Discovery Airways was an airline that provided inter-island service within the state of Hawaii in March 1990.

75% of the company's stock was owned by Phillip Ho, chairman of the airline and head of Nansay Hawaii, a Japanese real estate development firm.

The DoT issued a nine-month provisional certificate, giving the airline time to prove it was controlled by American interests.

Ho refused to appear before the DOT without a subpoena and was ultimately unable to prove American citizenship.

Mancassola went on to start Debonair in the United Kingdom in 1996, which also operated the BAe 146 and featured the same livery and logo on its aircraft as Discovery.