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Old January 20th, 2008, 06:39 AM posted to rec.travel.air
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I remember it wasn't a commuter plane that had part of the fuselage
ripaway on an Hawaian flight.- Hide quoted text -


That was nearly 20 years ago
On an Aloha 737

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Old January 20th, 2008, 05:43 PM posted to rec.travel.air
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"Brian" wrote in message
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On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:48:23 -0800, "Mr. Travel" wrote:


I remember it wasn't a commuter plane that had part of the fuselage rip
away on an Hawaian flight.


Actually, it was an Aloha Airlines 737-200. Hardley a "commuter plane."

It wasn't but that was an unusual incident.


Yes, it was unusual. But any airline "incident" is, thankfully, unusual. The
problem here was that the airplane was 20+ years old and had corrosion
issues. AFAIK, it was the only incident involving an inter-island airline
flight in Hawaiian (the state, not the airline) history. And probably the
only commercial fatality on either Hawaiian Airlines or Aloha Airlines.

It hasn't been a problem
arranging flights on a carrier that uses larger planes so it's not
worth fighting the fight. I never researched it but we usually travel
with the maximum amount of luggage and I don't know if that would be a
problem on a commuter plane.

We've never had to fly a commuter plane anywhere so I'm not familiar
with them.



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Old January 21st, 2008, 10:36 AM posted to rec.travel.air
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Jeff wrote:

"Brian" wrote in message
news
On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:48:23 -0800, "Mr. Travel" wrote:



I remember it wasn't a commuter plane that had part of the fuselage rip
away on an Hawaian flight.


Actually, it was an Aloha Airlines 737-200. Hardley a "commuter plane."


I didn't say it was a commuter plane. I said "I remember it wasn't a
commuter plane"
And when I said "Hawaian", I wasn't talking about a specific airline,
but the state.
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Old January 21st, 2008, 07:04 PM posted to rec.travel.air
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wrote:
On Jan 18, 6:27 pm, Brian wrote:
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:48:39 -0800 (PST), wrote:
Hey Everyone
I am planning a trip to Hawaii and will spending time on more than one
island. Just wondering which airline I should select for my inter-
island flight, Go, Hawaiian, Aloha, or Island?
Thanks
HBS

It's been a while since we've been so this may have changed but some
airlines fly larger planes than others. For us that made a difference
since my wife won't fly commuter planes.


I am planning a trip to Hawaii for this coming may was thinking about
using a commuter airline like GO. I say this simply, as it may be
quicker (smaller plane, smaller terminal, and so on).

Michael

I used GO for my trip between Oahu and the Big Island. It happened to
be on the day of the big earthquake. Hawaiian and Aloha were totally
locked up for hours. GO figured out quickly how to get going once
flights were cleared to go to Kona. With computers down, they decided
to rely on the "honor system" to let people on flights, putting people
in groups of 50 according to the flights they originally held seats on.
It went well, and we got on the 3rd flight out, which was still before
Hawaiian or Aloha got their first flights out. It was the advantage of
being a small airline that got them working. GO is part of Mesa
Airlines, I believe. Their CRJs were just fine for interisland flights.
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Old January 21st, 2008, 07:08 PM posted to rec.travel.air
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Pro wrote:
Stick with Aloha Hawaiian or Island Air.
GO! (mesa airlines) lost a lawsuit to the tune of 90 million dollars
recently to Hawaiian.
If your Go flight can not fly for any reason, YOU ARE S.O.L.
They have no interisland codeshare with the majors.
None will do any sort of interline agreement with GO.
That means they will not tranfer you to another airline and you cannot
transfer luggage like the other will do for one another.
I HAD to fly GO! once and it was fine in the air, but the seats are
TINY and in Oahu you use the commuter terminal which means u walk
outside onto the tarmac and up stairs to your plane (even in the
rain).
with Aloha you can get Aloha or United miles
Hawaiian I believe is American or Hawaiian miles

I live in Hawaii and only use Aloha Hawaiian or Island Air in that
order.

You might want to reconsider the interlining statement. I had no
trouble with transferring my luggage between Delta and Go. In each
direction, the luggage ended up at it's final destination without
having to pick up and move it to another flight.
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Old January 21st, 2008, 08:14 PM posted to rec.travel.air
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On Jan 21, 8:08�am, scabbardgirl wrote:You
might want to reconsider the interlining statement. �I �had no trouble
with transferring my luggage between Delta and Go. �In each direction,
the luggage ended �up at it's final destination without
having to pick up and move it to another flight.-


Pro wrote
If your Go flight can not fly for any reason, YOU ARE S.O.L.
They have no interisland codeshare with the majors.
None will do any sort of interline agreement with GO.




No need to reconsider on my part.
What I wrote about was Interline or Interisland agreements with the
major Hawaiian carriers.
Those carriers include Hawaiian Aloha and to a certain extent Island
Air.





 




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