Good input ezmonee
The first few days of an Aloha demise would be the hardest. Reaccomodating "stranded" pax and all. If they go down around the time Island Air acquires their Q400s and/or FlyHawaii starts up, things may not be that bad and the market can hold until another carrier can establish themselves. Now that I think about cargo, it shouldn't be too much of a hassle ever since Aloha Cargo lost that huge contract (was it the UPS contract???) and reduced their total load. Besides, you're right. Enough forwarders are around to pick up this slack.

Your AQ interisland experience is pretty much the same as mine. Doing research on the AQ fleet, their 732s are some of the younger 732s around (if anybody can believe that)! All of them were built and delivered new to other carriers during the 1980s, acquired by Aloha in the late 1990s.

BinaryBot ,
Very interesting stuff you bring to the thread. I hope others can elaborate on it more so to see where Aloha is heading.