The frenzy around airline mergers has returned. This time we think it might land not far from home.
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The frenzy around airline mergers has returned. This time we think it might land not far from home.
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This is all a direct result of Governor Ige’s isolationism and Lock-down of the Aloha State, I broached this exact subject 4 weeks ago in one of the scenarios about finally opening the State back up. The dialog On Intra-State reducing Tourism, is the issue, Hawaiian grew with Tourism, it eliminated it’s only real competition, Aloha, predominately Intra-Island, but now is facing the same Labor issues as the other Service Industries Hotel, Dining etc., see Ige, Island Mayor’s, UH, Tourist Board!
Never know. The Kama’aina only care about the dollars. Anyone remember Aloha Airlines? It was dropped like a cheap suit because a ratty regional airline using shady and apparently illegal business practices rebranded a few airplanes and called it go!, came in and destroyed one of the largest employers in the state and then left the state a few years later. Money talks…
Perhaps Hawaiian should feel guilty about charging Kama’aina $250 round trip flights inter island before Southwest got here. They had a monopoly and all they did was steal from us. Now since Southwest came. We travel for a quarter of the price.
Shame on Hawaiian for being so high for Kama’aina.
Fairly certain SWA is subsidizing your low inter island and transpacific fairs by gouging others between other us small market city pairings. The view that one should pay at least twice less than a taxi or Uber to the airport than a ticket on a flying machine in a highly complex and costly operating environment is fascinating.
True that…check some similar distance SWA flight on the mainland. More than HA ever charged. (just looked, BUR to LAS $220-$340) The SWA effect means breaking into a new market with cheap fares to build traffic and then slowly raise them over time. It’s just their business model, they certainly are no friend of Hawaii by trying to flood the market regardless of the impact. I remember $9.95 inter island tickets on Mid Pacific in the 1980’s!
Can’t speak to specifics of your SW Reservation, Burbank-LV, Palm Sunday-Easter excluded, short notice, but looking at their Fare C for April as low as $138RT. To Mid-Pacific, you may have answered your own question @$9.95, still remember seeing their planes un-used by the old Inter-island Terminal moth-balled, now a Charter Co.. Traveling on Business throughout the late 1980’s -2010, remember $25 and $45 Each way Maui and Kauai, sometimes AAA got a discount, mostly Aloha from records.
Recently flew JetBlue from Boston to Florida. The outbound flight was delayed. The return flight was at 2pm, but at midnight they informed us it was cancelled. They said, “get your bags and go home”. They did not offer accommodations nor transportation. That’s the reason why we NEVER fly Jet Blue, but it was the only choice we had for a direct flight. I’m a local girl living on the east coast, so I know the difference between both airlines. It would be a disaster and a sad day for Hawaii.
Could Southwest potentially put a bid out for Hawaiian ?
Two completely different types of airlines IMHO. SWA merging with Hawaiian would be like a bunch of Texas politicians thinking they could move to Hawaii and get elected to take over the government and run it their way. Can you imagine HA’S inter island operation being run from a company based in Dallas? Piedmont and USAir were both doing well till they merged. The culture clash destroyed them.
Well Hawaiian is run by a Canadian (CEO), an English man (COO). They were taught aloha, ohana, and malama. But they donʻt live it. They fired people born and raised in the islands because of a vax. They played Gov Igeʻs fear mandate and fired people with 50 plus years of service. These number crunching business men will kick out the Hawaiianʻs once again. Ask the Hawaiianʻs what that is like. Business men taking over the land now their airline. They dug their own grave.
Not sure what the problem with having highly qualified executives who move to Hawaii and embrace the airline. They created 1000’s of jobs for Hawaii. Your politics are showing. Just like the military had to get rid of soldiers that felt what they read on Facebook justified disobeying orders I think airline employees putting conspiracy theories over safety of the traveling public is not justified either.
The Hawaii islands have already suffered with Outrageous inter island fares after the failure of Aloha Air and Go. Hawaiian had the monopoly for many year and raise the inter island flights to unrealistic prices until the Arrival of Southwest Airlines to the inter island market. Thanks
To Southwest adding back inter island competition you can now fly inter island cheaper that it is to fill up the gas in your car and take Two Free check bags up to 50LBS each boot! The DOT/DOJ would
I hope not.
Local is Aloha.
No other airlines offers Aloha.
And look what happened to them …
Would be a travesty. Don’t need more cattle carriers flying to Hawaii. We already have southwest for that. I truly do feel I’m “back home” as soon as I get on board. Mai tai and lay my seat back with a big smile on my face.
This headline seems like a leap that could scare non-readers from flying HA. Do you know something that we don’t?
I hope this won’t happen! Hawaiian is one of the only airlines I’d pay more to fly with. The merger with Alaska killed what was special about flying on Virgin and doubtless Hawaiian would suffer the same fate if it is acquired by some more generic player. Not to mention that the cheap feel of Jet Blue and Spirit are not exactly a great fit for Hawaiian’s position in the market.
Could someone help them with 2 things that I find frustrating
1. The Hawaiian app….never recognizes that I have a flight booked
2. Why can’t they list credit that I have? I have to call them to use it.
Linda B I have the same issues.