Aloha Pacific was formed to provide DC-10 service to Guam and Taiwan in the spring of 1984. The service was discontinued after six months and the DC-10 was sold, at a profit.
Aloha learned a few good lessons. One was how not to launch a new service and by extension of that, what it takes to enter a new market. Aloha also learned that flying wide-bodies was not its forte. We learned to stick with what we know best.