United Airlines celebrate 75 years in Hawaii
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United Airlines marked its 75th anniversary of flying to the Hawaiian Islands on Monday by hosting a celebration for passengers arriving on Flight 1175 at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport and draping their aircraft with a 75-foot lei.
United’s first flight to Hawaii on May 1, 1947, between San Francisco and Honolulu, was the longest over-water commercial airline route at the time.
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United employees gave arriving passengers with a purple orchid lei.
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United employees prepare to drape a giant blue lei on the airplane.
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Longtime United employee Wayne Nakasone was onboard the flight.
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Alana Leigh, left, with mother, Jo Howard, arrived on the flight.
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Susie Lindner, Elsie Pagan, Terry Williams, Lucy Mason and Cindy Chu were part of the flight crew.
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Shannon Seher, left, and husband Brandon,
Seher, with Darla Seher, and her grandson, Jace Seher, won free United tickets.
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Gov. David Ige, Darla Seher with grandson, Jace Seher, and David Kinzleman, United’s Vice President of Line Stations, pose for a photo.
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David Kinzleman, United’s Vice President of Line Stations, attended the ceremony.
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