Updated at 1:47 p.m., Tuesday, October 16, 2007
CEO of go! airline's parent answered questions live
Advertiser Staff
Jonathan Ornstein, chief executive officer of Mesa Air Group, answered questions live today on the Hot Seat.The session ran from noon to 1 p.m. Read his answers at honoluluadvertiser.com/opinion.
Phoenix-based Mesa Air Group operates the local airline go!
Hawaiian Airlines is suing Mesa for $173 million in damages, alleging Ornstein's Mesa used confidential data from Hawaiian in setting up go!
The new airline's entry into the Hawai'i interisland market has been punctuated by incredibly low fares: Mesa launched go! in June 2006 with one-way fares of $39 and has since temporarily lowered its fares to $29, $19, $9 and $1. Hawaiian and Aloha have frequently matched those fares.
