Hopefully the beginning of the end 4 skybus

[relief tube]

Skybus drops two West Coast cities; speculation on new routes begins​

As expected, Skybus dropped three of its five West Coast flights when it extended its flight scheduled through May, The Columbus Dispatch reports. The newspaper first reported last week that the carrier was expected to do so. Skybus will suspend service from Columbus to Bellingham, Wash., after Jan. 6 and to San Diego after March 6. The Dispatch says "the move leaves Port Columbus again with no direct service to San Diego or the Seattle area, the airport's top two 'target markets' lacking nonstop service from Columbus." Skybus will also end one of its two Columbus-Burbank, Calif., flights on Jan. 6.
Skybus CEO Bill Diffenderffer says the decision is "based primarily on the sharp increase in the cost of jet fuel" and added that the airline "needed to take a look at our scheduling strategy and find ways to use our fleet more effectively to serve more passengers in more cities." Skybus will use the planes from the dropped West Coast routes to boost frequencies on existing routes from Columbus and Portsmouth, N.H. However, Diffenderffer did tell the Dispatch to expect "significant announcements" regarding new routes "in the next few weeks."
The carrier has already requested federal permission to fly from Columbus to Cancun, Mexico, and to the Bahamas. But "airline spokesman Bob Tenenbaum said he did not expect (those) routes to be among the next round of announcements, but he didn't rule it out," the Dispatch writes. The newspaper also notes that Greensboro, N.C., airport officials have called a special meeting tomorrow to address "passenger-development incentives for nonstop service" to new cites "by an unnamed airline." The Dispatch writes "Greensboro has been considered a leading candidate to become the next 'focus city' for Skybus, meaning it would get direct service to a number of destinations." Neither Skybus nor Greensboro officials commented on that possibility.

Posted at 10:06 AM/ET, Oct 16, 2007 in Skybus

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Reminds me of when Indy Air stopped it west coast flights.​

 

[spacecadet1]

The airline of whores.

 

[siucavflight]

I thought that was Go-Jets, I am sorry Lumburg. Can we have two of them?

 

[Gr82Aviate]

I thought that was Go-Jets, I am sorry Lumburg. Can we have two of them?

So it seems...

 

[Boris Badenov]

I'm just a cargo guy, so maybe I don't know what I'm talking about. It occurs to me, however, that working for crappy wages is not quite the same thing as selling out your union and fellow pilots. How many posts till we hear the "s" word?

 

[E120ASA]

delete​

 

[Lazy8]

I'm just a cargo guy, so maybe I don't know what I'm talking about. It occurs to me, however, that working for crappy wages is not quite the same thing as selling out your union and fellow pilots. How many posts till we hear the "s" word?

Nail on the head. If someone wants to work there more power to them. It's not hurting anyone. GoJets is a whole different subject.

If anyone thinks they have the brains to start-up a new airline with industry leading pilot wages then by all means - go for it.

 

[jaybird]

How many posts till we hear the "s" word?

SH!T.

Three.

What do I win?

 

[relief tube]

Nail on the head. If someone wants to work there more power to them. It's not hurting anyone.

BS. if that's true then there's nothing wrong with mesa. but there is, b/c anytime someone excepts industry lowering wages is not helping a damn thing.

 

[Lazy8]

BS. if that's true then there's nothing wrong with mesa. but there is, b/c anytime someone excepts industry lowering wages is not helping a damn thing.

So you don't like regional pilots? Last I checked we're all flying major airline routes for way less.

 

[Gr82Aviate]

I'm just a cargo guy, so maybe I don't know what I'm talking about. It occurs to me, however, that working for crappy wages is not quite the same thing as selling out your union and fellow pilots. How many posts till we hear the "s" word?

Perhaps your reading comprehension needs improvement? I couldn't find any reference to the "s" word in any posts on this thread prior to yours.!?

 

[buxflyr]

Its not because the west coast were under-performing. The long haul domestic routes are less profitable than running a shorter, more frequent route. Aircraft utilization will be maxed out by changing these routes. So will the duty day I am sure.

 

[727RedTails]

They couldn't figure out that the long flights wouldn't produce more revenue then a couple short flights. Must be top notch management over there.

 

[refplusnone]

Perhaps your reading comprehension needs improvement? I couldn't find any reference to the "s" word in any posts on this thread prior to yours.!?

True for this tread. But do a search and you'll find that word follows many a Skybus thread.

Ref

 

[John Pennekamp]

WHAT? Columbus, OH no longer has direct service to San Diego and Washington State? The horror! Why Columbus is the biggest, most importantest city in the Midwest. Just ask any Ohio State fan! Hopefully the Buckeyes won't be in the rose bowl this year, because with no direct service from Columbus, how will they ever get to the west coast?

 

[Soverytired]

BS. if that's true then there's nothing wrong with mesa. but there is, b/c anytime someone excepts industry lowering wages is not helping a damn thing.

The big problem with Mesa isn't the wages, it's their complete lack of work rules.

 

[ReverseSensing]

Hopefully the Buckeyes won't be in the rose bowl this year, because with no direct service from Columbus, how will they ever get to the west coast?

As far as the Rose Bowl goes, there will be plenty of unused west-bound capacity from a state just north of Ohio. :nuts:

 

[dooork]

Starting a cheap low cost airline that has reduced employee pay is what Southwest was born from......and look where they are now.

 

[Aerosurfer]

Starting a cheap low cost airline that has reduced employee pay is what Southwest was born from......and look where they are now.

Reduced pay is one thing......... 40% of standard wage for captains is just insulting. Im going to make that much as a 145CA flying a plane with 1/3 the capacity. Lets not even get into how the Flight attendants are paid..... commission plus $9.00/hr... C'mon not with our strict work rule does that equal a liveable wage.

Hey I'm sure we could find you a picket line to cross.....

 

[A-V-8]

I thought that was Go-Jets, I am sorry Lumburg. Can we have two of them?

Who makes more Go-Jets or SkyBus?