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$2 Roundtrip Interisland Hawaii Tickets -- Starbucks or Kauai?

6/12/2007 at 11:31 AM
Tags: Cheap Tickets, Fare Wars, Aloha Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, go! (all tags)

Holy coconuts! Upstart interisland carrier go! has done it again. On June 11 they offered a surprise one-year anniversary gift to 1,000 lucky travelers -- $1 o/w fares on interisland flights around the islands. Double your pleasure and you get to fly these short-hop routes for a mere $2. Would you like to have your Kahului latte at Starbucks -- or actually fly to Kahului? The latter is the cheaper choice. This compares to $100 o/w fares that were common before go! crashed the market, a shockingly high tariff for a 30-minute hop. Alas, the one-day bonanza crashed servers as a stampede of customers sought to take advantage of the insane deal.

That said, don't expect that go! won't pull another stunt like this again. The aggressive upstart, a subsidiary of Mesa Airlines, has deep pockets compared to rival carriers, incumbents Aloha Airlines and Hawaiian Air. And Mesa CEO Jonathan Ornstein appears to be willing to do whatever it takes to force the other guys off the tarmac. Stay tuned, island hoppers! More fare wars in paradise to come!

Alex Salkever is the editor/founder of Hawaii travel blog Hawaiirama.com

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Holy Coconuts! $9 Interisland Tix in Hawaiian Air Fare War

5/30/2007 at 11:37 AM
Tags: Cheap Tickets, Fare Wars, Aloha Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines (all tags)

Ever since upstart airline go! entered the interisland market in Hawaii and challenged the incumbent carriers Aloha Airlines and Hawaiian Air, the price wars have been fast and furious. Island-hopping travelers and locals who had been ponying up nearly $200 for round trip tix suddenly were paying $60 for the same routes. go! lowered the bar yet again today when it announced it would sell inter-island seats for a mere $9. Natch, these puppies sold out really quickly. But travelers should keep in mind that go! is going for the jugular with Hawaiian and Aloha (neither of which are as well capitalized as go!, a Mesa Airlines subsidiary). You should watch for similarly low, low, brutally low fares to sally forth again.

Alex Salkever is the editor/founder of Hawaii travel blog Hawaiirama.com

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