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Skybus becomes third airline this week to shut down

It has definitely been a tough week for airlines, and yesterday Skybus became the third airline to stop operating.

Once again, the main culprits are rising fuel costs and the slowing economy, making it almost impossible for small, low-cost airline companies to compete in the current market. Skybus decided that it would be shutting down all operations as of yesterday, and plans to file for bankruptcy over the course of the next week.

Skybus has not been around for too long. The company started up about a year ago and operated around 75 flights a day. The company had 350 employees working out of Columbus, Ohio, and 100 in Greensboro, N.C.

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