CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Ke hoʻolālā nei ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu ʻo Skybus Airlines ma Port Columbus International Airport ma kahi papahana like no Yeager Airport.
Ua piʻi mai nā luna o ka moku ʻo Charleston me $ 3 miliona i ke kālā hua e pono ai e hoʻomaka i ka mokulele hoʻolimalima haʻahaʻa. Ua hoʻohiki ʻia ke kālā e ka hālāwai Charleston a me Central West Virginia a me nā bureaus malihini, ka mokuʻāina Jobs Investment Trust, ka Charleston Area Alliance a me nā mea hoʻopukapuka pilikino.
ʻO Skybus hoʻokumu ʻo John Weikle, kahi kamaʻāina South Charleston, ke ʻimi nei i $ 40 miliona mai nā panakō hoʻopukapuka.
Inā hānai ʻia ke kapikala e ka hopena o ke kauwela, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Weikle e hiki ke hoʻomaka ka hana ma Kekemapa. ʻAʻole i kapa ʻia ka inoa o ka mokulele i hāpai ʻia akā kapa ʻia kēia manaʻo ʻo Project New Horizons.
Wahi a Weikle he ʻokoʻa kāna papahana mai ka hoʻohālike i hoʻohana ʻia e Independence Air, ka mea i kū i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā mokulele mai Charleston i Ianuali 2006 ma hope o ka faila ʻana no ka panakalupa. Ua hoʻohana ka Dulles, Va., Mokulele mokulele i kahi ʻōnaehana hub-a-ʻōlelo a hoʻokūkū me nā halihali nui i ka hapa nui o nā ala, i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. Aia i loko o kāna hihiʻo ka lawelawe kikoʻī me kahi ala hoʻohui ʻole i nā ala i lawelawe ʻole ʻia e nā mea lawe nui.
ʻO nā hoʻolālā tentative no ka mokulele hoʻomaka me ka hilinaʻi nui i nā kūʻai kūʻai balota Pūnaewele a me ka manaʻo no-frills e uku keu no nā lawelawe e like me nā meaʻai a me nā mea inu. Kuhi ʻia nā kūlanakauhale huakaʻi he 15.
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He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The money has been promised by the Charleston and Central West Virginia convention and visitors bureaus, the state Jobs Investment Trust, the Charleston Area Alliance and private investors.
- Tentative plans for the startup airline include heavy reliance on Internet ticket sales and a no-frills concept that would charge extra for services such as meals and beverages.
- Weikle says his plan is different from the model used by Independence Air, which stopped offering flights out of Charleston in January 2006 after filing for bankruptcy.
