Liveblogging Skybus: When Greyhounds Fly
Skybus flight number one, which took off from Columbus Ohio and landed at Pease in Portsmouth New Hampshire shortly before 9 a.m. this morning, was a big deal for the Portsmouth economy.
Skybus flight number one, which took off from Columbus Ohio and landed at Pease in Portsmouth New Hampshire shortly before 9 a.m. this morning, was a big deal for the Portsmouth economy.
This morning the Skybus welcoming crew at Pease, complete with balloons, and plenty of mainstream media folks, couldn't have been more optimistic.
If Skybus becomes a viable alternative to Manchester and Boston, Portsmouth's antiquated airport may just be revived, but all that is a long way off. For now, Pease can boast free parking and the semi-convenience of being right of 95 and cross their fingers.
However, far more important is who was flying Skybus from Portsmouth to Columbus. The crowd was decidedly Greyhound--the bus company. Plenty of college kids who normally may have boarded a 16-hour bus to Ohio were stoked to get a $10 fare back home. A smattering of families, who might be hard pressed to shell out over $200 for each of their young children to travel to visit family, gladly paid $10 for the opportunity to do so.
Will it last? This isn't Europe. Is there enough of a Portsmouth to Columbus demand to keep these planes in the air? Could Fung Wah Bus in the air actually work? Time will tell.
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