Go! goes ahead with Hilo fare hike - Hawaii Business

The legislature needs money! they are going to raise fees and taxes on everything!

Moabetta wrote:

All the airlines should Boycott Hilo airport and see how fast they change their minds. Fire everyone of the brain dead Government officials who came up with this idea, another classic example of the incompetent, over paid bureaucrats infesting the system. Wake up people! Vote and throw all the bums out of office from Hilo to Ni'ihau.

You first!

Grinchie wrote:

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You first!

Racist....from the mainland..you lost money ?..no you stole money!......

kazu wrote:

Don't worry Hilo, the DOT will back off.

Hell no! People need to be patriotic and pay their taxes. "I'm from the government and we're here to help", that's my administration's promise.

localboi wrote:

Where's the Aloha?

Aloha Airlines? The guy from GO! killed them, now he's first to raise airfares. Now that's change you can believe in!

derogatory statement made by the Grinchie...

To all bloggers.....do not respond to Grinch!...
she is a mainlander who is prejudice against the
BLACKS....she proved it in her statement above ...
no one with common sense would dare use that word to describe a person...espeically after all the racist reports in the U.S....UNFORTUNALTELY,
SHE'S FROM OAKLAND CALIFORNIA...I HOPE THE BLACK'S THERE KICK HER BUTT IN FOR GOOD!.....

now for the truth about Grinch!......

Jan 15, 2009 post 74:Grinchie United States
fedup wrote:
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Don't flame me, I don't live on Oahu, and I reslly think that you guys need to deal with your traffic issues before more people go nuts.

Maybe someday I'll come and take the train and try to visualize what Waikiki beach looked like 50 years ago.

She's not a resident of hawaii doesn't pay any taxes here or contribute to our economy and wants to tell us what to do here!....Wildman!!!!.

Wow, this is UNREAL.

Hilo is hurting and the State does THIS?

Auwe.

Bummer wrote:

Wow, this is UNREAL.
Hilo is hurting and the State does THIS?
Auwe.

Das da price of paradise.

dewdalohajoey wrote:

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Das da price of paradise.

Hey dew?...Grinch has been busted !....she's been picking on all of you guys since she got here,
and now....the truth is out!....she made derogatory remarks after i busted her!...

derogatory statement made by the Grinchie...

To all bloggers.....do not respond to Grinch!...
she is a mainlander who is prejudice against the
BLACKS....she proved it in her statement above ...
no one with common sense would dare use that word to describe a person...espeically after all the racist reports in the U.S....UNFORTUNALTELY,
SHE'S FROM OAKLAND CALIFORNIA...I HOPE THE BLACK'S THERE KICK HER BUTT IN FOR GOOD!.....

now for the truth about Grinch!......

Jan 15, 2009 post 74:Grinchie United States
fedup wrote:
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Don't flame me, I don't live on Oahu, and I reslly think that you guys need to deal with your traffic issues before more people go nuts.

Maybe someday I'll come and take the train and try to visualize what Waikiki beach looked like 50 years ago.

She's not a resident of hawaii doesn't pay any taxes here or contribute to our economy and wants to tell us what to do here!....Wildman!!!!.

Joe the Vice President wrote:

<quoted text>Aloha Airlines? The guy from GO! killed them, now he's first to raise airfares. Now that's change you can believe in!

Actually, Aloha killed themselves, and the loss of the Japanese market due to the refusal of GMO Papaya took them over the edge.

Aloha had a lot of cargo capacity, and it was charging ridiculously low rates to ship Papaya from the Big Island to wherever they transhipped to. The Japanese market for GMO Papaya dried up, and Aloha was left to fend for itself.

Aloha was much more involved with Air Cargo than most people think.

They made the mistake of subsidizing air transport rates for Papaya, at rates much lower than they could have charged, while they took benefits away from the workers and destroyed morale.

I don't have any reason to believe that the Aloha employee that discussed this with us wasn't telling the truth.

Grinchie wrote:

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Actually, Aloha killed themselves, and the loss of the Japanese market due to the refusal of GMO Papaya took them over the edge.
Aloha had a lot of cargo capacity, and it was charging ridiculously low rates to ship Papaya from the Big Island to wherever they transhipped to. The Japanese market for GMO Papaya dried up, and Aloha was left to fend for itself.
Aloha was much more involved with Air Cargo than most people think.
They made the mistake of subsidizing air transport rates for Papaya, at rates much lower than they could have charged, while they took benefits away from the workers and destroyed morale.
I don't have any reason to believe that the Aloha employee that discussed this with us wasn't telling the truth.

So that's why the only part of the Airline that survived was the Cargo business? I'm starting to realize why you voted for my administration.

