Fuel doom Skybus in Chattlanta

[Grandpa +65]

Fuel dooms Skybus in 'Chattlanta'​

Skybus has failed "to tap into the 'Chattlanta' market," The Chattanooga Times Free Press writes a day after the airline's announcement that it would halt flights to Chattanooga. The ultra-low-cost carrier's business model focuses on serving alternative airports -- some more than 60 miles from the nearest big metro area. Chattanooga, for example, is about 115 miles from downtown Atlanta, prompting the Times Free Press' description of the "Chattlanta" market.
Skybus had just started flying between its Columbus, Ohio, base and Chattanooga three months ago, saying it at least hoped to draw from Atlanta's northern suburbs. "(High fuel prices) created a situation where Skybus, and I think most airlines can't be as patient with new markets as they normally would be and would like to be. Chattanooga was just not developing as quickly as we had hoped," Skybus spokesman Bob Tenenbaum tells the Times Free Press.

Posted at 10:02 AM/ET, Mar 20, 2008 in Airport news and route changes, Skybus | Permalink | Comments8

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[climbhappy]

since contintental drift causes the movement of about a foot every year. chatlanta will be one in about 500,000years

 

[fly4surf]

Fuel? What if fares were more than 10$

 

[spinproof]

Yeah those $10 fares are great especially when you figure in the $150 cab rides!!!!!!

 

[CX880]

Do you need any type of schooling to be an airline manager?

# Yes I know lets try to attract people from a major area by flying into an airport hours away and on another state.

#2 But isn't that a little too far and out of range.

# Don't worry we'll sell cheap tickets and there are plenty of rednecks and hillblilies in the suburubs who will go out of their ways to hop on a truck, bus or taxi and start to fly for no apperant reason to Columbus.

I hope skybus can do better than this.

 

[pilotyip]

They missed it it should have been Toledo, AirTran was sucking 1000's of pax out of DTW until the airport refused to pay the AirTran royality fee.

 

[TOOL CRIB]

since contintental drift causes the movement of about a foot every year. chatlanta will be one in about 500,000years

Unless they head in the other direction!

 

[PCL_128]

I hope skybus can do better than this.

I don't. Let them die.

 

[spinproof]

I don't. Let them die.

OK but you first!

 

[weasel_lips]

Better add a $100 fuel surcharge to those $10.00 seats.

 

[Colonel Savage]

Better add a $100 fuel surcharge to those $10.00 seats.

Give 'em time...

 

[PCL_128]

OK but you first!

I see a Skybust park ranger has stopped by.

 

[Jack Mehoff]

OK but you first!

What are you doing on flightinfo when your not at work! get your park ranger outfit on and head up to costco and get some cases of water like your supposed to lil man!

 

[spinproof]

I see a Skybust park ranger has stopped by.

I don't work for Skybus. I just don't like you! You and your ALPO butt-boy apoligist are boring and juvenile.

Those comments aimed at anyone that doesn't share in your lock step missery. What a pathetic bunch of losers that have to disrespect a peer to make a benign point.

You and your little gal pals run to your holes and practice your less than pithy comments aimed at those of us that have to wade through your dribble while we find someone with whom we can discuss life on an adult level.

 

[labbats]

I'll give you credit for spelling losers correctly. As far as the rest of the post, don't use big words if you can't spell them. It has the opposite effect than the one you're shooting for.

Truly intelligent people don't use big words to make a point.