Aloha Airlines Shuts Down Operations

[Tim C]

Originally Posted by Kent Broadhead

Some are alleging unfair competition from go! airlines - who knows..

As for flying on ALoha's 732s, let's not mention flight 243 (but it was a long time ago.....)

Kent

Hey the old girl still made it down. Considering how many cycles these things do they havent done too badly.

[Kent Broadhead]

Originally Posted by Timch

Hey the old girl still made it down. Considering how many cycles these things do they havent done too badly.

Too true - I mainly remember the incident because I know someone who was on it....

Kent

[Tim C]

Originally Posted by Kent Broadhead

Too true - I mainly remember the incident because I know someone who was on it....

Kent

I bet they are thankful they werent up the front! Or were they? What a story to tell that would be. They havent done too badly when the only thing anyone can say against them is a 1988 accident.

[Rhys Xanthis]

I remember seeing that on Air Crash Investigation...boy that was weird!

[Kent Broadhead]

To tell the truth, I've never spoken with her about it - not really something to bring up with someone who you only see irregularly.

I understand that the compensation provided a nice little nest egg, but it would have been well deserved after going through such a "we're all going to die" experience.

[Mike Scott]

Here is the link to the anti Go Airlines site that is being spread around here in HNL.

http://www.dontflygo.com

[Mike Scott]

Looks like commuting out of HNL is going to be a pain for the next few weeks.


Employee Travel Advisory for Hawaii

Employees are advised not to plan space available travel between now and mid-April to any of the Hawaiian Islands for themselves, their dependents or companions as a result of Aloha Airlines terminating their service on April 1.

Due to the close code share relationship with Aloha Airlines, we have extended a special discounted one-way fare to stranded Aloha customers, which is expected to fill our aircraft beyond capacity for flights to/from the U.S. mainland and Hawaii. In addition, all inter-island flights are expected to be full through mid-April on all other carriers


(and now we loose the ATA jumpseat option as well)

MS

[Tim C]

Interesting to note Pilots on Aloha's last flights telling pax to fly Hawaiian wherever they can.

[Nigel C]

Could this be a ticket to mass expansion for Hawaiian Airlines? Or will Go! seize the opportunity instead?
There's obviously room for increased capacity now that Aloha is gone, judging by the comments that all flights are full through to mid april for the other 2 carriers.

[Mike Scott]

If Southwest were smart (which they are) dont be surprised to see them jump into the void left by Aloha. The aircraft are a perfect fit into their already existing fleet plus they can get the gates/associated equipment and a whole bunch of already trained/qualified staff. They fly to most of the vacation spots in the US and some in Mexico so why not add Hawaii if the infrastructure and equipment required might be had for pennies in the $$.

Just a thought to make something positive out of this otherwise very negative situation.

MS