Bummer wrote:

Wow, this is UNREAL.
Hilo is hurting and the State does THIS?
Auwe.

No, this is TYPICAL of the moronic state bureaucracy. They have no conception of what is going on un the real world.
PS When Hawaiian and Mokulele say "they are studying the situation" that means they are setting up their new fares schedules as they speak.

Joe the Vice President wrote:

<quoted text>So that's why the only part of the Airline that survived was the Cargo business? I'm starting to realize why you voted for my administration.

Yep, it was the only asset that was valuable enough for the trustee to sell. Take note that the management was let go, and a new owner that knew how to make money latched on to the opportunity of a fully equipped fleet of Cargo jets, complete with infrastructure, support, and in some cases labor. All laid out for them to purchase at a good price. Then, they can make all new rules, and do whatever they want, while the mistakes of the previous company are forgetten in the sands of time.

Since I don't know what "Administration" you represent, I'll just say that a Trillion dollar war of agression based on lies, torture and the Removal of Habeus Corpus were enough for me to get that rotting corpse of the Bush Administration out of office.

Not that anything has changed so far...

The reason that you see a fantastically over built "General Lyman Field" in Hilo is a hold over from the plantation days. Just like the seven swimming pools and the covered tennis stadium and hundreds of acres of mowed parks. Very pretty , but eventually some one has to pay for it, and , honey , the sugar plantations shut down a few years ago. Hilo folks are going to have to face reality someday. It will not be a pretty denouement.

swannie wrote:

The reason that you see a fantastically over built "General Lyman Field" in Hilo is a hold over from the plantation days. Just like the seven swimming pools and the covered tennis stadium and hundreds of acres of mowed parks. Very pretty , but eventually some one has to pay for it, and , honey , the sugar plantations shut down a few years ago. Hilo folks are going to have to face reality someday. It will not be a pretty denouement.

Well said, but didn't Lingle just participate is the ground braking ceremony for a muli-million dollar upgrade to the National Guard post there?

The Military gets free reign, while the Holdroom rate in the Hilo Airport jumps several hundred percent.

Nobody is asking the real question, and that is what exactly does the increase pay for in terms of the DOT and the Hilo airport. It almost sounds like a direct tax that isn't fully apportioned.
The only way to find out is by direct inquiry, and that certainly isn't going to happen here.

Grinchie wrote:

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Yep, it was the only asset that was valuable enough for the trustee to sell. Take note that the management was let go, and a new owner that knew how to make money latched on to the opportunity of a fully equipped fleet of Cargo jets, complete with infrastructure, support, and in some cases labor. All laid out for them to purchase at a good price. Then, they can make all new rules, and do whatever they want, while the mistakes of the previous company are forgetten in the sands of time.
Since I don't know what "Administration" you represent, I'll just say that a Trillion dollar war of agression based on lies, torture and the Removal of Habeus Corpus were enough for me to get that rotting corpse of the Bush Administration out of office.
Not that anything has changed so far...

What!
Nothing has changed so far!
We Nationalized half the banks, car companies, and will soon control the entire health care industry.
Yes that's right, France coming to a country near you!

Joe the Vice President wrote:

<quoted text>What!
Nothing has changed so far!
We Nationalized half the banks, car companies, and will soon control the entire health care industry.
Yes that's right, France coming to a country near you!

If we get the Same Healthcare as the French do I'll be happy. You hear that Joe, or is your hearing aid turned off?

Oh By the way

Hilo International's lounge fees are cut
by Bret Yager
Tribune-Herald Staff Writer

Published: Thursday, July 16, 2009 10:32 AM HST
The Hawaii Department of Transportation has backed away from a dramatic increase in waiting lounge fees at Hilo International Airport following outcry from the airlines.

The fee charged to interisland carriers shot up to $18.43 per outbound passenger on July 1 -- up from $3.91.

But the increase now has been cut almost as dramatically as it increased -- down to $4.04, according to Brian Sekiguchi, the DOT's deputy director of airports.

Grinchie wrote:

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If we get the Same Healthcare as the French do I'll be happy. You hear that Joe, or is your hearing aid turned off?
Oh By the way
Hilo International's lounge fees are cut
by Bret Yager
Tribune-Herald Staff Writer
Published: Thursday, July 16, 2009 10:32 AM HST
The Hawaii Department of Transportation has backed away from a dramatic increase in waiting lounge fees at Hilo International Airport following outcry from the airlines.
The fee charged to interisland carriers shot up to $18.43 per outbound passenger on July 1 -- up from $3.91.
But the increase now has been cut almost as dramatically as it increased -- down to $4.04, according to Brian Sekiguchi, the DOT's deputy director of airports.

Socialism is whats my administration is all about. It is only fair that someone should pay for your health care.