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NEWS ABOUT: Skybus

Skybus stories: 4 news summaries

 Thousands Stuck
 as Asian Budget Airline Folds

Hong Kong airline becomes 4th carrier to go bust this month

Apr 9, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of passengers have been stranded in Hong Kong, London, and Vancouver with the collapse of Asian budget airline Oasis, the New York Times reports. In a sign that the industry's woes are spreading rapidly, the Hong Kong-based airline joins three US budget carriers to have gone under this month... More »

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bankruptcy • airline industry • Hong Kong • Skybus • airline • gas prices • Aloha Airlines • ATA • budget airlines • Oasis • airline passengers • stranded passengers

Skybus Airlines Goes Bust

Low-cost Ohio carrier with $10 fares is airline industry's third casualty in a week

Apr 5, 08 5:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Anybody who wondered how Skybus could make money with its famous $10 airfares can stop: they didn't. The Ohio-based airline has become the latest US carrier to go bankrupt in the face of soaring fuel costs and a sluggish economy, the Columbus Dispatch reports. It made its last flight yesterday... More »

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bankruptcy • airline industry • Skybus • airline • gas prices • Aloha Airlines • ATA • Columbus

Skybus Soars With No-Frills Flights

Passengers snap up
$10 seats but extras add up fast

Aug 20, 07 6:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Budget-conscious flyers have snapped up seats on Skybus Airlines from Columbus, Ohio, to 11 cities, with $10 tickets selling out on each new route hours after they go on sale. The Los Angeles Times tests the Skybus experience, where everything costs extra, from pillows to pretzels. The plane, a new... More »

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travel • advertising • flight • airline industry • Skybus • plane

New Airlines Fly on a Wing and $10

Bargain-basement US carriers
prepare to rock the industry

May 21, 07 6:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Frequent fliers will soon be reminiscing about the small luxuries a $200 airline ticket bought: like free Diet Coke. A new wave of start-up airlines is selling ultra-affordable flights as low as $10. But prepare to plunk down for seat assignments, checked baggage—and even peanuts. More »

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travel • flight • airline industry • Skybus • Skybus airlines • budget • Ryanair • cheap • Allegiant Airlines • American Airlines • air travel • airplane

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