Hawaiian Airlines celebrated Friday the renovation of its newly designed lobby at Maui’s Kahului Airport.
The lobby improvements include check-in kiosks set up a in “V-formation” to improve the flow of passengers; additional curbside kiosks to expedite curbside check-in; lighting that evokes a calming atmosphere; new ticket counters equipped with new computers, bag scales and bag drop areas; and updated lobby signage, including a new Hawaiian Airlines logo sign behind its ticket counters
Hawaiian adorned the space with culturally inspired patterns designed by Hawaii-based master tattooist Keone Nunes, who was at Friday morning’s blessing.
Hawaiian flight attendants to picket
Hawaiian Airlines flight attendants plan to picket Wednesday on the departures level at Terminal 1 at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport to protest their union contract negotiations with management for a new contract.
The Association of Flight Attendants represents 50,000 flight attendants across 20 airlines, including those at Hawaiian Airlines.
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ON THE MOVE
>> DTRIC Insurance has named Wenli Lin chief marketing officer. She comes from Hawaii Coffee Co. where she held the same position. With more than 30 years’ experience, Lin’s career includes working at AIG Hawaii, director of marketing at Duty Free and brand manager at Kraft Foods in New York and Hong Kong.
American Savings Bank has hired the following employees to join its Business Banking team:
>> Matt Hara is the new vice president and business relationship manager for American Savings Bank. He has 10 years of finance industry experience, including working with medium and small-sized businesses as well as commercial real estate investors. Hara currently serves Metro Honolulu, Windward and the Waipahu regions of Oahu.
>> David DuRoss is the new business relationship manager for American Savings Bank and serves Molokai and Maui. He has experience in the food and beverageindustries as well as in construction and manufacturing. DuRoss also previously served in merchant services, point of sale systems, photovoltaic sales, energy efficiency, credit card processing and engineering.