Hawaii returned to an inter-island airline duopoly today.  This is only further testimony to just how dismal and unsustainable the Hawaii travel market has become. In a press release, Mesa (Go!) and competitor Republic (Mokulele), announced that they are joining forces. What this likely means, however, is that Mokulele is leaving Hawaii. Here’s what we [...]

On August 17, I shared my Fall airfare predictions (part one), indicating the hottest markets this year would be Pacific Northwest, California’s Bay Area, then Southern California, New York, and Chicago. Since then, good airfares have come (and gone) in four of these five markets, and the deals haven’t really even begun. The airlines’ masters [...]