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50-850: Hawaiian Airlines began scheduled passenger service from the airport in November 1953. As of 2016, the only scheduled air service is by Mokulele Airlines , which offers twice daily service to Kahului, Maui. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, in which it is categorized as a non-primary commercial service facility. Waimea-Kohala Airport covers an area of 90 acres (36 ha) at an elevation of 2,671 feet (814 m) above mean sea level . It has one runway designated 4/22 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,197 by 100 feet (1,584 by 30 m). The airport has one taxiway and an aircraft parking apron at

100-482: A $ 45 million contract for Air New Zealand to perform heavy maintenance on Hawaiian's Boeing 767 aircraft. This contract lasted for five years. Air New Zealand stated that this opportunity will also give a chance for them to build their expertise working on 767s. In August 2007, the Seattle Seahawks became the second sports team to begin using Hawaiian Airlines to travel to games. The Las Vegas Raiders , also of

150-469: A combined frequent-flier program, with Alaska's Mileage Plan likely to replace HawaiianMiles unless the companies opt for an all-new program. The proposed merger was approved by shareholders of Hawaiian Airlines in April 2024, following earlier approval from both Alaska Air Group and Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. Under President Biden, the U.S. Department of Justice has worked to prevent further consolidation in

200-542: A crew base at Los Angeles International Airport . The airline operates flights to Asia, American Samoa , Australia , French Polynesia , Hawaii , New Zealand , Alaska , Canada , and the Contiguous United States . Hawaiian is the oldest American carrier that has never had a fatal accident or a hull loss throughout its history, and frequently tops the on-time carrier list in the United States, as well as

250-424: A fleet modernization program that also replaced its DC-9s with new Boeing 717 aircraft. The Boeing aircraft featured an updated rendition of the company's "Pualani" tail art, which had appeared on its Douglas aircraft since the 1970s. A new design was updated by a local artist Mauriel Morejon. Pualani, which means "flower of the sky," the key icon of Hawaiian's brand for more than four decades, continues to feature on

300-455: A majority share in parent company Hawaiian Holdings Inc in 2004. On September 28, 2005, Hawaiian Airlines began nonstop daily flights from Honolulu to San Jose, California . This made San Jose the fifth gateway city in California to be serviced by Hawaiian; the others were Los Angeles , San Diego , Sacramento , and San Francisco . On May 4, 2006, Hawaiian Airlines expanded service between

350-519: A month later on November 11 using Sikorsky S-38s with a flight from Honolulu to Hilo , via intermediary stops on Molokaʻi and Maui . On October 1, 1941, the name was changed to Hawaiian Airlines when the company phased out the older Sikorsky S-38 and Sikorsky S-43 flying boats. The first Douglas DC-3s were added to the fleet in August 1941, some examples remaining in operation until final retirement in November 1968. Modern pressurized equipment

400-650: A robust interisland schedule in Hawaii to neighbor islands. The Wall Street Journal speculated that consolidation would lead to higher prices for consumers on flights to Hawaii although this was disputed by the companies. When the merger was announced, Gov. Josh Green (HI) promised that he and the attorney general Anne Lopez would monitor the merger "very closely" adding that both "are very high-quality companies, but ultimately, I will be watching to make sure all of our state's needs are met and all of our workers are cared for." As part of its effort to garner local support for

450-405: A routing of Kamuela (MUE) - Kahului, Maui (OGG) - Honolulu (HNL) and was also operating flights with Vickers Viscount turboprops with daily nonstop service from Honolulu with this flight continuing on to Kona (KOA) at this time. In 1976, Hawaiian Airlines was operating daily McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 jet service into the airport with a round trip routing of HNL-OGG-MUE. By 1981, Hawaiian Airlines

500-437: A second flight from June 30 to September 8 in response to passenger demand. It would also begin nonstop summer service between Los Angeles and both Līhuʻe , Kauaʻi, and Kona, Hawaiʻi . On August 14, 2014, the airline announced direct service between Kahului and San Francisco beginning in November. On January 5, 2015, Hawaiian refiled its previously rejected application with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for

