New Low-Cost Airline For Vancouverites

Citizens of Vancouver (and Seattle) will soon have a new low-cost airline available to them. SkyBus is a brand new airline modeled after Irish discount carrier RyanAir. I just checked their website and found return flights for as low as US$60 ($50 + $10 taxes) each way. That's the good news. Here's the rest of the story:

• Flights are out of Bellingham. You can either drive down and park for $6/day, get a friend to drive you down, or take a shuttle bus.
• All flights go through Columbus, Ohio.
• The first 2 checked bags cost $5 each. Subsequent bags cost $50 each.

But still, non-business travelers, especially students, will probably make good use of the service to travel around the U.S. for much less than any other airline.