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Aloha Cleared for Ch. 11 Exit

Judge Faris approved a reorganization that would allow AQ to exit bankruptcy protection as early as Dec. 15. ^

Link to Honolulu Advertiser article here

Something Banmiller said stuns me:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Honolulu Advertiser

Banmiller said yesterday that the new capital will allow the airline to modernize its fleet. The airline plans to replace five of its older Boeing 737-200 jets with newer 737-200s for Neighbor Island flights. Aloha also is considering newer aircraft to replace the Boeing 737-700 jets used on its Mainland flights

Replace older 737-200s with NEWER 737-200s? :confused: :td: :mad: The last -200s were made in the mid-late '80s. The thought of flying on 20 year old a/c that will soon become MX heavy versus 30 year old a/c that are already MX heavy isn't appealing.

Replace the 737-700s? With what? Any ideas if they do?

Airplane age is based a lot more on wear & tear (measured in cycles.. 1 cycle = engine start, takeoff, climb, pressurization, landing, shutdown) than mfg date. Maybe they mean finding more -200s with fewer cycles on the airframe...nothing like running 15-45 minute-long flights day in and out to rack up the cycle-count on those tired -200s. Just a thought.

Replace the 737-700s? With what? Any ideas if they do?

Maybe with Boeing 757's, since that's the largest a/c that can depart SNA(John Wayne) without to much restrictions on it's maximum take-off weight.

Just a thought.

Aloha