Skybus website launched!

[bgaviator]

You can start booking tickets now on Skybus. Full web site is now launched. Just FYI.

 

[Guitar Guy]

And don't forget to visit the Skybus online shop at http://www.cafepress.com/skybus/ for all your Skybus needs like this oh-so-cute "low fare bear"

Remember, these are the guys that are looking to Ryanair for inspiration.

 

[On Your Six]

The website says daily flights from Columbus to Burbank for $10? WTF? Yeah, this airline will be around for a few weeks at that rate. Must be an introductory fare...

The website, not surprisingly, is a bit misleading (a la Ryanair) at first glance (you need to read the fine print). Destinations on the website map from Columbus include Seattle, Vancouver, Richmond, Burbank, Ft. Lauderdale, San Francisco, Greensboro, Kansas City and Boston. However, on closer inspection, Seattle and Vancouver traffic would be funnelled into Bellingham, WA. I don't think Bellingham is that close to Seattle - maybe 100 miles or so? Boston-bound pax will actually fly into Portsmouth, NH - sure, it's sorta close... I guess for $10 one-way fares most leisure pax would be willing to drive.

 

[crxpilot]

and i thought flyi's $29 dollar fares were bad..............

 

[TV9Driver]

yay! there is now a website where you can witness the "race to the bottom"!!

 

[skypine69]

So I pretended to book a flight from here to there and back in June. Most days are $10. weekends are $50. If you want to board first and "choose your seat" you can purchase priority boarding for $10 per leg per person. I read some of the contract of carriage. $5 per bag to check the first 2 bags under 50 pounds. $50 per bag for bag 3 and 4 and I think if the bag is over 50 pounds it costs $75. Oh, and you can buy trip insurance to protect your investment in case the flight cancels. Skybus will not rebook on another carrier ever. They are not responsible if they are late missing connections. And yeah, BLI is about a 2 hour drive to SEA depending on the traffic. Last time I was in BLI they did not have any jetwaysat the podunk little terminal they have there.

 

[buxflyr]

The website says daily flights from Columbus to Burbank for $10? WTF? Yeah, this airline will be around for a few weeks at that rate. Must be an introductory fare...

The website, not surprisingly, is a bit misleading (a la Ryanair) at first glance (you need to read the fine print). Destinations on the website map from Columbus include Seattle, Vancouver, Richmond, Burbank, Ft. Lauderdale, San Francisco, Greensboro, Kansas City and Boston. However, on closer inspection, Seattle and Vancouver traffic would be funnelled into Bellingham, WA. I don't think Bellingham is that close to Seattle - maybe 100 miles or so? Boston-bound pax will actually fly into Portsmouth, NH - sure, it's sorta close... I guess for $10 one-way fares most leisure pax would be willing to drive.

Not an introductory fare. Go to usatoday.com and the today in the sky web blog. There is a article in the Columbus Dispatch that says that they will be selling at least 10 seats on every flight for $10 permanently. I did a example from CMH to BUR and back.....total fare = $40! They will sell out at that rate...for better or worse, people cant afford not to fly to LA if you have to for $40.

 

[JECKEL]

"Last time I was in BLI they did not have any jetways at the podunk little terminal they have there."

I don't believe that Shybus plans on using jetways at any airport they fly to. Saves time and money.

 

[General Lee]

Not an introductory fare. Go to usatoday.com and the today in the sky web blog. There is a article in the Columbus Dispatch that says that they will be selling at least 10 seats on every flight for $10 permanently. I did a example from CMH to BUR and back.....total fare = $40! They will sell out at that rate...for better or worse, people cant afford not to fly to LA if you have to for $40.

The key is that if you don't live close to one of their airports, you will need transportation to where you actually live. (if you live in Long Beach, CA, you will need to drive an hour from BUR for example) That will cost you even more money in gas, since LA gas is over $3.20 per gallon. That is the catch---it will cost you more if you don't live near Bellingham, or Pease Air Force Base, etc. The only ones who will benefit will be those living in boring Columbus. Except for OSU and the Buckeyes, the place is boring as heck. Would anyone in BUR, Bellingham, or GSO actually want to go to CHM for a romantic weekend getaway?


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[buxflyr]

The key is that if you don't live close to one of their airports, you will need transportation to where you actually live. (if you live in Long Beach, CA, you will need to drive an hour from BUR for example) That will cost you even more money in gas, since LA gas is over $3.20 per gallon. That is the catch---it will cost you more if you don't live near Bellingham, or Pease Air Force Base, etc. The only ones who will benefit will be those living in boring Columbus. Except for OSU and the Buckeyes, the place is boring as heck. Would anyone in BUR, Bellingham, or GSO actually want to go to CHM for a romantic weekend getaway?


Bye Bye--General Lee

Columbus is actually a pretty good city. If you dont go past the hilton garden inn at the airport, then it may be boring to you. There are good bars downtown... (lodge bar, brothers, frog bear wild boar, etc) Campus is an awesome time, and you can get anywhere in under a half hour. Dublin, Westerville, and Upper Arlington are very nice suburbs, cost of living is low, and plenty of recreation sites.

You may not want to take a vacation to CMH, but it is the biggest city in Ohio, and within two hours of CLE, PIT, CVG, DAY and only a bit further to IND. With driving to the airport easy from any of those cities via I-70 or I-71, I bet they sell plenty of seats. If not...I bet 65 million in funds and $10 fares will.