Aloha Airlines and Kiritimati (Christmas Island), becoming the first airline to operate ETOPS approved B737s. In late 1986, Ching and vice-chairman Sheridan Ing announced plans to take the company private, and it remained in the hands of the Ing and Ching families until its emergence from bankruptcy in 2006, when additional investors including The Yucaipa Cos., Aloha Aviation Investment Group, and Aloha Hawaii Investors LLC took stakes in the airline. In 1987, the airline acquired Princeville Airways, renaming Aloha IslandAir, which became known as Island Air in 1995. In 2003, Island Air was sold to Gavarnie Holding and became an independent airline.
War Is the H-Word A.V. Club" gave the episode a B+. War Is the H-Word "War Is the H-Word" is episode two in season three of "Futurama". It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 26, 2000. The episode parodies several war films and shows, including "Starship Troopers", "Star Wars" and "M*A*S*H". Fry and Bender enlist in the Earth Army to take advantage of the 5% military discount to buy Big Pink (ham-flavoured chewing gum). Within seconds of their enlistment, Earth declares war on Spheron I, a planet that commanding general Zapp Brannigan describes as devoid of any natural