There seems to be a lot of skybus haters in this forum.

I'm biased, but I hope they succeed. I agree that on the revenue side it will be tough. You can only sell so much advertising space, drinks, trip insurance, snacks, etc. On the cost side, they will definitely have an advantage over the legacy carriers in terms of labor, slotting fees, reservation agents, customer service, maintenance (new fleet and only one type of aircfraft), etc.

One of the things that might give them a chance is the fact that they are creating a new customer segment for their product. In addition to taking leisure travellers away from other cariers, they are targeting people who normally wouldn't do a weekend vacation or visit family/friends, etc. due to the cost.

I also believe that they will eventually fly point to point instead of connecting through CMH. They only received a handful of planes from their first complete order, so when they take full delivery, hopefully we'll see more routes.

I do agree that it will be ugly when there are delays/cancellations and everyone is trying to rebook new flights as they have no 800 number. But I guess that is the risk one is taking by purchasing dirt cheap fares. I think expectations have clearly been set so people should know what they are in for.

Just my .02