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August 3, 2009

 go! Hawaii's Low Fare Airline Reports July 2009 Traffic

Honolulu, HI – go! today reported preliminary traffic figures for July 2009 and noted it achieved a 73.87% load factor compared to 70.40% for the same period in 2008 while passenger enplanements were 72,573, a 5.62% decrease over the 76,895 passengers carried in July 2008. Last month go! generated 13.87 million available seat miles and 10.25 million revenue passenger miles versus 15.67 million available seat miles and 11.03 million revenue passenger miles in July 2008.

Paul Skellon, Vice President go! said, "In spite of the very difficult economic climate which continues to impact Hawaii visitor numbers, we are pleased to have once again achieved a month of higher year over year load factor. It is important we continue to carefully match capacity with demand while maintaining a convenient high-frequency interisland schedule for our business and leisure customers."

Mesa Air Group Chairman and CEO, Jonathan Ornstein said, "I would like to pay tribute to everyone throughout our organization whose commitment and hard work has built a solid foundation for go!'s future growth and success. In spite of falling tourism and a difficult economic environment, we remain optimistic that 2009 will be a year of continuing progress and opportunity for go! and we thank the people and businesses of Hawaii for their continued support during these difficult times."

Passengers who register for go! Miles frequent flyer program are able to earn go! Miles redeemable for travel and can earn 500 miles just by registering online. Members of the program also receive go!'s monthly newsletter with frequent opportunities to win free neighbor island and mainland vacation getaways! Additional information is available and tickets can be booked online at www.iflygo.com or by calling toll free 1-888-IFLYGO2.

Mesa currently operates 144 aircraft with over 800 daily system departures to 108 cities, 38 states, 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.
 

This press release contains various forward-looking statements that are based on management's beliefs, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to management. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable; it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. Such statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, estimated, projected or expected.

go! operates up to 66 flights per day from its Honolulu hub to Lihue’e, Kahului, Kona, and Hilo using a fleet of state-of-the-art Bombardier CRJ-200 jets outfitted with comfortable leather interiors and no middle seats.  go! is a division of Mesa Air Group, Inc. Mesa currently operates 150 aircraft with over 800 daily system departures to 110 cities, 38 states, 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!.

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HONOLULU go!, the interisland Hawaii division of Mesa Air Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MESA), celebrated its 139,000th passenger today. After flying on go! as the 139,000th passenger, Celeste Tanabe of Waipahu, Oahu was given the next cheapest way to get around the islands: a new, blue Diamo Retro moped as well as four round trip tickets on go!. Celeste was surprised this morning when she arrived in Honolulu from Kahului. go! chose to honor its 139,000th passenger to acknowledge its signature $39* one-way interisland airfare.

"I’m going to tell my family about flying go! because the planes are nice, on time and they made the fares reasonable," said Tanabe.

"Today has been great! We wanted to do something special to thank the passengers who have flown with us," said Joe Bock, Chief Marketing Officer of go!. "We work hard to provide high quality interisland flights at the lowest price and appreciate the people of Hawaii who continue to support go! and low fares," he continued.

Tanabe was traveling to Maui with her husband, James to visit his family and said, "It’s our first anniversary, it’s the first time we flew on go! and it’s the first time I’ve won anything!"

Since its debut, go! has been known for bringing $39* one-way interisland fares to Hawaii. In the first two months of service, the number of passengers flying go! has exceeded the airline’s expectations.

"From the beginning, our goal has always been to offer families, friends and business people a high-quality and low-cost airline for travel between the islands. We are delighted by the reception we have received," said Jonathan Ornstein, Mesa Air Group Chairman and CEO.

Mesa launched its independent, interisland Hawaii service on June 9 with three aircraft. go!’s flight schedule doubled shortly thereafter on June 30 with the arrival of two additional aircraft. The introduction of larger regional jets is currently planned for 2007. For the period of June 9 through 30, go! had an overall completion factor of 100% and for the month of July had an overall completion factor of 99.9%. go!’s on time arrival rate for June was 88.9% and 84.9% for July.

All passengers on board the lucky winner’s 10:30 a.m. Kahului to Honolulu flight were given go! t-shirts as a sign of the airline’s appreciation. At Honolulu International Airport, go! employees handed out chocolates from a local manufacturer as additional thanks.

go! now offers 62 flights daily from Honolulu to the destinations of Lihue, Kahului, Kona and Hilo. Passengers who register for go! Miles frequent flyer program are able to earn go! Miles redeemable for travel and can earn 500 miles just by registering online. Additional information is available and tickets can be booked online at www.iflygo.com or by calling toll free 1-888-IFLYGO2.

go! also offers special reduced fares for military personnel, their spouses and dependents. Active duty personnel from every branch of the U.S. military are eligible, including the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard, as well as active duty members of the Reserve and National Guard. In addition to these discounts, go! is also waiving ticket change fees for military fares.

Special military fares must be booked via the go! toll-free reservation number at 1-888-IFLYGO2 and are subject to certain restrictions. Seats are limited and may not be available on every flight.