03-19-2014, 07:00 AM
Kelena, Have no idea, but part of the divesting of the Mokulele turboprops from GO!/Mesa MAY have been an anti-competition exclusion clause for certain routes/gates... (In fact, the Mesa investing in Mokulele COULD have been just for some of the route/gates - speculation on my part, but is common on some routes/gates)
If there was a clause, Mesa is still a viable company & COULD enforce the clause (again, I do not know if there was a clause, but based on the very limited Mokulele presence at HNL & the lack of service to ITO, yet service to Waimea... there may have been something...)
It will be interesting to see if Island Air and/or Mokulele can/will/want to step up into the main Hilo travel markets...
Only things for sure, Mesa no longer saw the interisland market as a viable way to invest their money, whether for fuel costs, lack of a solid customer base, poor scheduling/service.
And there will be quite a few families that had a short 2 weeks to realize that a source of income they counted on is no longer.
Plus Mesa customers were given a few weeks notice that they would need to change their travel plans....for Hilo, the biggest impact may be those that had booked Go!Mesa for Merrie Monarch, as that is our biggest travel influx week of the year, and is a month away...
If there was a clause, Mesa is still a viable company & COULD enforce the clause (again, I do not know if there was a clause, but based on the very limited Mokulele presence at HNL & the lack of service to ITO, yet service to Waimea... there may have been something...)
It will be interesting to see if Island Air and/or Mokulele can/will/want to step up into the main Hilo travel markets...
Only things for sure, Mesa no longer saw the interisland market as a viable way to invest their money, whether for fuel costs, lack of a solid customer base, poor scheduling/service.
And there will be quite a few families that had a short 2 weeks to realize that a source of income they counted on is no longer.
Plus Mesa customers were given a few weeks notice that they would need to change their travel plans....for Hilo, the biggest impact may be those that had booked Go!Mesa for Merrie Monarch, as that is our biggest travel influx week of the year, and is a month away...