FlyHawaii Airlines was a proposed low-cost airline that would have provided inter-island flight service in the

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. The company, which was founded by Lion Coffee founder James Delano planned to begin service in late 2005 or early 2006. FlyHawaii hoped to succeed where predecessors such as

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and

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had failed by following the blueprint of low-cost carriers like

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and JetBlue Airways, which offer frequent flights and depend heavily on Internet bookings. The airline planned to charge fares in the $50 to $60 range. Following the September 2005 announcement by

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that it intended to start its own inter-island carrier, go!, using 50-seat jet aircraft, its primary investor, a group that included

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founder

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, decided against buying into the carrier. Other potential investors also elected to wait to gauge Mesa's impact on the market and await the results of Aloha Airlines then-current

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reorganization. In late November 2005, FlyHawaii laid off its staff and shut down.

Fleet

FlyHawaii planned to operate ATR 72 turboprop aircraft carrying approximately 68 passengers. Service would have started with an initial fleet of four or five aircraft, expanding ultimately to about a dozen aircraft.

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Fleet

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