Originally Posted by
Eastbay1K
And then we have the financially successful Aloha - so there's something definitely structural with the economics of running an airline that primarily serves these islands.
Aloha was forced out of business by YV subsidary
Go! (airline) - Wikipedia who entered the interisland market with below market pricing, excess capacity in 2006, only to leave the market shortly after burying Aloha, when the great recession hit, leaving HA to maintain service during the economic downturn. Reasonable to expect lobbyists for AS and HA, local representatives are reminding DOJ of such events, negotiating conditions to assure future resilience.