In just a few hours Mesa Air Group’s go! Airlines will make history for offering the lowest inter-island airfare ever in Hawaii. Even if you don’t get in on the deal it is worth noting the significance of this unbelievable promotion.
From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. the airline is offering 1,000 one-way interisland tickets for $1. The fare promotion is in honor of the airlines one-year anniversary in the Islands. (Head’s up–the only way you can take advantage of the deal is to purchase the tickets online at the airline’s website.) Keep in mind that you have to book a round trip to qualify for the low price. Which means that you need to shell out an additional buck to take advantage of the promo. One other restriction: the $1 ticket is only good for travel through December 15, 2007.
For those of you who have never traveled to Hawaii this may not seem like such a big deal. But for all of you people who have visited the 50th state and longed to travel to more than one island, but simply couldn’t afford to shell out the normal fare of up to $120 for a one-way ticket this is a HUGE deal.
The drastic drop in price means that you could travel from Maui to Honolulu for $2, or less than it would cost you for a gallon of gasoline. That’s incredible! (To comprehend just how incredible it is—especially for some locals click here.)
Typically, go!’s inter-island rivals Hawaiian Airlines and Aloha Airlines match each other’s discount fares, though I doubt that the financially strapped airlines could possibly sell seats on their airplanes for $1, but that remains to be seen. After all, Hawaiian and Aloha both matched go!’s last stunning rate drop a few weeks ago when the airline offered $9 one-way fares.
But they did so begrudgingly. Ever since go! debuted in Hawaii last June it has consistently lowered the bar in the market. Travelers who were used to paying upwards of $240 for a round trip inter-island ticket, were treated to $40 round trip tickets once go! rolled into town.
The result: happy travelers and unhappy execs at Hawaiian and Aloha. Both airlines have sued Mesa for allegedly “using proprietary information gathered as a potential buyer when Hawaiian and Aloha were in bankruptcy.” But many residents look at it from a different perspective—-they see it as sour grapes since Hawaiian and Aloha have been forced to match go!’s barely there prices to stay competitive and have been losing money on those flights in the process.
I just wish I were planning a trip to Hawaii so I could take advantage of the sale.
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