Low-fare airline could help H.P.
By Thomas Russell -- Furniture Today, October 28, 2007
High Point — High Point Market Authority officials are delighted that low-fare carrier Skybus Airlines will locate a hub at the Piedmont Triad International Airport in nearby Greensboro, N.C.
HPMA President and CEO Brian Casey called the development "very good news for the High Point Market." He told Furniture/Today the discount airline has the potential to benefit some 22,836 retailers.
In particular, he said, it could "be very helpful to small and medium-sized dealers looking for cost-effective ways to get to market. We finally have a low-cost carrier that will link the Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point area with Florida, the Gulf Coast, East Coast and the West Coast."
He noted that flying from the West Coast has been expensive for buyers wanting to attend the market here.
"Obviously, it is extremely important to us to continue to attract buyers from medium and small businesses across the country, many of whom are very price sensitive when it comes to business travel," Casey said. "We welcome the Skybus news not only because it will provide low-cost access to the market, but because of the time-savings and added convenience buyers traveling here will enjoy thanks to our proximity to the airport."
Observers noted the presence of a discount airline such as Skybus could lead other airlines serving the airport to reduce their fares.
Skybus, which has a few seats on each flight available at $10 each, has offered one daily flight between Greensboro and Columbus, Ohio, since May and will add flights to seven other cities in early 2008.
Starting Jan. 6, it will offer a second flight to Columbus, along with daily flights to Boston via Portsmouth International Airport in Portsmouth, N.H.; Jacksonville/Daytona Beach, Fla., via St. Augustine Airport; and Punta Gorda/Fort Myers, Fla., via Charlotte County Airport.
On Jan. 17, it will add daily nonstop service to Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Gulfport-Biloxi, Miss.; and the Hartford, Conn.-Springfield, Mass., area via the Westover Metropolitan Airport in Chicopee, Mass.
Starting Feb. 25, Skybus will add daily nonstop service to Los Angeles via the Bob Hope International Airport in Burbank, Calif.
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