Born and raised on O‘ahu, Bianca McKee has been a flight attendant with Hawaiian Airlines for 10 years. Here, she shares what drew her to a career in the clouds and provides some insider tips for folks traveling to the Islands. What first drew you to being a flight attendant? I was attracted to working at Hawaiian […]
Hawaiian Airlines is opening a new lounge in the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) in Honolulu, set to open at the end of 2027. It will be located at the Mauka Concourse in Terminal 1. The lounge was first announced in December 2024 by Alaska Air Group, which acquired the Honolulu-based airlines last year.
In a step toward modernizing its fleet, Hawaiian Airlines added the first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner to its aircraft lineup. The aircraft, named Kapuahi (a red giant star known as Aldebaran in Western astronomy), will debut to passengers on April 15, when it will operate the carrier’s nonstop daily flights between Honolulu and San Francisco. The
Booked a flight to Hawaiʻi on Hawaiian Airlines next summer and worried about your trip? Don’t be. The news that Seattle-based Alaska Airlines acquired the state’s largest carrier on Sunday for $1.9 billion isn’t going to affect travelers all that much. At least right now. In a message to those enrolled in its milage program,
In news that shocked travelers and local residents, Alaska Airlines announced Sunday that it will acquire the Hawaiian Airlines for $1.9 billion. Alaska Air Group, Inc. will pay $18 a share for Hawaiian Holdings, Inc., the parent of Hawaiian Airlines. (Hawaiian’s stock closed at $4.86 a share on Friday.) In a press release, the airlines
Starting today, Hawaiian Airlines is selling tickets on its first-ever direct route between Honolulu and Salt Lake City. The direct flight is roughly six hours long aboard Hawaiian’s 189-seat Airbus A321neo aircraft. Service starts on May 15, 2024. This is the airline’s 16th direct flight between Hawaiʻi and the U.S. Mainland—the most of any carrier
After a federal judge in Florida struck down a nationwide mask mandate on airplanes, buses and other public transportation on Monday, many U.S. airlines—including Hawaiian Airlines—announced they would stop requiring masks aboard their flights. Masks are also no longer required at Hawaiʻi airports. This ends a two-year-long mask requirement from the Centers for Disease Control
With out-of-state airline passengers once again being able to visit the Islands quarantine-free starting Oct. 15—thanks to the state’s much anticipated pre-travel testing program—local carrier Hawaiian Airlines has decided to make it easier for travelers to get their (hopefully) negative test results. Partnering with Worksite Labs, Hawaiian Airline passengers can opt into a drive-thru PCR test
The 14-day quarantine order for Neighbor Island travel was lifted on June 16 and I took a day trip from Honolulu to Līhuʻe the very next day. Working in communications at Hawaiian Airlines, I was well versed in what to expect. But I was also ready for surprises. (Aren’t we all, these days?) SEE ALSO:
When three friends launched Kealopiko in 2006, creating unique T-shirt designs that showcased Hawaii’s diverse ecology and native culture—not just your typical Hawaii imagery of palm trees and hula dancers—it was a refreshing change from the usual aloha ware. They went from screenprinting small batches of shirts to full-scale production, some of it done in