550-420: A subsidiary of Alaska Air Group . It is the largest operator of commercial flights to and from the island state of Hawaii , and the tenth largest commercial airline in the United States by passengers carried . The airline operates its main hub at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on the island of Oʻahu and a secondary hub out of Kahului Airport on the island of Maui . The airline also maintained

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600-425: A third of the company's total. During the 1980s, Hawaiian also embarked on the development and construction of Kapalua Airport on the west side of Maui. Opened in 1987, the airport was designed with a 3,000-foot runway (910 m), which constrained its ability to handle large aircraft. As a result, when the airport first opened, Hawaiian Airlines was the only inter-island carrier with aircraft capable of serving

650-483: Is Alaska Air Group. Hawaiian Holdings, Inc., was previously listed on NASDAQ from June 2, 2008, to September 18, 2024, and before was listed on the American Stock Exchange . Hawaiian Holdings, Inc., was a holding company whose primary asset was the sole ownership of all issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. On June 30, 2008, the company announced that it had been added to

700-648: The Honolulu Star-Advertiser declaring their support for the merger as "good for Hawaiʻi" and enhance service to neighbor islands. Alaska Airlines has confirmed that miles held in Hawaiian's HawaiianMiles frequent flyer program would be converted to the Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan scheme at a 1:1 ratio. On September 18, 2024, Alaska Air Group completed the acquisition of Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. The parent company of Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.,

750-692: The Russell 3000 Index . Recent key figures for Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (which include the operations of Hawaiian Airlines and former regional subsidiary carrier ʻOhana by Hawaiian), are shown below (for years ending December 31): Hawaiian Airlines serves destinations in several Asia-Pacific countries and territories. The airline added its eighth international destination, Incheon International Airport near Seoul , South Korea, on January 12, 2011. It also has daily and weekly direct, nonstop international flights from Honolulu to Tahiti, Australia, South Korea, Japan, and New Zealand. Hawaiian Airlines codeshares with

800-558: The DOT to provide service at the airport, however only Mokulele and Schuman have proposed actual flights—Pacific Wings suggested two buses a day to Kona. On July 2, 2013, the US DOT awarded the contract to Mokulele Airlines for service to Kahului. Mokulele began operating flights to Waimea-Kohala on September 21, 2013. The airport previously had scheduled passenger jet service operated by Aloha Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines , both of which referred to

850-824: The Dash 7 in 1994 also resulted in the airline operating a more streamlined all-jet fleet as it exited bankruptcy in September 1994. To replace its retired DC-8s and L-1011s, Hawaiian Airlines leased six DC-10s from American Airlines , who continued to provide maintenance on the aircraft. An agreement with American also included participation in American's SABRE reservation system and participation in American Airlines' AAdvantage frequent flyer program. The DC-10s were subsequently retired between 2002 and 2003. The company replaced these leased DC-10s with 14 leased Boeing 767 aircraft during

900-603: The Justice Department to take between a year and 18 months. On August 19, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice completed its regulatory antitrust review of the proposed acquisition and declined to attempt to block the merger in court. On September 17, 2024, the regulator from the U.S. Department of Transportation approved the merger, with conditions including the one-to-one exchange rate for airline points, maintenance of "robust levels" of inter-island passenger and cargo flights, continued service to rural Hawaiian communities,

950-691: The Kona-Haneda route with service, if approved, to begin in June. The request was prompted by a DOT decision in December 2014 to review the public interest in Delta Air Lines ' Seattle-Tokyo route after Delta reduced the frequency of those flights from daily to seasonal. On March 31, DOT again denied the request, opting instead to allow Delta to continue operating the route, with American Airlines taking over if Delta's planned service continued to fail. On May 1, 2017,

1000-606: The NFL, have been flying Hawaiian Airlines since the 1990s. The two teams formerly flew on Hawaiian's Boeing 767s to and from all their games, but now travel on Hawaiian's Airbus A330s. Several of Hawaiian's Boeing 767 and A330 aircraft have been fitted with decals of logos of the Raiders. In March 2008, the airline launched nonstop flights to Manila , capital of Philippines, in the airline's first major international expansion since it emerged from bankruptcy protection in June 2005. In response to

