NEWS RELEASE

HONOLULU — October 2, 2008. go! today reported preliminary passenger traffic of 58,179 for September 2008, a 10.7% increase over the 52,552 passengers carried in the prior September. In September 2008, go! generated 13.17 million available seat miles and 8.52 million revenue passenger miles versus 11.22 million available seat miles and 7.48 million revenue passenger miles in September 2007. The load factor for September 2008 was 65.15%, compared to 66.74% for the same period in 2007. Hawai'i's low fare airline recorded an on-time performance rate of 90.9% and a total completion factor of 100%.

“We are pleased to have had a strong September given the current economic backdrop,” said Mesa Air Group Chairman and CEO Jonathan Ornstein. “While we are unable to control certain aspects of our business such as fuel costs, we are proud to say go! successfully operated every single scheduled flight in September and as a result, had the best operational month since inception. We appreciate the hard work of our team at go!, as well as our ground handlers and customer service agents from Swissport and United for contributing to this great operational performance,” Mr. Ornstein added.