For years and years, two stalwart, reliable airlines carried us local folks back and forth among our lovely islands: Hawaiian Airlines, the country’s 11th largest, which has been operating since 1929, and Aloha Airlines, founded in 1947. In recent years, both airlines began serving a number of west coast cities. That all changed last March,…
In fact, it’s heartbreaking. After more than 60 years of providing air service among these islands and more recently to the U.S. mainland, Aloha Airlines will shut down. It’s a long, sad story, but the short version is that a corporate raider, Mesa Air from Phoenix, Arizona, deliberately and unfairly drove Aloha out of business….
This morning’s newspaper contained word that Aloha Airlines has gone into bankrupcy. For background, see my earlier post: A Bizarre Development in Hawaii’s Airline War . This does not necessarily mean Aloha’s demise — they have been in and out of Chapter 11 before — but it can be considered another step forward in Mesa…
A strange story, which local folks have been buzzing about for a month, has just reached the national news networks. But first, some background: We’ve had two local airlines here in Hawaii for a long time. Aloha Airlines has been flying inter-island since the late 40s and Hawaiian Airlines has been operating since way back…