Sorry, meant Greensboro not Chatanooga.
I am very familiar with the Ryanain model as well as the original Southwest, the precursor PSA model, the jetBlue model and even the updated Southwest model.
They are all dependent on O&D traffic as well as an interest for the passengers to want to travel from point A and point B.
Southwest suceeded initialy suceeded by linking major metropolitan areas with inner city airports. The got past that mode with the momentum and size that they gained. Half of their business now is probably connecting.
Ryanair links tourist destinations that are a bus ride away. Their business model and website are point to point oriented. That appears to be the case for skybus.
As I doubt that most Americans would want to take a bus for 50 miles or rent a car for that distance, I cannot not see how the Columbusites (or whatever they call themselves) will be able to keep all the flights full, and the Ryanair business model is highly dependent of extremely high load factors.
This seems like WP all over again.