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Liveblogging Skybus: Final Thoughts

This is it, our review of flight numbers 2 and 7 on Skybus is coming to and end.

The above photos was taken at CMH minutes before that happy mob tried to board a two hour delayed Skybus flight to Portsmouth New Hampshire last evening.

Why was the mob so happy?

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Liveblogging Skybus: Can In-Flight Shopping Work?

Ok, the Skybus flight review is live via tape delay today.

Skybus raised $160 million dollars before they went wheels up on May 22nd--more than any other start up--ever. While we all know ten dollar flights are the hook, it is the in-flight sales that both employees and investors are counting on to help buoy the bottom line.

Will it work?

SKYBUS MENU PHOTO AND SHOPPING DETAILS

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Liveblogging Skybus: Flight Attendants Must Have Nice Calves

Ok, the Skybus flight review is live via tape delay today.

The biggest question readers were asking us before launch centered around the Skybus flight attendants.

How do I become a Skybus Flight Attendant? What will they wear? Will they be hot? How much will they get paid? Are they going to have to sell, sell, sell?

You have questions, we have answers.

SKYBUS FLIGHT ATTENDANT DETAILS AND PHOTO GALLERY HERE

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Liveblogging Skybus Launch: Skybus Video Tour

All leather seats, a new plane smell, and the configuration did not seem drastically out of whack. The flight was not full, so there was a middle seat buffer in play during our flight.

As promised, there is no in-flight entertainment and opportunities for you to spend money on everything from food to t-shirts are tossed your way throughout the flight.

Not sure passengers will want to fly across the U.S. in these planes, unless you snag a $10 ticket on each leg of your flight, but for short flights they should be fine, as long as they stay relatively grot free.

SKYBUS PLANE VIDEO TOUR (SCROLL DOWN)

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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.

MORE PLUS PHOTO GALLERY FROM PEASE

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Liveblogging Skybus: We Were On Flight Number 2

Early this morning we drove ourselves to the long dormant Pease airport in Portsmouth New Hampshire and boarded Skybus flight number two, which landed in Columbus Ohio not too long ago. Fellow passengers included Skybus CEO Bill Diffenderffer and the companies chief operating officer Ken Gile. Also, plenty of college kids and young families, psyched to shell out just $10 each way to visit family, were on the A319.

The flight itself was smooth and landed at 11:11 am, just a couple minutes late. For now we will leave you with a video of us heading out to the plane at Pease. Our uncontrollably shaky camera work shows that we must have been extremely excited to board the plane. Stay tuned for plenty more.

Check out the Skybus Video (Scroll Down).

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Liveblogging ANA Flight 009, JFK-NRT

Jaunted editor Davie Kaufmann will be updating this mid-air live blog throughout her long flight, so check back! Better yet, say "hi" to Davie in the comments.

Greetings from All Nippon Airways flight 009, with service from New York's John F. Kennedy Airport to Japan's Narita Airport. Yes, we're on our way to Tokyo and the Connexion service on our flight is FREE!

1:50 PM EST: First impressions of the economy cabin are good. Leg room: decent. Flight attendants: nice. Water: tasty. Unidentifiable snack (pictured): not trying it. Internet connection: generally strong with only one lag so far. We're pretty much positive that our opinions of the seating will change once we've been on here for 10 hours (it's only been about 1 hour; total flight time is 14), but for now, all is good. Check back here later for more updates.

4:19 PM EST: The internet connection has slowed down a bit, but for $0, it ain't half bad. Passed on the meal, but it seemed edible. AVOD works great, but we don't like the movies--lots of Sandra Bullock and family stuff. Lost all our yen in video blackjack. Also, that special time has come when economy pax start jolting their seats back, thus propping up the laptop to type gets harder. Time for a nap!

8:45 PM EST: TWO Ambien and still, just a few winks here and there. I gave the man in the seat next to me a name: Paul. Paul's knee is totally invading my space, but I refuse to say anything, because I feel bad that he has the middle seat. As for whoever in front of me has their seat reclined, that's another story. Like, where are the margaritas, dude? Is this Club Med Airways? Lessons learned: I am the nicest person you can possibly sit next to on a long haul; you want to sit next to me. I, however, do not under any circumstances want to sit next to you.

12:06 AM EST: Screaming baby count: 1 (muffled). Snacks consumed so far: 1 almond from new, still otherwise unidentifiable mix. Yen lost on video blackjack: too much to count. Jimmy Buffett in front of me has eased up a bit, and Paul is just a doll as always. I feel at one with my fellow passengers...very calm bunch we are. With about two hours left, I'm ready to say this is way more pleasant than I expected. I did a 10 hour flight from Vienna to JFK on Austrian that was WAY WORSE.

1:04 AM EST: Someone turn on the AC! It's WARM! This is the most conservatively air conditioned flight I have ever been on.

5:30 AM EST: Not on the flight anymore. Made it from Narita into the city with great ease. ANA gets an A-/B+ for its economy product. Too bad Connexion is going the way of the Dodo (for now, at least). Seeing as I fasted on the plane, I'm due for a snack. Time for nourishment like only my beloved North Asian convenience stores can provide. Sayonara.

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Liveblogging the LimoLiner

Hey, kids, it's your faithful editor here, testing the limits of mobile internet. We're on the LimoLiner. What is that, you ask? Why, it's a luxury bus that travels between New York and Boston, equipped with wireless internet, satellite TV, and most impoprtantly, leather seats with lots of legroom. Anyway, click here to view the full, hour-long, live blogging glory of Jaunted's editor on a bus, until we get tired. We promise it's more exciting than it sounds.

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