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As far as a low cost carrier coming into Hawaii with jets - they'd have challenges, unemployment is very low, you'd have to convince a large number of people to work for you for bottom dollar. You'd have to maintain your planes. You'd have to get connecting traffic - look at Island Air and the challenges they have - they are bleeding money right now and they aren't even considered a LCC.
If you're going to offer opinions about competitors, or ads, or promotions, or anything else about air travel you really should disclose that you are an executive for Hawaiian Airlines. It's only fair.
Fortunately, it was all factual - not an ad, nor a promotion - just answering a specific post. Everyone, fly whoever you like. Really. Feel better now?
[quote=whtviper1;37245797]Fortunately, it was all factual - not an ad, nor a promotion - just answering a specific post. Everyone, fly whoever you like. Really. Feel better now?[quote]
Yes, but people deserve to know where you're coming from. Just add your disclosure that you're an employee to posts involving Hawaiian airlines and air travel and nobody else will have to. I'm sure the Hawaiian Air Marketing and PR departments will appreciate you operating with integrity here, no differently than the real Estate brokers have to do.
Obviously, both of these airlines are making a very small profit per person on many people per day. Ryanair advertises 1,600 flights per day, and Easyjet flies around 500 flights per day. As whtviper kindly pointed out earlier, Hawaiian flies 190 interisland flights per day, but they also fly around much of the rest of the world.
my experience with some of those European discount airlines is that the rates are real, but they try to catch passengers off guard with penalty fees for doing anything outside a strict set of rules. One example I saw was that you had to register and pay for a checked bag in advance. If you just showed up at the airport with a bag to check, they creamed you with fees.
My wife carefully read all the instructions and we did everything right and it was cheap, but lots of people help the profit margins because they don't read the fine print.
Fortunately, it was all factual - not an ad, nor a promotion - just answering a specific post. Everyone, fly whoever you like. Really. Feel better now?
Slow news day on the lava flow?
Ok to celebrate 85 years and counting for Hawaiian Airlines and Whtviper1. Geez its been that long? Sure feel dat way on here sometimes viper. Enjoy mahalo.
Island Air to stop flying to Kauai starting June 1 - and slashing the Lanai route which will require a stopover on Maui.
Interesting timing since most flying occurs June/July/August and they just recently bought new planes - expect the airfare for Kauai/HNL to go up.
The Lanai cuts are also odd since the airline is owned by Larry Ellison and that was supposed to feed his Lanai hotel traffic.
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Sure feel dat way on here sometimes viper. Enjoy mahalo. 
