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Current Events => Economics => Topic started by: RobJohnson on May 27, 2009, 11:47:36 PM
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A new low-cost airline will begin serving mid-sized U.S. cities that it thinks larger carriers have left behind.
Clearwater, Fla.-based JetAmerica said 34 nonstop passenger flights a week will start July 13 at Toledo, Ohio; South Bend, Ind.; Melbourne, Fla.; Newark, N.J.; Minneapolis and Lansing, Mich. Twenty-eight flights start or end at Newark Liberty International Airport. The carrier will add six more flights -- from Toledo to Minneapolis -- starting Aug. 14.
JetAmerica is targeting small and midsize cities like Lansing, which has seen the number of daily flights at its Capital Region International Airport fall from 35 to 12 the past five years. The decline is part of a national trend that has seen airfares increase at those airports as daily flights have decreased.
Robert Selig, head of the Capital Region Airport Authority, said JetAmerica will give Lansing business travelers direct access to New York City and carry leisure travelers to central Florida
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/New-lowcost-airline-targets-apf-15348934.html?.v=5
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doesn't seem possible does it?
they charging $25 for food and drinks and $5 to use the restroom?
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The $9.00 seats are on the wing.
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The $9.00 seats are on the wing.
lol. really tight seatbelts
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they will probably charge $500 per ticket for fuel :-)
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The $9.00 seats are on the wing.
...but for the left wing, they charge a "carbon tax" of $3842.02. :uhsure:
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doesn't seem possible does it?
they charging $25 for food and drinks and $5 to use the restroom?
Airlines only have to offer, something like 10% of the seats, at a discounted price for a promotion.
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The seat is $9. The duct tape required to securely fasten the seat to the fuselage (outside) goes for $1100. And if you want oxygen, well, I hope you can hold your breath!
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Spirit Airline is also a cheap airline that offers specials of $1,$2 etc. I have a cousin who just went round trip, with wife and 2 kids, DC to Fort Lauderdale for under $150.00
It is "NoFrills". You are allowed one carry-on plus purse, backpack. If you check lugguage it is $10 a bag, maybe a little less if it is done ahead of time on line. Any snack or drink will cost you, regular airport prices. Most of Spirit's planes are new Airbus A319 and A321's and the seats are ample and good amount of leg room.
Spirit Airlines (http://www.spiritair.com/)