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Mesa Air Group Inc., Announces Termination of Code Share Agreement with
Mokulele Airlines


PHOENIX, March 23, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Mesa Air Group
Inc., (Nasdaq: MESA) today announced the termination of its code share agreement
with Hawaii based Mokulele Airlines. Mesa elected to accelerate its previously
announced termination date, as permitted under the terms of the Code Share
Agreement, following Mokulele's announcement that it had replaced its Chief
Executive Officer. go! Express passengers traveling on or after March 25, 2009
will be seamlessly re-accommodated on flights operated by Hawaii Island Air
Inc., dba Island Air, which operates a fleet of 37-seat, twin engine turbo-props
on inter-island flights.

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Paul Skellon, Vice President go!, said, "Given the direction Mokulele has taken
we believe it is in the best long term interests of both companies to end our
partnership."

Mesa Air Group Chairman and CEO, Jonathan Ornstein said, "go! Express passengers
will now be flown in greater comfort on Island Air's larger, pressurized twin
engine aircraft." Mr. Ornstein added, "In the coming days we expect to begin
offering our customers an even greater choice of inter-island routes as part of
our new code share agreement with Island Air."

Mesa currently operates 151 aircraft with over 800 daily system departures to
119 cities, 36 states, the District of Columbia, Canada and Mexico. Mesa
operates as Delta Connection, US Airways Express and United Express under
contractual agreements with Delta Air Lines, US Airways and United Airlines,
respectively, and independently as Mesa Airlines and go!. In June 2006 Mesa
launched inter-island Hawaiian service as go! This operation links Honolulu to
the neighbor island airports of Hilo, Kahului, Kona and Lihue. The Company,
founded by Larry and Janie Risley in New Mexico in 1982, has approximately 5,000
employees and was awarded Regional Airline of the Year by Air Transport World
magazine in 1992 and 2005. Mesa is a member of the Regional Airline Association
and Regional Aviation Partners.

SOURCE Mesa Air Group, Inc.



URL: http://www.mesa-air.com

Mesa, Island Air sign code share agreement


Mar 26, 2009 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- Mesa Air Group has signed a code share
agreement with Hawaii Island Air, doing business as Island Air.

Under the agreement, Mesa's independent Hawai'i operation, doing business as
go!, will begin marketing services to be flown by Island Air between Kahului,
Maui and Hilo, the Big Island and Lihu'e, Kaua'i; Honolulu and Kapalua, Maui;
Honolulu and Lana'i; Honolulu and Moloka'i; Kahului, and Kona, the Big Island
and between Kahului and Moloka'i.

Jonathan Ornstein, chairman and CEO of Mesa Air Group, said: "We are delighted
to be working with Island Air which has a long tradition of high quality service
in the islands. This code share agreement will allow go! to extend its network
and offer the people of Hawai'i an even greater choice for inter-island travel."



URL: http://www.datamonitor.com

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