When Hawaiian Airlines Chief Financial Officer Shannon Okinaka was seven, her family packed up their Southern California home and moved across the Pacific to a road fronting her grandparents’ house...
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Hawaiian Airlines this week celebrated a new milestone in its 93-year legacy: its first mother-daughter pilot crew.
This National Aviation Day, we are proud to kick off a new monthly blog series that outlines the exciting career paths of Hawaiian Airlines’ leaders. We debut this series with Chief Operating Officer Jon Snook, who entered the aviation industry as an...
Capt. Kendall "Kiki" Culler spent much of her childhood with her face pressed against the backseat window of her father’s Apache twin-engine aircraft, watching life, time and the Hawaiian Islands pass below. She grew up in and around planes, setting the stage for an exciting career that included a 38-year stint as one of Hawaiian Airlines’ most celebrated pilots.
When Anaseini “Kamelia” (Lino) Zarka earned her Hawaiian Airlines pilot wings in 1999, she didn't plan to make history. A Boeing 717 captain, and former Boeing 767 first officer and McDonnell Douglas DC-10 flight engineer, Zarka carries the honor of...
It was the beginning of 2021, and behind us was a year so unprecedented and challenging that we have nothing to compare it to in Hawaiian’s 92-year history. Fast forward to 2022 and we can’t help but be proud of all our team has accomplished in another year of adversity.
When Mae Krier and Marian Wynn, both 95, arrived at our Honolulu maintenance hangar to speak to members of our Women in Aviation employee resource group and other female mechanics and engineers, they were also observing 80 years since their lives...
Set the race clock! Our second annual Holoholo Challenge kicks off this Friday with new Maui-inspired courses for participants to conquer no matter where they are.
The gift of travel is timeless – that’s why we’ve made it even easier to share it with others, no matter where they are, with new enhancements to the Hawaiian Airlines digital gift card platform.
When those wiser than us invite us into their waters, we must hold our paddles with patience and listen before trying to navigate the waʻa (canoe). At Hawaiian Airlines, we hold our paddles in observance of Juneteenth and turn to our greatest asset – our employees – to reflect on the day’s historical significance.