=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SF Gate. The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/news/archive/2002/04/04/f= inancial2321EST0434.DTL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, April 4, 2002 (AP) Aloha Airlines says it may sue Hawaiian Airlines JAYMES SONG, Associated Press Writer (04-04) 20:21 PST HONOLULU (AP) -- The head of Aloha Airlines said Thursday the carrier may sue rival Hawaiian Airlines over a breakup fee contained in the agreement of their failed merger. Glenn Zander, Aloha's president and chief executive officer, emphasized Aloha is "alive and well," during a news conference to announce two new routes to the West Coast. Aloha will begin a daily nonstop flight between its hub in Honolulu to Burbank, Calif., on June 1 and Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada on June 15. Zander said the possible lawsuit involves a $4 million breakup fee, which called for $3 million going to Aloha and $1 million for Turnworks Inc., a Texas-based company working to merge the two carriers. Zander said he believes the breakup fee agreement was not fulfilled. "Not surprisingly, Hawaiian takes an opposite point of view," he said. "= So we do have attorneys looking at it, we are considering initiating litigation. We have not done so as yet, we're merely considering it and at the appropriate time we'll make that decision." Hawaiian spokesman Keoni Wagner said last month that Hawaiian feels that no penalties would be accrued by any of the parties. Meanwhile, Zander said Aloha will continue with its West Coast expansion plans that were made before the planned merger and Sept. 11. Aloha employees who were laid off following Sept. 11 will also be recall= ed and some "marginal" hiring may also happen, Zander said. There are 31 flight attendants and four pilots who remain on furlough. "When it's all said and done, they will all have been recalled," he said. On the Net: Aloha Airlines: www.alohaairlines.com Hawaiian Airlines: www.hawaiianair.com/ =20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2002 AP