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Skybus: Now Selling $10 Flights to "New York"

11/01/2007 at 2:03 PM
Tags: Skybus, Low Cost Carriers, LCCs, New Routes, SWF, CMH, GSO (all tags)

Starting January 6, you'll be able to fly Skybus from Columbus to New York on the ultra-low cost carrier. Two flights a day will also serve Skybus' focus city of Greensboro beginning February 25.

Of course, the airline won't be flying to New York City. We're talking New York Stewart International, 79 miles north of the Gran Manzana. (For some reason, Skybus says SWF is only 55 miles north of Manhattan.) If Google Maps is to be trusted, the drive could take you more than two hours in traffic.

Skybus' service from Columbus is starting--probably not coincidentally--the same day that JetBlue wraps operations at the airport. But JetBlue flew from CMH to JFK, which despite being in NYC was a long way from Manhattan. Will flyers be willing to drive two-and-a-half hours just to save some scratch on plane tickets? We'll see.

Related Stories:
· Skybus to Serve Big Apple [Columbus Dispatch]
· Skybus Announces New Service [Official Site]
· Skybus coverage [Jaunted]