Startup airline Mainline Airways has been selling cheap $89 one-way tix between Los Angeles and Honolulu on its website since April. One problem, according to a Hawaii judge: The airline doesn't have any approval to operate. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin and Pacific Business Journal report that the judge has barred Mainline from selling any more tickets.
Apparently hundreds of people have already bought tickets, even though the airline hasn't even filed an application with the Federal Aviation Administration! ("It takes more than a Web site to start an airline," said Mark Recktenwald, director of Hawaii's Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.)
Nonetheless, Mainline claims it will start daily widebody jet service between Los Angeles and Honolulu in July. But the Mainline website doesn't seem to work right now, and even a cache version of the site (Thanks, Google!) turns up blank.
Coincidentally, we're starting up Franklin Airlines next month, with non-stop daily service to Kauai. Make your reservations here.
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