September 3, 1991
The early 90’s were difficult times for Aloha, even though it was gaining on weakening rival Hawaiian’s inter-island market share. An economic meltdown in Japan, the Gulf War effect’s on tourism, and Hurricane Iniki in 1992 were all catalysts for declining traffic at Aloha. 737-400s were ordered to begin replacing the vintage 737-200 classics. Do to cash flow problems, only 2 examples would enter the fleet before being sold after 2 years.
March 2, 1999
Aloha was on an upswing in the late 90’s. It had introduced a new color scheme, ordered Next Gen 737s, and began planning for the introduction of its first ever mainland U.S. routes to the network.
  July 2, 2002
Aloha introduced it’s first mainland U.S. routes from 2000-2002. Next generation 737-700s were utilized first to Oakland with Phoenix, Orange County, Phoenix, Burbank, and Las Vegas coming online after.

April 1, 2004
In 2005, Aloha abandoned service to some west coast destinations such as Burbank as financial difficulties crept in. Aloha, along with Delta, is the last mainstream airline to operate Boeing 737-200 in full passenger configuration. Alaska operates 737-200 QCs

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