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Lānaʻi Air vs. Mokulele: A Billionaire Airline Fills Hawaii's Island Aviation Gap
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Larry Ellison's Lānaʻi Air is preparing scheduled flights to Moloka'i — an island left with one unreliable commercial lifeline after the pandemic gutted Hawaiian inter-island aviation. But at $160 one-way, and with Ellison's controlling history on Lānaʻi, residents are asking whether this is a transport solution or the start of something bigger.
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Five years after the pandemic collapsed Hawaiian inter-island aviation from three carriers down to one, a billionaire's luxury airline is moving into the gap. The question isn't whether the service is needed.
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