Mokulele Airlines (MHO, Kona) CEO Ron Hansen has reassured customers that the recent closure of go! (Hawaii) (Honolulu) has not impacted Mokulele's operations. In the wake of rising fuel costs and changing business priorities, Mesa Airlines (YV, Phoenix Sky Harbor) closed down Go! on April 1 in order to focus on its US mainland operations.
“In 2011, Mokulele’s parent company, TransPac Aviation, purchased the turboprop division of Mesa Airlines Group, the operator of go! Airlines. Since that time, Mokulele and go! have operated as two separate airlines, which is why our flight operations are not being affected by go!'s April 1 shutdown. In fact, we are expanding our fleet and adding new destinations to continue enhancing our service to Hawaii’s residents and visitors,” he said in a statement.
As a result of go!'s departure from the local interisland travel market, Mokulele says it will add three Cessna (single turboprop) 208Bs later this year in order to take up market slack.
