Bloodbath 2008: Skybus the youngest victim yet

Aloha, Champion, ATA, and now add Skybus as the latest airline to die a miserable death within the last week at the hands of rising fuel costs and an economy in the dump. Last night the Columbus, Ohio based airline said it would file Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday after shutting down all operations today. Not even making it a full year of operation, Skybus had the shortest life of any of the recent airline fatalities and hadn't even come close to it's prime. With only 11 of it's 60 ordered A319s and serving only 11 cities with scheduled service, I don't think too many people are going to notice them missing in action. Well, maybe their 450 employees will.

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