1050-490: The Q2 of 2020. Fourteen-day travel quarantines, which were reinstated for August 2020 have also contributed to Hawaiian Airlines' plans to downsize the company by 15–25% by summer 2021. On May 27, 2021, Hawaiian announced that it would discontinue the ʻOhana by Hawaiian brand and its cargo and passenger services after the pandemic and resulting quarantine significantly impacted interisland travel. The interruptions in service forced

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1100-636: The South Pacific and then throughout the rest of the Pacific using Douglas DC-8 aircraft. Despite the early successes of this new business, Hawaiian was forced to curtail its charter services when the Federal Government banned all DC-8 and B707 aircraft without hush kits from operating within the US. Hawaiian did, however, manage to gain a short exemption for its South Pacific services. Soon after, in early 1985,

1150-421: The U.S.-Japan OpenSkies agreement. Approval was granted from USDOT to begin nonstop service to Haneda, Japan. The flight began service on November 18, 2010. In addition, the airline is planning to establish a codeshare agreement with All Nippon Airways . On January 12, 2011, Hawaiian Airlines began nonstop service to Seoul-Incheon, South Korea. On March 31, 2011, Hawaiian announced that they will be renovating

1200-523: The US mainland and Hawaii in anticipation of the induction of four additional Boeing 767–300 aircraft, primarily focused on expanding non-stop service to Kahului Airport from San Diego, Seattle , and Portland . Additional flights were also added between Honolulu and the cities of Sacramento, Seattle, and Los Angeles. In 2006, Hawaiian Airlines was rated as the best carrier serving Hawaii by Travel + Leisure , Zagat and Condé Nast Traveler . On July 24, 2007, Hawaiian Airlines and Air New Zealand signed

1250-450: The airline industry but it was initially unclear whether the department would file suit against the merger, with analysts noting differences between the proposal and prior proposals opposed by the administration. The main area of regulatory concern is likely to be that the deal would put about 40% of the traffic between Hawaii and the mainland U.S. in one company's hands. When the deal was announced, company executives expected approval from

1300-465: The airline revealed a new logo and livery for its aircraft. On March 6, 2018, the airline announced an order for 10 Boeing 787–9 Dreamliners with options for an additional ten; selecting GE GEnx engines. An order for an additional two 787-9 aircraft was announced on January 4, 2023. Due to the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic , Hawaiian Airlines reported a net loss of over $ 100 million for

1350-610: The airline to reconsider the viability of the operation and determine it was no longer feasible. The carrier's ATR fleet would be moved to the mainland and be prepared for sale. On April 25, 2022, Hawaiian Airlines announced they will become the first major air carrier to offer the SpaceX Starlink service on all Transpacific flights. The service will be offered free to passengers beginning in 2023. In September 2024, Hawaiian announced it had installed Starlink on its Airbus fleet. On May 15, 2023, Hawaiian Airlines has introduced

1400-575: The airline's application to begin service. On December 3, 2012, the airline unveiled plans to begin flights to Taipei , Taiwan, beginning July 9, 2013, as part of its aggressive expansion plans. On February 11, 2013, the airline announced a new venture in the turboprop interisland business, "’ Ohana by Hawaiian ”. The service is operated by Empire Airlines using ATR 42–500 turboprop airplanes. The service began on March 11, 2014, to Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi . The airline expanded more "ʻOhana by Hawaiian" routes between Kahului , Kailua-Kona and Hilo during

1450-464: The airport as Kamuela in their respective system timetables during the 1960s. In 1966, Hawaiian Airlines was operating a daily Douglas DC-9-10 jet flight with a routing of Hilo (ITO) - Kamuela (MUE) - Kahului, Maui (OGG) - Honolulu (HNL) and was also serving the airport with Convair 640 turboprops on flights to Honolulu, Maui and Kona at this time. In 1968, Aloha Airlines was flying daily British Aircraft Corporation BAC One-Eleven jet service with

1500-570: The airport with Cessna 208 EX Grand Caravan commuter turboprop aircraft. Previously, Pacific Wings operated service to Honolulu and Kahului . Originally subsidized by the Essential Air Service program, Pacific Wings began serving Waimea-Kohala without subsidy on April 1, 2007. By May 2013, when reports emerged the airline was ending all service in Hawaii, the airline had already ceased serving Waimea-Kohala Airport. Mokulele Airlines , Schuman Aviation , and Pacific Wings submitted bids to

