On Apr 3, 8:44=A0pm, SMS wrote:
> hotbis...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > I am just glad I am not a passenger on ATA or Southwest with
> > connections on ATA. I know southwest won't book you on another
> > airline, so if they don't fly to your destination you can only request
> > a refund.
>
> Hawaii is a tough market because it's almost exclusively a vacation
> market, so there aren't a lot of high-fare tickets (last-minute,
> business class, first class, etc.).
>
> This is good news for the other carriers to Hawaii, as they'll be able
> to raise prices on coach fares now that two low-fare airlines are gone.
>
> Too bad Southwest isn't interested in flying to Hawaii, but they don't
> want to have different aircraft types, and to fly over water for that
> long they'd need to aircraft with life rafts, and probably other
> modifications as well.
I had a friend that thought Alaska might be a fit, as for taking over
Aloha or least some of its mainland to island routes.
Michael
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