I think 'death by press' is a little unfair. The reports I posted from the Press & Journal seem objective under the circumstances, Air Omega had their right of reply as shown in the articles.
The company took money (whether 10 seats had been sold or a 1000 makes no difference) and was still taking reservations up until 2 days before the launch date. AO must have known at that point they could not make the start date of beginning of Jan.
This episode of shoddy mismanagement and appalling public relations is what the Press & Journal gave front page headlines to 3 days in a row.
Come on Air Omega it's time for some damage limitation if you really are going to get this (or any) service operating.