Start-up Skybus Airlines sold 97,000 seats in its first day, selling out its $10 one-way tickets on flights from Fort Lauderdale to Columbus, Ohio through August.

The Columbus-based airline is awaiting Federal Aviation Administration approval for its plans to begin service between the two cities May 29. It plans to sell at least 10 seats that cost $10 on all its flights and the remainder will sell for higher prices.

The service will be between Columbus and Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay area, Vancouver, Richmond, Va., Kansas City and Greensboro/Winston-Salem, N.C. Flights can only be booked at www.skybus.com.