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Old Apr 4, 2008, 3:13 am
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Originally Posted by EXLEFTSEAT
Sorry, I don't have an inside track. But it still is a heck of great
conspiracy theory. Just open your mind a bit, if you can.
It seems to be you're operating under the assumption that go! wanted to be the King of the interisland market. But that's never been the case. All they wanted to do was get to a point where they could make a profit, not be at the top. They knew that a two airline market could turn profits on interisland flights because of simple economics: less supply, same demand drive prices up.

KO'ing out AQ allowed them to get one step closer to churning a profit in the AQ market.

Don't get me wrong, AQ's management has a lot of blame to share here. But go! clearly, in court documents filed in the allegedly corrupt US Bankruptcy Court, shows that this was go!'s plan all along.
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