Aloha Airlines incited by inter-island competitor go! (operated by parent company Mesa Airlines) and high fuel prices, Aloha filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection again on March 20, 2008. Ten days later, on March 30, 2008, Aloha Airlines announced the suspension of all scheduled passenger flights, with the final day of operation to be March 31, 2008. The shutdown resulted in the layoffs of about 1,900 of the company's roughly 3,500 employees. Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle asked the bankruptcy court involved to delay the shutdown of Aloha Airlines passenger services, and forcibly restore passenger service; however, federal Bankruptcy Judge Lloyd King declined,
Simcoe Island sombre memorial to the many lives lost and ships sunk off its shores in the "Graveyard of Lake Ontario", including the "Comet", a paddle steamer from the United States, the "Aloha", a 171-foot-long vessel, and the "Effie Mae", which collided with the "Aloha". Simcoe Island Simcoe Island is a small island approx. 6 km long, and 1.5 km across at its widest point, in Lake Ontario, just off Wolfe Island, close to Kingston, Ontario, and Amherst Island. The island is almost completely farmland and can be reached by ferry from Wolfe Island. Part of Frontenac County, it forms the township