Yep, JetAmerica delayed again
July 2nd, 2009 at 06:02pm Thomas V. Bona
Cranky Flier confirms that JetAmerica is delaying its launch another month. It has sent a letter to its customers saying it will refund tickets sold before Aug. 14 (check the bottom of the post and the comments section for the letter):
Unfortunately, however, you are receiving this notice to inform you that due to landing slot issues in Newark, that we are going to have to delay our first flights 30 days until August 14th. When we started planning your flight months ago, we were not required as an Indirect Air Carrier to have landing and takeoff slots at Newark’s Liberty International Airport; however, due to recent policy clarifications, even Indirect Air Carriers now have to have slots into and out of Newark. We just found out about this on May 30th and have been working hard to acquire the slots from the FAA and other airlines.
“Policy clarifications”? Is that like when my boss “clarifies” that I have to get a story done on time? Weird stuff.
Entry Filed under: Uncategorized
9 Comments Add your own
1. Sally Hanks | July 2nd, 2009 at 6:04 pm
I think that the next “clarification” they will receive is the one that states who owns the Jet America trademark.
2. Thomas V. Bona | July 2nd, 2009 at 6:26 pm
If you mean Alaska Airlines, they noted earlier this year that they do not still have the JetAmerica name. As for the corporate jet company Jet America, my understanding is its not an issue (maybe making it one word makes all the difference).
3. Sally Hanks | July 2nd, 2009 at 7:06 pm
I did not know that….thanks!
4. rfdbusinessman | July 4th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
JetAmerica seems to be a mess starting up. I think that it is a blessing in disguise that they did not start up here. That being said I would like to see JetAmerica get going, grow and succeed with RFD being served. Still fearful that their flying planes too large for the markets being served though.
I understand that there is another proposed start up looking to fly out of Gary to Reagan National and Newark. Stay tuned. Could they be looking to RFD also ?
5. Thomas V. Bona | July 6th, 2009 at 10:05 am
rfdbusinessman - Tell me more about the proposed startup … I know of someone looking at GYY but hadn’t heard Newark and Regan…
6. greybush | July 6th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Viza Airlines
7. rfdbusinessman | July 7th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
greybush has it right. This is according to some short newspaper clips in the NW Indiana newspapers. Do a news google search on gary chicago airport and you should see about three short articles. Thanks for all the good work you do Thomas.
8. Thomas V. Bona | July 7th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Man, that Viza Airlines site has got issues…
Though, JetAmerica has a nice site and sketchy service so far. So maybe quality of site is inversely proportional to success…?
9. Anonymous | July 9th, 2009 at 8:45 am
“So maybe quality of site is inversely proportional to success…?”
LOL…possibly.
JetAmerica isn’t going to fly. They are finished. Indirect air carriers are basically one step above general aviation. That means slot restrictions are applicable to them and they are way down the food chain. What makes anyone think that this will be fixed by 8/14? As another poster noted, the planes are way too big, which is why the frequency will kill them.
Leave a Comment
Some HTML allowed:
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <code> <em> <i> <strike> <strong>
Trackback this post | Subscribe to the comments via RSS Feed