04-24-2015, 02:32 AM
I think they should just close down Hilo airport all together and use the money they get to build up the Kona airport. Much lower airfares on the Kona side to the mainland. You even have a second inter-island airline (Mokulele) that helps keeps prices down..... and if Island Air decides to expand to the Big island....they will no doubt only fly to Kona. The cost of the fuel to drive to Kona is less now with lower gas prices. The only thing I would like to accommodate the Hilo airport closing is to have more bus service to Kona and make Kona airport a mandatory stop.