Independence Air to close down Fri, Jan 5 2006

I'm a big fan of Independence Air -- the low budget airline that opened 18 months ago -- that s based out of IAD (Dulles, Washington DC). It provided direct flights cheaply to a lot of places that I know people appreciated that normally didn't get too much press, like WV, CT and more.

The state of the airline industry continues to flounder; the same protections that existed for the railroads throughout the late 19th to early 20th century in the form of subsidies, tort reforms and liability protections, are being currently debated or are already even implemented. Unfortunately for the small budding I-Air, it's too late.

For more information, see: http://www.flyi.com/

Goodbye Independence Air!