1550-479: The airport. With its de Havilland Canada DHC-7 Dash 7 turboprops, Hawaiian had a distinct competitive advantage in the Maui market. Heading into the 1990s, Hawaiian Airlines faced financial difficulties, racking up millions of dollars in losses throughout the previous three years. Due to the airline's increasingly unprofitable operations, it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in September 1993. During this time,

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1600-639: The check-in lobby of the inter-island terminal at the Honolulu International Airport (Hawaiian's main hub). Hawaiian, the only occupant of the inter-island terminal, will be removing the traditional check-in counter, to install six circular check-in islands in the middle of the lobbies. Those check-in islands can be used for inter-island, mainland, and international flights. On July 12, 2011, Hawaiian added Osaka, Japan to its network. On November 17, 2011, Hawaiian ordered five additional Airbus A330 -200 aircraft. On June 4, 2012, Hawaiian expanded to

1650-573: The closure of ATA Airlines and Aloha Airlines , the airline began flights to Oakland on May 1, 2008. On February 16, 2010, Hawaiian Airlines sought approval from the United States Department of Transportation to begin nonstop flights from its hub at Honolulu to Tokyo-Haneda sometime in 2010. The airline was one of five US carriers – the others being Delta Air Lines , Continental Airlines , United Airlines and American Airlines  — seeking approval to serve Haneda as part of

1700-593: The company received the first two of its leased Lockheed L-1011 TriStars . One aircraft was used to launch Hawaiian's first scheduled operation out of Hawaiʻi: daily Honolulu - Los Angeles services. This new service put Hawaiian in direct competition with the major US air carriers for the first time in its history. Throughout 1985 and 1986, Hawaiian Airlines added additional L-1011s to its fleet and used them to open up services to other West Coast gateway cities such as San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Las Vegas, and Anchorage, which placed Hawaiian in further competition against

1750-486: The company reduced many of its costs: reorganizing its debt, wrestling concessions from employees, cutting overcapacity, and streamlining its fleet by disposing of many of the planes it had added to its fleet just a few years earlier. As part of Hawaiian's restructuring, it sold Kapalua Airport to the State of Hawaii in 1993. Hawaiian soon after discontinued service to the airport as it retired its Dash 7 fleet. The retirement of

1800-456: The east coast with daily flights to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport . On August 30, 2012, Hawaiian filed an application with the U.S. Department of Transportation for a nonstop route between Kona and Tokyo-Haneda . This would fill a void that Japan Airlines left when it ceased service to Kona nearly two years earlier. However, the US Department of Transportation rejected

1850-399: The face of Miss Hawaii 1964, Leina'ala Drummond , who had been a flight attendant with the airline. Hawaiian Airlines began to expand its footprint throughout the 1980s, as the result of intense competition on inter-island routes created by the entrance of Mid Pacific Air into the market. In 1985, the company began its first foray outside the inter-island market through charter services to

1900-423: The fewest cancellations, oversales, and baggage handling issues. On December 3, 2023, Alaska Air Group announced that it planned to purchase Hawaiian Airlines , pending regulatory approval. On August 19, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice declined to file a lawsuit to block the acquisition. The U.S. Department of Transportation subsequently cleared the two parties on September 17, 2024, for completing

1950-431: The major US airlines. Hawaiian Airlines also entered the new international markets of Australia and New Zealand in 1986 with one-stop services through Pago Pago International Airport . Hawaiian also aggressively grew its international charter business and pursued military transport contracts. This led to a large growth in the company's revenues and caused its inter-island service's share of revenues to shrink to just about

2000-449: The merger for years which would create a combined carrier focused on the western United States. The merger would provide Alaska, which is primarily a domestic carrier with narrowbody aircraft , with Hawaiian's widebody jets, pilots, and international networks. The merger would retain both Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines as separate brands; Hawaiian Airlines would also become a Oneworld member. The two airlines intend to operate

