For those of you who found this message on the Skybus website, checkout the forums to vent or fix your travel plans.
OK we have contact info for all of you who wish to complain!
Primary contact
Floyd Nickerson
Vice president, people
(614) 246-8800
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Kenneth Gile
President and chief operating officer
(614) 246-8800
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Bill Diffenderffer
Chief executive officer
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Skybus Airlines will cease all operations effective Saturday, April 5.
Skybus struggled to overcome the combination of rising jet fuel costs and a slowing economic environment. These two issues proved to be insurmountable for a new carrier.We deeply regret the impact this decision will have on our employees and their families, customers, vendors, suppliers, airport officials and others in the cities in which we have operated. Our financial condition is such that our Board of Directors felt it had no choice but to cease operations.
Passengers holding reservations for Skybus flights scheduled to depart on or after Saturday, April 5, 2008 should contact their credit card companies to arrange to apply for a refund. More information for customers and others will be made available on the Skybus web site (www.skybus.com) as it becomes available.
All flights for Friday, April 4 will be completed. Passengers holding reservations on flights for Friday, April 4 should check in for their flight at a Skybus kiosk at the airport instead of the Skybus website.
Nice to know that airlines can just shut their doors within a few hours notice. This message was posted at 8pm CT on Friday, 4-4-08. I had checked flights earlier today and noticed that they were not up-to-date. Now I know why.
This totally sucks. I was able to fly to Columbus from California for like $15 bucks. I hope another airline takes it's place! We need more cheap tickets!
The 450 Skybus employees — pilots, flight attendants and ground staff — are suddenly out of work, with virtually no notice. Some even reported to work only to find that they were out of a job.