Mesa ordered to pay $80 Million

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Mesa Air ordered to pay $80 mil to Hawaiian

Oct. 30, 2007 06:16 PM
A federal judge today ordered the parent of interisland carrier go! to pay Hawaiian Airlines $80 million for the misuse of confidential business information.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Faris found that Mesa Air Group used the confidential information to "gain a competitive advantage ... to enter the market for Hawai'i interisland air transportation services."

Faris rejected a request by Hawaiian Airlines to bar go! from selling tickets for interisland service for one year. "In this case, the award of money damages adequately redresses the harm suffered by HA as a result of Mesa's breach of the confidentiality agreement," Faris wrote.

Hawaiian sued Phoenix-based Mesa last year for $173 million in damages, alleging that Mesa used confidential financial data from Hawaiian to set up go! airline.