FYI for those who were thinking about flying Jet America into Melbourne.
This was in the local paper today. I was really hoping they would make a go of it as flights from Melbourne to Lansing are perfect for us.
Discount air carrier JetAmerica, which targeted Melbourne, folds before first flight
BY ADAM LOWENSTEIN Florida Today
Originally published 02:44 p.m., July 20, 2009
Updated 02:44 p.m., July 20, 2009
MELBOURNE Balking at paying nearly $500,000 for take-off slots at Newark International Airport, JetAmerica on Friday suspended its operations with more than 25,000 tickets sold but not a single flight taken.
The airlines chairman vowed to return to service this fall, however, with Melbournes airport the closest commercial airport to Indian River County serving as the base for the operations lone Boeing 737-800 jet.
Melbourne will be our focus city, Steve Schoen said in a telephone interview late Friday from Clearwater, where the airline is based. He later added that the airport in Lansing, Mich., will also be a target city.
Schoen said late October or November is the goal for starting service, giving the airline time to adjust its marketing materials and schedule after dropping Newark and likely replacing it with another New York metro area airport, such as Islip or White Plains, and possibly adjusting other routes.
In the meantime, ticket holders should receive automatic refunds in the next 14 business days.
The culprit behind the shutdown, according to Schoen, was the same one that caused the airline to delay its inaugural July 14 flights for a month: slots at Newark.
Spokesman Bryan Glazer said Friday the problem started months ago when JetAmerica, being a charter airline, was told it did not need slots at Newark. Once that was determined, the airline began selling tickets.
But the Federal Aviation Administration later told JetAmerica that it was operating like a scheduled airline, not a charter, and would, in fact, need slots. Buying the slots from other airlines at upwards of $40,000 each became cost prohibitive, Glazer said, and triggered first the July delay, and then, on Friday, the shutdown.
Schoen said other charter operations at Newark were allowed to operate without slots, and that it would have cost JetAmerica at least $450,000 to purchase the slots needed for its schedule.
Thats unheard of for a charter carrier, he said.
Between refunds from the first month of cancelled flights and those tickets purchased for mid-August and beyond, the airline will return about $1.5 million to customers, Glazer said, and pay about $45,000 of its own money for credit card transaction fees.
We are disappointed that JetAmerica was unable to overcome its business start-up hurdles, but we understand the myriad of challenges involved in creating a new airline, said Richard Ennis, executive director of Melbourne International. This is why the airport board, based on past experience, made its agreement with the airline performance-based.
Still, the board spent most of the $25,000 it allocated for marketing JetAmerica, but there may be a payoff yet, said airport spokeswoman Lori Booker. Melbourne was an attractive destination for other JetAmerica airports, including those in Lansing and Toledo, Ohio.
We cant help but think that the heightened visibility will pay off in the long run, she said.
About refunds
JetAmerica customers not receiving a full refund in 14 days may call 727-451-3970.
Source: JetAmerica
.... Although you just did help! Now one night Ocean Grille and 1 night Oriente!!!
But for real - Oriente does not sound at all like the name of a Cuban-fusion restaurant! 
It does not take much of an excuse for me to buy new clothing...but now that I am trying to pack lighter tho and check less luggage since we got the Owners Locker I have to be REALLY careful about how much stuff I buy while I'm there so I can get it home!! Hummm...suppose there's always the idea of wearing layers on the plane!! 
This will be our first trip there too!
