Originally Posted by
Longboater
If it was to the benefit of the US economy, KOA-HND would have been approved in either of the last two slot allocations. A nonstop TYO would serve the economy of West Hawai'i well.
Really? In what way is providing some modest benefit to an area that is likely around 0.05% of the US economy in the best benefit of the US economy? Were the benefit to Western Hawaii that significant, then I'd think they could provide a local subsidy for KOA-NRT, rather than asking the remaining 99.95% of the country to provide them a subsidy.