Planning a meeting in a mid-sized U.S. city but having trouble getting your attendees in and out? JetAmerica may be able to help.
More and more meeting planners are turning to tier II meeting destinations as a means of lowering costs. However, smaller cities also present new challenges. For one, they often lack the large hub airports of larger metropolitan, and thus they are accessible by fewer flights and airlines. This is where JetAmerica may come in for your event
The Clearwater, Florida-based, low-cost airline plans to offer 34 non-stop flights a week starting July 13 at Lansing, Michigan; Melbourne-Vero Beach, Florida; South Bend, Indiana; and Toledo, Ohio to New York-Newark, New Jersey. Starting August 1, it will fly round-trip from Toledo to Minneapolis-St. Paul. Future cities under consideration for 2009 include Charleston, West Virginia; Cincinnati, Ohio; Dayton, Ohio; and St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida.
"Our goal is to fly wherever JetAmerica can offer air fares of at least 40 percent less than competitors," JetAmerica CEO John Weikle said in a statement. "The JetAmerica business model is based on flying routes to mostly secondary, underserved cities with populations of three to six million people living within 75 miles of uncongested airports that do not currently provide big jet, direct, non-stop service to key destinations."
In addition to connecting people to "underserved cities," the airline offers the benefit of
low fares, which start at $9 for the first 19 seats and cap off at $199. According to the Associated Press, the South Bend, Toledo, and Melbourne airports are subsidizing the airline with $1.4 million in grants in its first year.
Visit JetAmerica to learn more.
More and more meeting planners are turning to tier II meeting destinations as a means of lowering costs. However, smaller cities also present new challenges. For one, they often lack the large hub airports of larger metropolitan, and thus they are accessible by fewer flights and airlines. This is where JetAmerica may come in for your event
The Clearwater, Florida-based, low-cost airline plans to offer 34 non-stop flights a week starting July 13 at Lansing, Michigan; Melbourne-Vero Beach, Florida; South Bend, Indiana; and Toledo, Ohio to New York-Newark, New Jersey. Starting August 1, it will fly round-trip from Toledo to Minneapolis-St. Paul. Future cities under consideration for 2009 include Charleston, West Virginia; Cincinnati, Ohio; Dayton, Ohio; and St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida.
"Our goal is to fly wherever JetAmerica can offer air fares of at least 40 percent less than competitors," JetAmerica CEO John Weikle said in a statement. "The JetAmerica business model is based on flying routes to mostly secondary, underserved cities with populations of three to six million people living within 75 miles of uncongested airports that do not currently provide big jet, direct, non-stop service to key destinations."
In addition to connecting people to "underserved cities," the airline offers the benefit of
low fares, which start at $9 for the first 19 seats and cap off at $199. According to the Associated Press, the South Bend, Toledo, and Melbourne airports are subsidizing the airline with $1.4 million in grants in its first year.
Visit JetAmerica to learn more.
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