on maintenance.. to the point that it too shows up in ticket pricing. The remaining airlines can stay profitable and stable, and keep their captains and crews, stable, happy and well paid..without cramming every flight to capacity,

[DaveSims]

What kills me about these big businesses is how they claim they are broke, can't pay staff, can't pay bills, then many of them give their CEOs million dollar bonuses.    Skybus was trying a new approach of selling advertising to compensate for lower ticket prices.  It might have worked if they were able to start up with more aircraft and destinations.  Only having 11 Airbuses, one plane breaks, your whole system locks up.  These current fuel prices are killing everyone, including airlines, but thats a whole different story that I should stay away from.