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Hawaiian Airlines Trustee, Creditors Seek Extension of Plan Filing Date | Hawaiian Airlines | Newsroom
Hawaiian Airlines Trustee, Creditors Seek Extension of Plan Filing Date
Trustee: “Have Better but More Complicated Proposals, and Need Time to Analyze Them”
HONOLULU -- Hawaiian Airlines Trustee Joshua Gotbaum and the company's Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors today filed a joint motion in U.S. Bankruptcy Court seeking a four-week extension to analyze the proposals they have received. Under the current deadline, all plans for Hawaiian, including Gotbaum and the Committee's, would have to be filed by July 29.
Gotbaum said they had proposed the additional time because, although the proposals they received are far better than the plans already filed, they are also more complicated. He said that, for these more complicated proposals, it would take longer to be sure that the necessary financing could be secured reliably and on the terms that have been proposed.
“The whole purpose of restructuring Hawaiian is to secure the best possible plan, taking into account the interests of creditors, shareholders, employees, and everyone else that is essential to the airline's success,” said Gotbaum. “Hawaiian is doing well, and that has attracted more and better proposals. Now we need to understand them and negotiate the best one. Unlike some other airlines, we think it's in Hawaiian's best interests to take the time and get it right.”
Gotbaum and the Committee are continuing to work with two of their original potential investors. They have also received and are reviewing a proposal from Ranch Capital, which now controls Hawaiian Holdings.
Ultimately, Gotbaum and the Creditors Committee will team up with one investor and propose a joint plan of reorganization to the bankruptcy court for Hawaiian to exit bankruptcy.
The new schedule as proposed for Hawaiian to exit bankruptcy is:
August 30, 2004: Deadline to file plans of reorganization.
September 9: Deadline to make material modifications to plans.
September 30: Disclosure statement hearing (subject to court availability).
November 15 or later: Confirmation hearing (subject to court availability).
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