2050-528: The merger, Alaska Airlines made three key promises to Hawaii residents to maintain the Hawaiian Airlines brand, keep all front-line union employees, and protect neighbor island flights. In February 2024, Richard Bissen (mayor of Maui County), Rick Blangiardi (mayor of the City and County of Honolulu), Derek Kawakami (mayor of Kauai County), and Mitch Roth (mayor of Hawaiʻi County) published an open letter in

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2100-464: The merger. On September 18, 2024, the merger was completed. Inter-Island Airways (Hawaiian: Hui Mokulele Piliʻāina ), the forerunner of the airline which is now known as Hawaiian Airlines, was incorporated on January 30, 1929. Inter-Island Airways, a subsidiary of Inter-Island Steam Navigation Company , began operations on October 6, 1929, with a Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker, providing short sightseeing flights over Oʻahu. Scheduled service began

2150-553: The new "Leihōkū Suites" on their Boeing 787–9 Dreamliner aircraft. These suites offer a space with fully lie-flat seating, an 18-inch in-flight entertainment screen, personal outlets, wireless charging, and direct aisle access. The design elements are said to be evoking Hawaiʻi's natural world. In December 2023, Alaska Airlines announced that it would merge with Hawaiian Airlines by purchasing it for $ 1.9 billion in cash along with an assumption of approximately $ 900 million in outstanding debt. Airline industry analysts had promoted

2200-441: The permission for children under the age of thirteen to sit next to accompanying adults regardless of their tickets, as well as lowered costs for military members and their families. At the time, the companies overlapped on 12 nonstop routes which they described as minimal. Alaska Airlines emphasized its experience operating an intra-Alaska network including service to 16 destinations not reachable by road while pledging to maintain

2250-451: The pilots' pension plan. Within the company, it was suggested that the plan be terminated. As of May 2005, Hawaiian Airlines had received court approval for its reorganization plan. The company emerged from bankruptcy protection on June 2, 2005, with reduced operating costs through renegotiated contracts with its union work groups; restructured aircraft leases; and investment from RC Aviation, a unit of San Diego–based Ranch Capital, which bought

2300-620: The summer of 2014. On April 10, 2013, the airline announced its first destination in China, with service to Beijing expected to start on April 16, 2014, pending government approval. At the same time, the airline announced that it would end service to Manila capital of the Philippines on July 31, 2013. On July 11, 2013, the airline signed a codeshare agreement with China Airlines . On March 12, 2014, Hawaiian announced that it would begin daily service between Kahului and Los Angeles on May 2, adding

2350-452: The tail of the aircraft; beneath her, a silver maile lei with woven pakalana flower wraps around the fuselage. In October 2002, Hawaiian began service to Phoenix Sky Harbor airport with its Boeing 767–300 aircraft. In March 2003, Hawaiian Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in its history. The airline continued its normal operations, and at the time was overdue for $ 4.5 million worth of payments to

2400-564: The west end of the runway serving the passenger terminal and general aviation facilities. No fueling or airport traffic control tower facilities are provided. An aircraft rescue and fire fighting facility shares space in the airport maintenance facility. For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2016, the airport had 4,178 aircraft operations, an average of 11 per day: 57% air taxi , 31% general aviation and 12% military . In April 2022, there were 4 aircraft based at this airport: 2 single-engine and 2 multi-engine. Mokulele Airlines serves

2450-522: Was introduced in 1952 in the form of the Convair 340 . Further Convair 440s were added in 1959 to 1960, most of the Convairs being converted to turbine propeller power in 1965 to 1967. The last were sold in 1974. Hawaiian Airlines started to offer jet service in 1966 with the acquisition of Douglas DC-9-10 aircraft, which cut travel times in half on most of its routes. From 1973 on, the airline's logo featured

2500-507: Was serving the airport with de Havilland Canada DHC-7 Dash 7 turboprops on nonstop flights between Waimea and Kahului, Maui and Honolulu. Princeville Airways/ Aloha Island Air also operated to Kamuela airport in the late 1980s & 1990's Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines ( Hawaiian : Hui Mokulele o Hawaiʻi [huwi mokulele o həˈʋɐjʔi] ) is a commercial U.S. airline , headquartered in Honolulu , Hawaii and

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