Hawaii for $1, today only!

[Flys4Fun]

http://www.abc15.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=0d172371-fce6-49d0-938b-75d7250c120b


Pretty sickening.

 

[fly4surf]

Stock holders must be pleased to know they are buying tickets for others, instead of making money themselves.
Mesa sucks.

 

[Saabslime]

Stock holders must be pleased to know they are buying tickets for others, instead of making money themselves.
Mesa sucks.

The employees must be equally as pleased to know they subsidize this kind of b.s. with the wages and work rules they accept.:smash:

 

[vectorvictor]

I guess the argument that going GreyHound would be more expensive, doesn't work in this example.

 

[N4niner206]

The employees must be equally as pleased to know they subsidize this kind of b.s. with the wages and work rules they accept.:smash:

Yeah Im sure they're pretty happy about it. Retard.

 

[relief tube]

Yeah Im sure they're pretty happy about it. Retard.

a mesa sympathyzer?
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Yeah, I though skybus' $10 fares were retarded, this takes the cake. When you're the lowest paid, management can do these types of things. Enjoy your 8 days off.

 

[Saabslime]

Yeah Im sure they're pretty happy about it. Retard

Go get your plywood and take a nap little one. Maybe someday when you grow up you'll get to fly for a real airline.

 

[Beantown]

Go get your plywood and take a nap little one. Maybe someday when you grow up you'll get to fly for a real airline.

And you work for who? (Colgan?)

 

[Oakum_Boy]

Basically you can charter a Mesa CRJ for $50. Nice work guys.

 

[rogerwilcoout]

Go get your plywood and take a nap little one. Maybe someday when you grow up you'll get to fly for a real airline.

Lol Like a real airline like you fly for? FLying Saab 340's ! Lol R R R R R R Right!

 

[topdawg]

FCUK Mesa

$9 now $1....JO's getting desperate....


P.S. Mesa pilots are dou.che bags!

 

[RJP]

Aloha gave away 1000 tickets. Now go's selling $2 round trips. At what point does the ornstein mantra of "look at ryan air, they give away half their tickets and are still the most profitable airline in europe" not work anymore?

This is just plain sad. Great time to visit auntie tutu on Kauai though.

 

[dooork]

Its called marketing. If they are selling tickets for $39 then this is $38000 worth of advertising.....dumazz.

 

[bustinmins]

$9 now $1....JO's getting desperate....


P.S. Mesa pilots are dou.che bags!

As if Mesa pilots are included into discussions on fare structure and base allocations. Puhleeze!!! We all agree that Mesa's management sucks. They have created an environment that will be hard to sustain. As it was said in another forum, Mesa will probably lose a codeshare, go down to 900 pilots or so, add China operations and eventually leave Hawaii with their tail between their legs. Mesa is losing around 2-3 pilots per day...yes... per day. You do the math...it won't take long before vacations are cancelled and the company starts pushing for latitude in their minimum days off clause. The pilots are already prepared to declare Jihad and they now have more leverage than they have ever had. I believe they'll use it to improve things as things can't get much worse.

Mesa pilots are bailing in droves laterally and upwardly. This mass attrition is going to end the airline or cause it to shrink. You should be happy about that....back to the rant.

 

[bustinmins]

Go get your plywood and take a nap little one. Maybe someday when you grow up you'll get to fly for a real airline.

As if you, in your SAAB, would know anything about what a "Real Airline" is like. Listen up "Prop-Boy". If I were you, I'd focus yourself on making the world a better place. Then, just maybe, people will learn to forget how much of an ass you have been.

Back to the rant

 

[RJP]

Its called marketing. If they are selling tickets for $39 then this is $38000 worth of advertising.....dumazz.

$38000? Howzat? And what's a dumazz? Can't find it on dictionary.com.

Have you still got your Marketing 101 textbook handy dork? See if you can find the chapter on giving away product for a profit.

Back to auntie tutu's visit from Kauai.

 

[topdawg]

The pilots are already prepared to declare Jihad and they now have more leverage than they have ever had. I believe they'll use it to improve things as things can't get much worse.

Heard that before. I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[Dan Roman]

Its called marketing. If they are selling tickets for $39 then this is $38000 worth of advertising.....dumazz.

Actually Go probably got more of a black eye (due to their web site crashing) on this one. Also, the concept that Go want's people to try their product and maybe come back doesn't work. It's pretty hard to find someone that thinks Go provides a better product than HAL or AQ. Pleny of folks HAVE tried them and said "never again". By and large, Go has the worst reputation of any of the start up inter-island carriers that have come and gone in Hawaii. Their are a LOT of people in Hawaii that resent Go and not just airline employee's.

 

[mdanno808]

Some Air Travelers Aren't Buying New Airfare Promotion


By Leland Kim
HONOLULU (KHNL) - Go! Airline shakes up the travel industry with a one dollar airfare promotion. But it hasn't gone as smoothly as expected, and some aren't buying.
Soon after Go! announced its latest promotion Monday morning, bargain hunters bombarded the company's web site. But some air travelers say they're looking for more than cheap deals.
Go! Airline's one dollar promotion was too good for many to pass up. So good in fact, eager air travelers overloaded and crashed the web site. It was back up by three o'clock, but some say they want more from an airline.
"We've always chosen Aloha because of the staff, the service," said Rose Mendoza, a Pearl City resident who has flown on Aloha Airline since middle school. "They have the aloha spirit. That's the main thing: the aloha spirit."
She said that intangible "aloha spirit" can't be easily duplicated by a mainland company.
And over at Hawaiian Airlines, these air travelers agree, saying they're looking for more than just rock bottom prices.
Cynthia Charles said she's willing to pay a bit more for comfort, especially when traveling with two young daughters.
"There's more legroom, honestly," she said. "There's some airlines out there that want to squash you into very small seats but Hawaiian Air has a more comfortable plane."
Beyond comfort, Charles said she turns to Hawaiian for their service.
"Also they're very helpful with making any adjustments that you might need or helping people walk through a lot of the technical issues, everything, so popular these days on line," she said.
So, bargain deals may catch some people's eyes, but not these air travelers'.
"You know obviously we all work hard for our dollar so it's important to save that dollar, but there's an extent where I'm willing to pay a few extra dollars to have better service," said Charles.
They say, in some cases, the old adage "you get what you pay for" applies.
Go!'s one dollar promotion was good until midnight Monday. Neither Hawaiian nor Aloha matched it. Hawaiian would not comment, but Aloha said Go!'s latest promotion is a "desperate act by a desperate airline." So, the airfare war continues.

http://www.khnl.com/Global/story.asp?S=6644053

 

[Dan Roman]

Here's a good example of the local reaction to Go.

http://www.khnl.com/Global/story.asp?S=6644053

Like I said, there is a lot of local resentment to Go's tactics. Sure some think the low fares are great, but a lot more are aware of what is going on and don't appreciate being toyed with. Hawaii is a great place, but there is an undercurrant of resentment towards "outsiders" who come here and start attacking local traditions.
Need more proof? No matter how low the fares have gone, Go still can't get a decent load factor on 4 50 seat RJ's.