8 thoughts on “Hawaii Hamstrings What Remains Of Aloha Airlines”
danj
The same miserable customer service that put Aloha Air lines under will surely be the death nail for Aloha Air Cargo! Give yourself an extra 2 hours if you need to ship something with them out of HNL. Not sure how they do on the other islands, but likely not much better.
Speaking of YB and the interisland monopoly. Locals should pound their elected officials to repeal the Jones Act, Estimated to cost the average Hawaii resident $2,000 a year!
I remember flying Aloha a few times. One particularly rainy day we were flying between Oahu and Maui. There was no ramp to the plane. You had to walk across the tarmack to the plane. By the time we got in the plane we were soaked. The stewardess gave us each 1 trifold paper towel for us to dab our selves dry. Lol. As we flew we could look up to the center seam of the plane and watch the water drip on the carpet as we shivered our way to Maui. It was turbulent and we thought we were going to die. I swore I would walk before taking another Aloha flight. Thankfully they were gone before I came back to the islands.
I totally agree with all 3 responses below! Remember that Aloha (and others) were accused of price fixing, was Never in the interest of either the tourists or the locals. I’d like to see the final 2 years executive payroll and bonuses prior to that liquidation. I remember when Aloha was a United partner and you could book a fare from HNL to Kona to Hilo and be allowed one no penalty stopover to be on both ends of The Big Island. On your return if you could get a flight that stopped on Maui or Molokai you could do it again! And we did! Mainland flights used to allow one stopover as well (HNL via OGG or KOA).
Haven’t looked into this lately 🤔
We witnessed first hand 4 years ago when Hawaii Airlines monopoly was broken by Southwest Air, as prices literally dropped by at least half overnight. A huge win for the citizens of Hawaii.
Why Young Bros. continues to hold an iron fist of a monopoly over our state’s
inter island shipping is an ongoing issue searching for answers from of our governing bodies.
2 words: Jones Act. Matson’s container ships are built in foreign shipyards–can’t serve multiple US destinations without a foreign port call in between. Alaska gets screwed too. Reason 1-way Alaska cruises must originate or termi ate in Vancouver.
You got that right, Young Brothers Monopoly!!!
That should be challenged. Matson and others should be allowed to offload in all islands.
Young Brothers prices are crazy expensive now.
I loved Aloha Airlines. It was perfect to island hop. I sure miss the ole days of visiting islands. People actually traveeled there not only for the scenery, but the history of land, people. Now it is what can i eat and where can i take my kids to play while Im eating. Very few take the time to know really about the Hawaiian Islands.
The same miserable customer service that put Aloha Air lines under will surely be the death nail for Aloha Air Cargo! Give yourself an extra 2 hours if you need to ship something with them out of HNL. Not sure how they do on the other islands, but likely not much better.
Speaking of YB and the interisland monopoly. Locals should pound their elected officials to repeal the Jones Act, Estimated to cost the average Hawaii resident $2,000 a year!
I remember flying Aloha a few times. One particularly rainy day we were flying between Oahu and Maui. There was no ramp to the plane. You had to walk across the tarmack to the plane. By the time we got in the plane we were soaked. The stewardess gave us each 1 trifold paper towel for us to dab our selves dry. Lol. As we flew we could look up to the center seam of the plane and watch the water drip on the carpet as we shivered our way to Maui. It was turbulent and we thought we were going to die. I swore I would walk before taking another Aloha flight. Thankfully they were gone before I came back to the islands.
I totally agree with all 3 responses below! Remember that Aloha (and others) were accused of price fixing, was Never in the interest of either the tourists or the locals. I’d like to see the final 2 years executive payroll and bonuses prior to that liquidation. I remember when Aloha was a United partner and you could book a fare from HNL to Kona to Hilo and be allowed one no penalty stopover to be on both ends of The Big Island. On your return if you could get a flight that stopped on Maui or Molokai you could do it again! And we did! Mainland flights used to allow one stopover as well (HNL via OGG or KOA).
Haven’t looked into this lately 🤔
We witnessed first hand 4 years ago when Hawaii Airlines monopoly was broken by Southwest Air, as prices literally dropped by at least half overnight. A huge win for the citizens of Hawaii.
Why Young Bros. continues to hold an iron fist of a monopoly over our state’s
inter island shipping is an ongoing issue searching for answers from of our governing bodies.
2 words: Jones Act. Matson’s container ships are built in foreign shipyards–can’t serve multiple US destinations without a foreign port call in between. Alaska gets screwed too. Reason 1-way Alaska cruises must originate or termi ate in Vancouver.
You got that right, Young Brothers Monopoly!!!
That should be challenged. Matson and others should be allowed to offload in all islands.
Young Brothers prices are crazy expensive now.
I loved Aloha Airlines. It was perfect to island hop. I sure miss the ole days of visiting islands. People actually traveeled there not only for the scenery, but the history of land, people. Now it is what can i eat and where can i take my kids to play while Im eating. Very few take the time to know really about the Hawaiian Islands.
Sandi, I could not agree with more!! 100% everything you said!