• USA Today, Wednesday, May 27, 2009 10 AM

JetAmerica, the latest venture from Skybus founder John Weikle, plans to launch July 13 with promotional fares as low as $9 one way. Typical normal fares will begin at $69.

Cities served via Boeing 737s will include Newark, N.J.; Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.; Toledo, Ohio; South Bend, Ind.; Lansing, Mich.; and Melbourne-Vero Beach, Fla. Miami Air International, a charter carrier, will provide and operate the aircraft for JetAmerica.

Skybus, which offered some seats for as low as $10, operated for less than a year until grounded by financial difficulties in April 2008. Weikle had left the company the previous May.

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