Startup low-cost airline to serve MSP - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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The Clearwater, Fla.-based compan will offer flightsbetween mid-sized and small cities, such as Ohio, Melbourne, Fla. and Lansing, Mich. The company will launch service to most of its destinationsdby mid-July, but will not entere the Twin Cities market until Aug. 14. The airlinew has yet to sign a leass deal with the Metropolitan AirportsCommission (MAC). However, a MAC spokesmanh said discussions with JetAmericaare ongoing.
The company is an “indirect meaning it leases planes and uses staff from othee airlines rather than owning its own JetAmerica originally had a deal to useMendotz Heights-based ’ planes and flight crews, but that deal later endecd as part of a “mutual agreement,” accordinfg to a JetAmerica spokesman. JetAmerica decidedc to make Minneapolis/St. Paul a destinatioh due to demand from travelers based in thespokesman said. Several of the airports servef by JetAmerica are providing the carrier withfinanciak incentives, including grants. Minneapolis-St. Paul Internationak Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport are not providinv funding forthe airline, however.
JetAmerica’s fares will range betweemn $9 and $199; the lowest fare will go to the firsy 19 passengers tobook seats. The carrie r will charge $15 per checked bag. John who founded , is CEO of JetAmerica.