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1/24/2012 2:18pm
Aloha Airlines shutting down; Monday last day of operationsle
Aloha Airlines announced today that it will be shutting its inter-island and trans-Pacific passenger flight operations. Aloha's last day of operations will be Monday
On that day Aloha will operate its schedule with the exception of flights from Hawaii to the West Coast and flights from Orange County to Reno and Sacramento and Oakland to Las Vegas.
Effective immediately, Aloha will stop selling tickets for travel beyond tomorrow.
The shutdown will affect about 1,800 employees.
"This is an incredibly dark day for Hawaii," said David Benmiller, Aloha's president and chief executive officer. "Despite the groundswell of support from the community and our elected officials, we simply ran out of time to find a qualified buyer or secure continued financing for our passenger business. We had no choice but to take this action."
Aloha Airlines announced today that it will be shutting its inter-island and trans-Pacific passenger flight operations. Aloha's last day of operations will be Monday
On that day Aloha will operate its schedule with the exception of flights from Hawaii to the West Coast and flights from Orange County to Reno and Sacramento and Oakland to Las Vegas.
Effective immediately, Aloha will stop selling tickets for travel beyond tomorrow.
The shutdown will affect about 1,800 employees.
"This is an incredibly dark day for Hawaii," said David Benmiller, Aloha's president and chief executive officer. "Despite the groundswell of support from the community and our elected officials, we simply ran out of time to find a qualified buyer or secure continued financing for our passenger business. We had no choice but to take this action."
until this ends ticket prices will stay low and costs will remain high.
I was reading an email from my company, for every .01 increase in fuel is nearly 20 million extra dollars spent annually. And this only includes airplanes, not trucks, and GSE..
I agree
until this ends ticket prices will stay low and costs will remain high.
I was reading an email from my company, for every .01 increase in fuel is nearly 20 million extra dollars spent annually. And this only includes airplanes, not trucks, and GSE..[/quote:1z9yvdfj]
I'd like to see your company's monthly fuel bill just for their ground operations. JB Hunt's is between 1.3 and 1.5 million daily and that's from a very good source in their offices.
The Shop
That would mean alot lighter plane loads, which would mean more fuel economy, less baggage handlers.
Less time to check in, which would mean alot less overhead .
Most/All people carry to much stuff when flying and it bogs down the system, there should be a small limit you can bring and that's it, keep flying simple and if you don't like it too bad don't fly.
The problem is airlines like SWA, JB, SkyBus and other LCC's are always willing to charge less. In the case of SWA, hedged fuel (till'09), and an operation that runs like a swiss watch make it possible to charge less.
Airlines like JB, Airtran, and Virgin America use cheap labor, back-end aircraft leasing, and a few other tricks to keep costs down.
Things like "banning" checked bags won't work, some other airline will always be willing to let you bring your 75-lb Cooler filled with clothes.. (SLC flights,,,coughcough)
Yep, all the airlines should close up shop. This would make the US a better place.
No more $99 transcons....
Could you imagine the US economy if all airlines operating in the red ceased operations?
Something this important needs government stability.
Why do you hate Dave?
I don't work for a passenger carrier anymore, it doesn't affect me personally. I work for a company who can charge more when costs rise without fear of having it's neck slashed.
You live in Nevada right? What would life be like if 80% of flights into McCarren ceased existence. That's pretty close-to-the ol' backyard if I may say so myself.
until this ends ticket prices will stay low and costs will remain high.
I was reading an email from my company, for every .01 increase in fuel is nearly 20 million extra dollars spent annually. And this only includes airplanes, not trucks, and GSE..[/quote:109mi3zd]
I'd like to see your company's monthly fuel bill just for their ground operations. JB Hunt's is between 1.3 and 1.5 million monthly and that's from a very good source in their offices.[/quote:109mi3zd]
JB Hunts fuel costs have got to be a LOT higher than that......
I'd say 20-25 Million per month, maybe more......
until this ends ticket prices will stay low and costs will remain high.
I was reading an email from my company, for every .01 increase in fuel is nearly 20 million extra dollars spent annually. And this only includes airplanes, not trucks, and GSE..[/quote:1qwrkabz]
I'd like to see your company's monthly fuel bill just for their ground operations. JB Hunt's is between 1.3 and 1.5 million monthly and that's from a very good source in their offices.[/quote:1qwrkabz]
JB Hunts fuel costs have got to be a LOT higher than that......
I'd say 20-25 Million per month, maybe more......[/quote:1qwrkabz]
My bad, meant to say daily.
they should sell their products so as to show a profit
Michelle Barnes
Pit Row
OMG...
My mom worked for Braniff when I was a little kid.
Nice pic.
I plan on sending it to her.
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