NEWS RELEASE
PHOENIX, June 9, 2009

 

HONOLULU— go! , Hawaii’s Low Fare Airline, today celebrates its 3rd birthday with $3* fares and ticket giveaways for passengers. As a way of showing thanks to its loyal passengers, go! is offering 1,000 $3* fares valid for travel between June 9 and June 30, 2009. These amazing deals will be available Tuesday, June 9, 2009 from 5:00a.m. HST via go!’s website, www.iflygo.com. Tickets must be purchased by Thursday, June 11, 2009. go! is also awarding three lucky people on each Tuesday go! flight with a certificate redeemable for a free roundtrip.

“We want to celebrate this exciting milestone with the people who have made our success possible. That’s why we’re offering the friends, families and business people of Hawai’i the opportunity to take advantage of another unbeatable go! deal,” said Paul Skellon, VP of go!. Adding, “In these three seemingly short years we’ve had the privilege of flying more than 2 million passengers and this is our way of saying ‘mahalo’ for your loyalty and support.”

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 145 aircraft with over 800 daily system departures to 115 cities, 38 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 airports of Hilo, Kahului, Kona and Lihue. 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. Mesa is a member of the Regional Airline Association and Regional Aviation Partners.

* Special fares start from $3. Seats are limited and fares may not be available on all flights. Special fares are valid per segment. A segment is defined as one takeoff and one landing. Special fares must be purchased online via iflygo.com and cost $5 more if purchased by telephone. Tickets are nontransferable and nonrefundable. Changes can be made prior to scheduled departure for a fee of $20 per person plus any applicable difference in airfare. Fares displayed do not include September 11th Security Fees of up to $5 each way and a Federal Segment Excise Tax of $3.60 per segment. All taxes and fees must be paid at the time of purchase. Flights operated by Mesa Airlines doing business as go!. Fares are not valid on go!Express flights operated by Hawaii Island Air. Passengers may check their 1st bag for $10 and their 2nd for $17. ServiceTTY users dial 711 for voice relay. Special fares are valid for travel between June 9 and June 30, 2009. This fare is not available on Fridays, Saturdays or Sundays. Tickets must be purchased by June 11, 2009. Other restrictions apply.