Hawaiian Airlines is transforming itself from leisure to luxe in terms of its premium cabin product with a new business class seat set to debut on its Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets. Hawaiian Airlines Unveils Adient Aerospace Ascent Business Class...
Congressman Returns To Full-Time Job As Hawaiian Airlines A330 Pilot
After one term in Congress, U.S. Rep. Kai Kahele has left office and will be returning to Hawaiian Airlines as a full-time Airbus A330 pilot. Ex-Congressman Kai Kahele Returns To Full Time Job As A Hawaiian Airlines A330 Pilot Kahele,...
Hawaiian Airlines A330-200 Encounters Heavy Turbulence, Injuring 36
A Hawaiian Airlines A330-200 encountered unexpectedly heavy turbulence over the Pacific Ocean, injuring 36 onboard, with 20 requiring hospitalization. Heavy Turbulence On Hawaiian Airlines A330-200 Injures 36 Hawaiian Airlines flight 35 from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) to Honolulu’s...
Woman Booted From Hawaiian Airlines Flight After Warning Crew Not To Speak To Her
An irate passenger was ejected from a Hawaiian Airlines longhaul flight after a crew mistake so incensed her that she became unbearably hostile to the flight attendants. No Trip To Paradise After Irate Passenger Ejected From Hawaiian Airlines Flight...
Hawaiian Airlines Will Resume Longest Domestic Flight In USA
With Hawaii now re-opened to tourism without the arduous requirement of quarantine, Hawaiian Airlines is ramping up its service to the Mainland, including a resumption of the longest domestic flight in the USA. Hawaiian Airlines Will Resume Full Mainland...
United, Hawaiian Airlines Learn If You Want Something Done, You Must Do It Yourself…
United Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines finally figured out that the government was not going to help them fill up planes by offering a comprehensive, fast, reliable, affordable COVID-19 testing regime. So now both carriers will offer it themselves. Neither...
Hawaiian Airlines Flight Attendants Take Unusual Approach To Picketing
Hawaiian Airlines flight attendants are calling for increased wages and benefits…but doing so in unique and admirable way. Flight attendants at Hawaiian Airlines have been negotiating for a new contract for several years. With a new contract still elusive,...
Emergency Evacuation On Hawaiian Airlines A321neo
An oil leak sent plumes of smoke through a Hawaiian Airlines passenger cabin, forcing an evacuation and hospitalizing seven passengers. The incident occurred on Thursday morning aboard Hawaiian Airlines Flight 47, an A321neo from Oakland, California to Honolulu. Smoke...
Hawaiian Airlines Passenger Fined $172,000 And Sentenced To Six Months In Jail For Disorderly Conduct
The latest edition in the perils of drinking and flying series centers on a Hawaiian Airlines flight and one man who must be feeling pretty remorseful today. Kyong Chol Kim not only downed a bottle of whiskey before his...
Review: Hawaiian Airlines Plumeria Lounge Honolulu (HNL)
I had a chance to visit the Hawaiian Airlines Plumeria Lounge in Honolulu before my flight back to Los Angeles. This Priority Pass lounge isn’t much, but worth a stop if you have the time. For whatever reason, I...
Review: Hawaiian Airlines A330-200 First Class Los Angeles To Honolulu
Hawaiian Airlines offers a friendly, comfortable product onboard its A330-200 in first class. My flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu certainly put me in the Hawaiian mood. I used points to book my ticket. The ticket was $500, which...
First Impressions: Hawaiian Airlines A330 First Class
Greetings from Hawaii. Yesterday I flew in Hawaiian Airlines First Class aboard the A330-200 from Los Angeles to Honolulu and want to share my initial impressions of the flight here. Hawaiian Airlines took delivery of its first A330 with...
Booked: Hawaiian Airlines First Class!
In all my years of flying to Hawaii and via Hawaii, I’ve never flown Hawaiian Airlines between the Mainland and Hawaii. That changes today. I’m off to Hawaii for a very quick trip and chose Hawaiian for the outbound...
A Hawaiian Airlines Flight Returns To LAX Three Times Over Unrelated issues
For Hawaiian Airlines and a plane full of passengers headed for Maui, the third time was not the charm… Last Friday, Hawaiian Flight 33 from Los Angeles to Maui took off on-time around 9:00AM. Once in the air, though,...
The Death Of A Flight Attendant
A Hawaiian Airlines flight made an unscheduled stop in San Francisco after a flight attendant died onboard. It’s another sobering reminder that all of us will face death, sometimes when we least expect it. Flight 50 was traveling from...
The Gold Mine Of China Turns Into Fool’s Gold For U.S. Airlines
U.S. airlines are retreating from Mainland China, realizing the great Chinese aviation gold mine may actually be fool’s gold. To be sure, there is money to be made…a lot of it. But U.S. airlines are increasingly finding frustrating yields...
Unruly Passenger Fined $97,000 for Disrupting Flight
File this under: about time. So often we hear stories about drunken or otherwise disruptive passengers forcing a flight delay or diversion only never to hear about whether the passenger is held accountable for his actions. A federal judge...
Who Did SAS Sell the LHR Slots to (for $75MN)?
SAS just sold two of its London Heathrow slots to an unspecified buyer for $75,000,000. Under the deal, SAS will have use of the gates for up to three years. SAS drops from 19 daily slot pairs to 17, but the...
Hawaiian Airlines Wins Approval for New Honolulu-Tokyo Haneda Route
Hawaiian Airlines will begin daily service from Honolulu to Tokyo Haneda this October, after winning approval for the new route from the DOT on Friday. With the "Open Skies" pact signed by the US and Japan last December, Hawaiian,...
