More Bad Travel News for Hawai'i?

"The loss of nearly 15 percent of the airline capacity to Hawaii this week with the abrupt closure of ATA Airlines and Aloha Airlines is sending shock waves through the state's visitor industry.

State tourism officials said other carriers' existing flights could have filled the void left by Aloha.

But the loss of ATA's seats could cause state visitor counts to fall by more than a half-million in the next nine months if new flights are not added, said state Tourism Liaison Marsha Wienert.

"It could be devastating to our market," Wienert said. "My guess is that the other carriers don't have the capacity to absorb those passengers unless additional seats are put into the market -- and that depends on the availability of planes, crews and what kind of yield the airlines think that they can get."

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