go! Mokulele was an American
business
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marketing inter-island flights within the state of
Hawaii
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. The airline was a
joint venture
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between
Mesa Airlines
Mesa Airlines, Inc. is an American regional airline headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona. Mesa operates and maintains a fleet of Embraer E-175 Aircraft that are scheduled, marketed and sold by United Airlines as United Express. ...
and
Mokulele Flight Services formed in October 2009 when the companies merged their competing airline business
subsidiaries
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,
go! and
Mokulele Airlines, under one
umbrella company
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. Mesa Air Group owned approximately 75% of the company, while Transpac and other Mokulele shareholders owned approximately 25%. The airline had its headquarters in
Honolulu CDP,
City and County of Honolulu. Following Mesa's late 2011 divestiture of its ownership stake in Mokulele, Mesa announced it was discontinuing the "go! Mokulele" brand.
Go! Mokulele did not hold its own
air operator's certificate
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. Instead, flights were operated by
Mesa Airlines
Mesa Airlines, Inc. is an American regional airline headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona. Mesa operates and maintains a fleet of Embraer E-175 Aircraft that are scheduled, marketed and sold by United Airlines as United Express. ...
and Mokulele Airlines for Go! Mokulele.
Destinations
All destinations served by go! Mokulele were in the state of
Hawaii
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in the
United States
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. The following destinations were served:
Fleet
See also
*
List of airlines of Hawaii
*
List of defunct airlines of the United States
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References
{{Airlines of the United States
Airlines established in 2009
Airlines disestablished in 2012
Defunct regional airlines of the United States
Defunct companies based in Hawaii
Transportation in Hawaii County, Hawaii
Mesa Air Group
2009 establishments in Hawaii
2012 disestablishments in Hawaii
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