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The Big Island's only international flight is being discontinued later this year by Japan Airlines. JAL is in bankruptcy and is eliminating a number of money-losing international flights. Depending on how many of the passengers are willing to make connecting flights and whether another airline picks up the route, this could have a negative effect on our island economy. Read the article at:
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/articl...a+grounded
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That's a pity. We took this flight last year and it was great - as was the chaos at Kona airport when the only international fight of the day arrived. I wondered what the Immigration officials did the rest of the day.
There's a lot of untapped tourist potential amongst all those people who think Hawaii = Oahu.
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It's actually not really new, they have been saying they will discontinue that flight for several months. HTA and Lingle tried to woo them to change their minds, but they claimed it was not a profitable route. Too bad, I took that flight many times and the service was much better than on the US carriers.
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