ExpressJet's new service aims to be a time saver

0 Comments | USA TODAY, February, 2007 | by Dan Reed

FORT WORTH -- Travelers this week may begin buying airline tickets on a Texas-based carrier that plans to have service to 24 cities coast-to-coast by the end of June.

ExpressJet, a feeder airline spun off by Continental Airlines in 2002, launches its own scheduled air service April 2 in eight cities, including San Antonio; Spokane, Wash.; and Kansas City, Mo.

The airline's route network will have a transcontinental reach when it adds Jacksonville a few months later.

Tickets went on sale Monday afternoon at the carrier's new website, xjet.com. ExpressJet plans to add sales at online and conventional travel agencies, and to establish its own telephone reservations line.

Houston-based ExpressJet will use its corporate name for its new...