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HONOLULU- go!, Hawaii's Low Fare Airline, today celebrated its 2,000,000th passenger with a champagne flight from Hilo to Honolulu.

go! Celebrates 2 Millionth Passenger

In the spirit of go!'s recent "Everyone's a Winner" campaign, all passengers on the flight received lei, special celebration gift bags and complimentary round trip tickets. Excitement was maintained throughout the flight with everyone learning the name of the 2 millionth passenger only after arrival in Honolulu. The lucky one in 2,000,000, Lora Reeve of Hilo, Hawai'i was delighted to learn she was the recipient of unlimited complimentary travel on go! for a whole year.

 

"I am so excited to have won! It's huge benefit for me because I commute from Hilo to teach and attend graduate school at UH Manoa. I am very grateful to go! for this award. I already fly go! but this makes flying even better," said Reeve.

"Today is another important milestone for go! and one of celebration not only for Lora and her fellow passengers but also for the people of Hawai'i who have benefited from go!'s everyday low fares," said Paul Skellon, VP of go!. Adding, "We wish to thank our many loyal customers, our partners and everyone on the go! Team for their continued support and dedication. We look forward to building on this success in the years ahead."

Reeve was traveling from her home in Hilo to Honolulu where she is a Ph.D. student at the University of Hawaii.

"Our on-board celebration this morning was fantastic! We are very happy to give special thanks to those who flew with us today and to all of the two million passengers who have flown go! since we began operating in 2006," said Joe Bock, Chief Marketing Officer of go!. "Every day we work to provide the best interisland travel options for Hawaii's residents and visitors and we appreciate the outstanding community support we have received," he continued.

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 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.

 

Contact: Joe Bock (808) 838-7900
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