NEWS RELEASE

Honolulu – go! today reported preliminary traffic figures for March 2009 and noted it achieved 64,093 passenger enplanements, a 17.38% increase over the 54,604 passengers carried in March 2008. Last month go! generated 14.04 million available seat miles and 9.35 million revenue passenger miles versus 11.91 million available seat miles and 8.08 million revenue passenger miles in March 2008. go!’s load factor for March 2009 was 66.58% compared to 67.80% for the same period in 2008.

“We continue to be encouraged by the strong growth in passenger numbers year over year in spite of the present difficult economic climate and a decline in the number of visitors to Hawaii,” said Mesa Air Group Chairman and CEO Jonathan Ornstein. “We remain optimistic that 2009 will continue to offer new opportunities and thank our more than 2 million passengers, our people and partners, all who have contributed to our success,” Mr. Ornstein said.

In March go! concluded a code share agreement with Hawaii Island Air Inc. (dba Island Air) through which go! has begun marketing services flown by Island Air between Kahului, Maui and Hilo, the Big Island and Lihu'e, Kaua'i; Honolulu and Kapalua, Maui; Honolulu and Lana'i; Honolulu and Moloka'i; Kahului, and Kona, the Big Island and between Kahului and Moloka'i. Island Air’s service operates up to 54 daily flights with 37 passenger, twin engine, pressurized Dash8 aircraft.

Passengers who register for go!Miles frequent flyer program are able to earn go!Miles redeemable for travel and can earn 500 miles just by registering online. Members of the program also receive go!’s monthly newsletter with frequent opportunities to win free neighbor island and mainland vacation getaways! Additional information is available and tickets can be booked online at www.iflygo.com or by calling toll free 1-888-IFLYGO2.

Mesa currently operates 151 aircraft with over 800 daily system departures to 119 cities, 36 states, the District of Columbia, Canada and Mexico. Mesa operates as Delta Connection, US Airways Express and United Express under contractual agreements with Delta Air Lines, US Airways and United Airlines, respectively, and independently as Mesa Airlines and go!. In June 2006 Mesa launched inter-island Hawaiian service as go! This operation links Honolulu to the neighbor island destinations of Hilo and Kona; Kahului and Kapalua; Lihu’e, Moloka’i and Lana’i. The Company, founded by Larry and Janie Risley in New Mexico in 1982, has approximately 5,000 employees and was awarded Regional Airline of the Year by Air Transport World magazine in 1992 and 2005.

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