Hawaiian Airlines began selling tickets Thursday for service it is restarting between Honolulu Airport and Kapalua Airport in West Maui.
The carrier will offer four daily flights starting Jan. 18 with ‘Ohana by Hawaiian, the company’s turboprop operator that flies with 48-seat ATR-42 aircraft.
Hawaiian built Kapalua Airport and operated flights between March 1987 and April 1993 before selling the airstrip and terminal to the state. The airport’s three-letter designator code (JHM) honors John H. Magoon, Hawaiian’s long-serving former chief executive officer and chairman who presided over the airport’s planning and construction, in addition to notable company achievements such as the introduction of jet service among the islands, flights to the U.S. West Coast, as well as cargo and charter operations.
In addition to the four daily flights, Hawaiian’s schedule also will include two flights between Kahului and Kapalua.
Airline flew 2.6% more people in October
Hawaiian Airlines’ passenger traffic rose 2.6 percent in October as more seats were available than the year-earlier period.
The carrier said Thursday it transported 932,235 passengers, compared with 908,346 in October 2015. Hawaiian’s load factor, or the percentage of seats filled, increased 3.2 percentage points to 88.3 percent from 85.1 percent.
Revenue passenger miles, or one paying passenger transported one mile, increased 7.8 percent to 1.35 million from 1.25 million. Available seat miles, or one seat transported one mile, rose 3.9 percent to 1.53 million from 1.47 million.
ON THE MOVE
Bank of Hawaii has announced:
>> Derrick Arimoto has been promoted to vice president from assistant vice president at the Pearlridge Commercial Banking Center. Arimoto has been with Bank of Hawaii since 2008, serving as underwriter, commercial real estate underwriter, account analysis manager and management reporting senior analyst.
>> Kristi Lefforge has been named vice president and senior audit manager for internal audits, overseeing internal audits for major business functions and managing internal audit professionals. She was previously executive director of Intraprise TechKnowlogies LLC and senior manager at KMH LLP in Honolulu.
>> Kelly Uyeda, Bank Secrecy Act administrator, has been promoted to vice president for corporate compliance, providing support to bank business units to ensure compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and other anti-money-laundering laws. Uyeda has been with the bank since 2011 and previously served as Bank Secrecy Act analyst.
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