Toledo posts

by Jamie Rhein (RSS feed) (4 months ago)
Jul 22nd, 2009 at 1:30PM: In an airlines story faux pas, in a post this past Sunday, I inadvertently switched airlines putting Jet Airways as stopping service instead of JetAmerica. Rats! Then Zachary, a faithful Gadling reader, after dragging himself up from the floor after his heart attack from wondering if his trip to Barcelona is not happening after all, had enough energy left to pop me a comment telling me of my GRAVE ...

by Jamie Rhein (RSS feed) (4 months ago)
Jul 18th, 2009 at 11:30AM: That was quick. In less than two months after opening shop for business, Jet Airways JetAmerica has decided it can't take people from Toledo to points beyond after all. The end of May the airlines had started selling tickets to places like Melbourne, Florida, Lansing, Michigan and South Bend, Indiana with plans to expand to Newark, New Jersey and more. The airlines was to start flying this ...

by Jamie Rhein (RSS feed) (6 months ago)
May 27th, 2009 at 8:00PM: When Skybus folded last year, there were rumblings that it might resurrect but in another form. JetAmerica, a new budget airlines has just launched in Toledo. Is Skybus rising like a phoenix from the ashes? Like Skybus, JetAmerica is borrowing some of Ryanair's strategies but unlike Columbus's defunct airline that left behind a hole in airline service and oodles of bills is hoping to avoid ...

by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) (8 months ago)
Mar 17th, 2009 at 9:00AM: Smaller airports may have trouble supporting the needs of large airlines, but smaller carriers are filling in the gaps. Direct Air, for example, moved into Toledo to connect those Ohioans with Myrtle Beach, SC and Punta Gorda, FL – at dirt cheap prices. And, everyone knows that Toledo is a hotbed of trendsetters ... While these smaller airlines do provide service from local airports, saving ...

by Jamie Rhein (RSS feed) (11 months ago)
Dec 31st, 2008 at 9:30AM: Even though the economic forecast seems to drone on and on as being gloomy, here are more tips for how to travel cheaply. With the beginning of a new year, start using some of these tips and you might find out that travel in 2009 can be less expensive than you thought it might be.
One of my mantras is "Don't assume." That means, don't assume something is expensive until you check out all possible ...

by Jamie Rhein (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Oct 17th, 2008 at 1:30PM: When I heard Joe the Plumber, the guy McCain made his personal friend in Wednesday night's presidential debate, was from Holland, Ohio, my first thought was maybe there's something to do in Holland--a weekend getaway perhaps?
Not exactly. Not Holland, per se, but, it's close to Sarah Palin's corn maze for some fall fun. Whitehouse is also in Lucas County.
Corn, Palin and Joe Plumber aside, ...

by Scott Carmichael (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Aug 24th, 2008 at 2:00PM: Passengers on American Eagle flight 4891 from New York's La Guardia airport en route to Cleveland were already running 2 hours late when the pilot asked the flight attendant to advise the passengers that the aircraft would be diverted to Toledo. The reason given was "an emergency has shutdown Cleveland Hopkins Airport". Once the plane landed, passengers whipped out their mobile phones, expecting ...