As one who lives 35 min from CMH, Skybus is a blessing, not because of low cost only). For the first time ever, my family of 5 flew direct to Richmond versus 9 hours on the road.

The boarding experience was very similar to Southwest. I had just flown 5 days earlier to New Orleans on Southwest so I have a back to back comparison and the A319 is much quieter than the 737 (which I love) and the comfort (or discomfort) level was the same.

Skybus announces in the terminal that no food is allowed but they do not check for food. I brought food on and could easily have eaten it but to be respectful I did not, afterall we were flying for $10 a ticket and it is only fair that they should make some profit on food and drink which was reasonably priced.

I was so thrilled with the experience I have booked a $35/ticket family trip to KC which puts us 3 hours from Omaha to visit family. Otherwise, Omaha is a $200 trip each with a change of planes (something I will not do with 3 kids under 10), yes we do have to drive 3 hours, something we are accustomed to and we would have to rent something either way.