The collapse of Aloha Airlines last week has left the door open for remaining Hawaiian carriers to expand operations.  Hawaiian Airlines has announce that it will bring additional aircraft online and step up inter-island and mainland flying to help displaced passengers.  go! airlines also announced increased capacity by adding two more aircraft to its fleet.

 Hawaiian Airlines has also stepped in an offered free mainland flights to travelers stranded by Aloha’s shutdown.  According to the airline there are still over 100 displaced passengers waiting to get to Los Angeles.  To increase inter-island capacity, Hawaiian has brought an additional Boeing 767 aircraft online to help with the spike in demand.

go! airlines, which has been credited for Aloha’s collapse, has also announced that its fleet is growing.  It will double its fleet to four aircraft and increase from 54 to 94 flights per day.  In addition, Mesa Airlines has announced that it will replace go!’s current fleet of 50-seat CRJ-200 aircraft with larger 90-seat CRJ-900 aircraft.  go! is heavily subsidized by Mesa’s other operations which have taken a hit recently with the loss of a large portion of Delta Connection flying.

Although this may be a boom time for current Hawaiian operations, time will tell if they are careful enough not to create too much more capacity.  Flights were not that full before the Aloha bankruptcy, so this may just be a small spike.

The collapse of Aloha Airlines last week has left the door open for remaining Hawaiian carriers to expand operations.  Hawaiian Airlines has announce that it will bring additional aircraft online and step up inter-island and mainland flying to help displaced passengers.  go! airlines also announced increased capacity by adding two more aircraft to its fleet.

 Hawaiian Airlines has also stepped in an offered free mainland flights to travelers stranded by Aloha’s shutdown.  According to the airline there are still over 100 displaced passengers waiting to get to Los Angeles.  To increase inter-island capacity, Hawaiian has brought an additional Boeing 767 aircraft online to help with the spike in demand.

go! airlines, which has been credited for Aloha’s collapse, has also announced that its fleet is growing.  It will double its fleet to four aircraft and increase from 54 to 94 flights per day.  In addition, Mesa Airlines has announced that it will replace go!’s current fleet of 50-seat CRJ-200 aircraft with larger 90-seat CRJ-900 aircraft.  go! is heavily subsidized by Mesa’s other operations which have taken a hit recently with the loss of a large portion of Delta Connection flying.

Although this may be a boom time for current Hawaiian operations, time will tell if they are careful enough not to create too much more capacity.  Flights were not that full before the Aloha bankruptcy, so this may just be a small spike.