NEWARK, N.J. — A new low-cost airline will begin serving midsize U.S. cities that it thinks larger carriers have left behind. Clearwater, Fla.- based JetAmerica said 34 nonstop passenger flights a week will start July 13 at Toledo, Ohio; South Bend, Ind.; Melbourne, Fla.; Newark, N.J.; Minneapolis; and Lansing, Mich. Six more flights from Toledo to Minneapolis start Aug. 14.
JetAmerica’s move comes amid a national trend that has seen airfares increase at those airports as daily flights have decreased.The Lansing, South Bend, Melbourne and Toledo airports are subsidizing JetAmerica with $1.4 million in grants in its first year, along with about $867,000 in waived airport fees and $1.1 million in marketing and advertising assistance. The Associated Press
