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Molokai and Lānaʻi Deserve Better as Air Service Trouble Leaves Them Stranded Again
It’s hard to fathom just how vital air service is to some of the more remote communities in the US, and possibly none have suffered quite as much as Molokai and Lānaʻi in the Hawaiian Islands. Last week, the islands…
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3 Links I Love: SpirBlue is Happening, Small Airports with Big Problems, Big Props in Molokai
This Week’s Featured Link JetBlue and Spirit to Create a National Low-Fare Challenger to the Dominant Big Four Airlines – JetBlue NewsroomThe hostile bid has worked. JetBlue and Spirit, together forever… if the feds say it’s ok. Video of the…
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Two Days Of Deeper Exploration On Molokai (A Cranky Travelogue)
Welcome back as we get toward the end of my latest Cranky Travelogue. It’s another Wednesday post, and that’s because this one has nothing to do with airlines or flying at all. Returning to Molokai Starts With My First Flight…
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Every Route is the Scenic Route Going To and From Molokai (A Cranky Travelogue)
Let’s leave the pain of entering the state of Hawaiʻi in the last chapter and instead move on to something far better… my island hoppers to and from Molokai. Returning to Molokai Starts With My First Flight in the United…
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Molokai and Lānaʻi Face Big Changes With the Demise of ʻOhana
There has been a massive surge in air service to the Hawaiian Islands in recent times with more frequency, bigger airplanes, fancier first class seats, and more airlines getting into the game. But while the tourist destinations on the four…
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Returning to Molokai Starts With My First Flight in the United Polaris Seat (A Cranky Travelogue)
When I first visited Molokai back in 2017, I wanted to return almost immediately, but I knew it would take awhile. Unlike most family vacation spots, Molokai was my place to escape, and it’s not often I get to go…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by OAK: JetBlue Traverses the Country, Gol and Azul May Buddy Up
JetBlue Digs Deeper and Shorter Into Leisure This Summer Remember that weird time during the pandemic when every airline thought Traverse City was an untapped goldmine? Well, JetBlue just realized there might have been some truth in that. The airline…
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Two Different Caravan Experiences Between the Hawaiian Islands (Trip Report)
We had arrived in Honolulu, and now it was time for the five of us to get small. Our flights on Mokulele (technically operated by Southern Airways Express using the Mokulele brand) were on 9-seat Cessna Grand Caravans. We could…
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United’s Oldest 777s Provide a Good if Not Distinctively Hawaiian Ride to Honolulu (Trip Report)
Back in May, I had a boys trip planned to go hiking on Molokai, and then Mother Nature had other plans. An abnormally wet storm moved through and made it questionable whether we’d be able to do our remote hikes.…
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Checking in Alaska As It Preps for the Hawaiian Merger
I posted my conversation with Hawaiian CEO Peter Ingram last week, and then, well, Americanʻs big changes distracted me. But my head is back in the islands now. After talking to Peter, I had a call with Daniel Chun, Alaskaʻs…
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Checking in on Hawaiian Airlines with CEO Peter Ingram
Last week, I was supposed to be with some friends hiking around Molokai, but Mother Nature had other plans. The abnormal deluge that soaked Molokai and the western islands killed our plans, so we postponed the trip. Unfortunately, that meant…
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Hawaiian’s Five-Year Downhill Slide Led it Right Into Alaska’s Arms
Alaska’s decision to buy Hawaiian Airlines and save it from a bankruptcy filing — or worse — was not something that happened overnight. Over the last five years, Hawaiian has gone through some of the most challenging times any airline has…