Talk:Aha! (airline brand)

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First flight

@Headphase: I disagree with the inclusion of this statement: "The brand's inaugural revenue flight was a sports charter operated on September 30, 2021 between Tallahassee, FL and Anderson, SC—exactly one year after ExpressJet's final flight as a fee-for-departure regional operator."

The cited work is a magazine published by a trade union (not exactly the most independent of sources), which is not publically accessible for verification by other editors. While I appreciate your inclusion of the quote, are there any other independent, public news sources of this information?

But even if we found such a source -- I still find it strange that we should include that the first flight for an airline that operates out of Reno was an east coast charter flight one month ahead of all other operations. I don't doubt that the flight happened, and the plane used may have already been painted in aha! colors, I just don't think it adds to the audience's understanding of this airline operation. --RickyCourtney (talk) 00:58, 4 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

While labor publications may present a COI specifically regarding labor-related issues/disputes, I don't see any reason why they would be "unreliable" for simple facts like the date of a first flight. That said, I was able to dig up the original press release which, while a primary source, does corroborate the secondary magazine sourcing. Since the press release does introduce a bit of ambiguity on whether the flight actually was technically operated under the aha! brand or not, I went ahead and moved the content over to a new section under ExpressJet#History. As a side note, if clarity can be found on this point, I'd argue that a brand's first revenue flight being a charter op instead of scheduled service actually is notable in and of itself as it speaks to the viability and market reception of the overall business model - Headphase (talk) 04:21, 4 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]