A federal judge in Honolulu ordered Phoenix-based Mesa Air Group to pay Hawaiian Airlines $80 million in damages for using confidential information to "gain a competitive advantage" in launching its own inter-island airline as competition.

Mesa had gained the information in 2004 when it was considering investing in Hawaiian. In its lawsuit, Hawaiian had sought more than $170 million in damages and a court order to stop Mesa’s airline called go! from operating for one year.