- FlyHawaii Airlines
FlyHawaii Airlines was a proposed
low-cost airline that would have provided inter-island flight service in theHawaiian Islands . The company, which was founded byLion Coffee founder James Delano planned to begin service in late 2005 or early 2006.FlyHawaii hoped to succeed where predecessors such as
Discovery Airways andMahalo Air had failed by following the blueprint of low-cost carriers likeSouthwest Airlines andJetBlue Airways , which offer frequent flights and depend heavily onInternet bookings. The airline planned to charge fares in the $50 to $60 range.Following the September 2005 announcement by
Mesa Air Group that it intended to start its own inter-island carrier, go!, using 50-seat jet aircraft, its primary investor, a group that includedAmerica Online founderSteve Case , decided against buying into the carrier. Other potential investors also elected to wait to gauge Mesa's impact on the market and await the results ofAloha Airlines then-currentChapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. In late November 2005, FlyHawaii laid off its staff and shut down.Fleet
FlyHawaii planned to operate
ATR 72 turboprop aircraft carrying approximately 68 passengers. Service would have started with an initial fleet of four or five aircraft, expanding ultimately to about a dozen aircraft.References
*cite news | url=http://starbulletin.com/2005/03/15/business/story1.html | title=Hawaii may get another interisland airline | work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin | date=2005-03-15 | accessdate=2008-04-26 | first=Dave | last=Segal
*cite news | url= http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/money/4292141/detail.html | title=New Airline Plans To Fly Hawaii Skies | work=KITV | date=2005-03-17 | accessdate=2008-04-26
*cite news | url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Mar/17/bz/bz07p.html | title=FlyHawaii hoping to offer low-cost interisland travel | work=The Honolulu Advertiser | date=2005-03-17 | accessdate=2008-04-26 | first=Dan | last=Nakaso
*cite news | url=http://starbulletin.com/2005/11/22/business/story02.html | title=Prospective interisland carrier shuts down | work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin | date=2005-11-22 | accessdate=2008-04-24
*cite news | url=http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2005-03-16-fly-hi_x.htm | title=FlyHawaii's interisland flights to go as low as $50 | work=USA Today | publisher=Associated Press | date=2005-03-17 | accessdate=2008-04-26
*cite news | url=http://starbulletin.com/2005/10/26/news/story03.html | title=Investors decide not to back new isle airline | work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin | date=2005-10-26 | accessdate=2008-04-26 | first=Dave | last=Segal
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