=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SFGate. The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/n/a/2007/05/22/financial/= f094153D84.DTL --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, May 22, 2007 (AP) Discount airline Skybus' inaugural flight departs for Burbank (05-22) 09:41 PDT Columbus, Ohio (AP) -- Skybus, the new airline that offers some tickets for $10, got off the ground Tuesday with its first flight, a 9:36 a.m. departure from Columbus to Burbank, Calif. The flight was almost full, Skybus spokeswoman Rachel Escusa said. The discount airline also had flights to Kansas City and Portsmouth, N.H= ., north of Boston, on its schedule Tuesday, she said. Flights between Columbus and the airline's other six initial destinations — including Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Oakland, Calif.; and Bellingham, Wash., about 80 miles north of Seattle — will be phased in over the coming weeks. The company plans to fly to 25 cities from its Columbus hub, trying to compete with Southwest, JetBlue and other no-frills airlines. Every Skybus flight will offer at least 10 tickets for $10 each. Tickets are booked solely through the company's Web site to save costs, part of a business strategy that includes charging passengers for services, such as checked bags and priority boarding. ___ On the Net: Skybus Airlines, www.skybus.com/ --------------------------------------------------------= -------------- Copyright 2007 AP <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you wish to unsubscribe from the AIRLINE List, please send an E-mail to: "listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx". Within the body of the text, only write the following:"SIGNOFF AIRLINE".