Aloha plans interisland flight changes

More enhancements to interisland air service are in the offing, as Hawaiian and Aloha airlines defend their turf against the new carrier go!
Go!, a service of the Mainland carrier Mesa Air Group, launches in June with $39 fares that Hawaiian and Aloha matched even before go! announced them.
Now the legacy carriers are moving to match or beat go!'s flight schedule.
Hawaiian this week quietly added extra flights late in the evening, allowing neighbor island visitors to return to Honolulu as late as the 9 p.m. hour.
Aloha executives met Tuesday to work out their own changes.
"We will be adding flights to and from Maui and Kauai in the late evening and we will also be adding some early morning flying to ensure that our schedule is more than competitive," said Aloha Senior Vice President Thom Nulty. "It is our plan to continue our flights every hour on the hour to Maui and Kauai and to supplement those flights with additional trips where justified and or needed."
Nulty said details would come later but he expected also to be adjusting some flight times between Honolulu and Kona and Hilo "to better meet customer needs and to be more competitive."