How would you like to pay only $9 for your next flight to Florida or Michigan?
Introducing JetAmerica, the newest low-fare, no-frills airline. It’s intriguing marketing pitch – up to 19 seats on every flight for just $9, less than the toll on some highway, and it’s not just an introductory offer, but for as long as the airline is flying, which at this price, I wonder how long before JetAmerica goes the way of Air Florida, ValueJet and the host of other, now defunct, low-cost airlines.
Part of why JetAmerica is able to offer such low fares, is because of federal grant money designed to encourage the use of regional airports. JetAmerica is planning flights from Newark, NJ; Toledo, OH; Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN; Detroit, Lansing, South Bend, MI and Melbourne FL.
Tags: Aviation, JetAmerica, low-cost airlines, regional airlines
And, just as you predicted as of July 17th, this note was on the Jet America website:
“JetAmerica, the Florida-based public charter operator, announced today that it was suspending sales to all markets and that it would immediately begin to notify affected customers and process refunds to all customers who have booked on the public charter flights.”