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.
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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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