Thread: MAHALO NUI LOA - ALOHA OE

Aloha Airlines announced today that it will be shutting its inter-island and trans-Pacific passenger flight operations. Aloha's last day of operations will be Monday.

On that day Aloha will operate its schedule with the exception of flights from Hawai'i to the West Coast and flights from Orange County to Reno and Sacramento and Oakland to Las Vegas.

Effective immediately, Aloha will stop selling tickets for travel beyond tomorrow.

The shutdown will affect about 1,800 employees. "This is an incredibly dark day for Hawai'i," said David Benmiller, Aloha's president and chief executive officer. "Despite the groundswell of support from the community and our elected officials, we simply ran out of time to find a qualified buyer or secure continued financing for our passenger business. We had no choice but to take this action."

Source: Honolulu Advertiser