If you can’t beat ‘em… kill ‘em, then reanimate their corpse as a corporate zombie. That appears to sum up the bizarre chain of events that will allow the much-maligned, Mesa-backed upstart go! Airlines to rebrand itself as Aloha Airlines. Yes, the “intellectual property” of Aloha Airlines, a beloved interisland carrier that abruptly went out [...]
Entries Tagged as 'airline'
Aloha: The Undead Airline?
November 28th, 2008 · 9 Comments · Business, Hawaii
Tags: airline·airlines·aloha·go·Hawaii·hawaiian·interisland·lawsuit·mesa
Hawaiian Air Disses the Dead (Again)
December 25th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Business, Hawaii
Local ABC affiliate KITV sure picked a heartwarming story for its Christmas Eve broadcast. Reporter Jodi Leong brought us “Family Outraged,” which told the tale of the late Lanakila Rosaga, age three, and his body’s botched travel plans. Only three months ago, fundraisers were being held for Rosaga’s medical care. But the Maui boy died [...]
Tags: airline·airlines·death·deathfee·fee·fees·hawaiian·hawaiianairlines
Flight Attendant Flummoxed by iPhone
October 11th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Gadgets, Hawaii Blog, Odd
On a recent trip to Hawaii on cheap discount airline ATA, an iPhone-toting traveler named Craig sparked a snit from a flight attendant when he had the audacity to safely operate an electronic device while in-flight. Despite the demonstrated use of the iPhone’s “airplane mode” — an interference-free setting common on most smartphones — it [...]
Tags: airline·airplane·airplanemode·ata·faa·flight·interference·iphone
