Republic Airways in Hawaii??

[MATHEWS]

Actually, Yes.

 

[RedheadCFI]

re: HNL Base

It's legit. I don't know how our crews are going to afford to live out there but it would definitely be a great place to fly.

 

[BigLebowski]

hawaii? you guys are the next mesa aren't ya

 

[DOVPILOT]

What's up with Republic hiring Flight Attendants for a Honolulu base?? A friend told me about it, and sure enough it's up on Careerbuilder.com???? Is the Rev. going after GO! ???

Fabio you idiot

 

[Captain Morgan]

hawaii? you guys are the next mesa aren't ya

Nope, the Rev. has specifically state before that he will not go it alone, not like Go!, Expressjet, Shezungpow!, or ACA/Indy Air.

 

[Poahi]

Nope, the Rev. has specifically state before that he will not go it alone, not like Go!, Expressjet, Shezungpow!, or ACA/Indy Air.

To say that this deal is a 'code share' borders on the abuse of the term. It is a wet leasing arrangement with a couple of airplanes to pick up the slack between HA and YV in effort to give go! the final 'push' and wrestle some market share from Hawaiian. The brand is Mokulele or some form of it.

Hawaiian is naturally concerned that another carrier will enter the market and capture some of Aloha's former revenue that they currently enjoy. To that end, they will vigorously defend their turf as they have done in the past. Hawaiian's got code shares with just about everyone (except DL if memory serves) and controls about 80 percent of the market.

In the past, start-up inter-island carriers have been undercapitalized with the wrong equipment. Mesa was adequately capitalized with the wrong aircraft. This time, the start up is undercapitalized with the right equipment. I don't think we are going to see the $19 fare wars this time, but the gloves are coming off for sure. Both Hawaiian and go! will defend their market share and I'd bet we are going to see a couple of lawsuits in the next 6 months.

Even if go! were to close, SA is going to need more than a couple of airplanes to justify operating in the inter-island environment and make any money. Are they really going to stock parts for 2 airplanes? Who are they going to partner with if they can't complete their flights for mx or other delays? If 1 airplane goes down for mx, will they will have to cancel 50 percent of their flights? And don't forget, visitor arrivals are forecast to be down again next year. Gotta love the airline business.

 

[TAWS]

There will be 5 a/c.

Mokulele will be the partner - investment will be involved.

We already have Sabre operating (reservation system).

There will be blood!!

 

[Poahi]

There will be 5 a/c.

Mokulele will be the partner - investment will be involved.

We already have Sabre operating (reservation system).

There will be blood!!

5 planes for 11 crews? Where are you going to put them?

 

[TAWS]

There will be 4 in operation and one spare. As with most things, there is more to this than meets the eye - we don't know what the end game is, or even what the company is offering us.
One theory is that this will only last a year or two - just enough to drive Go! out of the market, or under (whichever comes first). If Mokulele can take on the aircraft themselves, then so be it - if they can't then BB will sell them or find somewhere else for them. The rewards for doing this are elsewhere.

 

[Minimaniac]

Where do you get the idea that this is a partnership with Mokulele? Where has that ever been factually stated? Where do you get the idea that these planes will be leased and eventually handed over to Mokulele, as in the case of Midwest?

Seriously, there is so much schnit coming from people on this board that even I am amazed. Stop making stuff up, wait patiently for actual fact to come out, and in the meantime go do something other than confusing the issue.