Since Hawaiian Airlines became the first to take scheduled cargo service to the skies in 1942, its business – and worker demographic – continuously evolved to meet the needs of the time. As women’s entry into the workforce increased over the decades,...
Tag: Women in Aviation
Tomorrow, we’re ringing in two special occasions: Veterans Day and our 94th anniversary as the hometown carrier that introduced commercial air service to the Hawaiian Islands.
At Hawaiian Airlines, we commemorate International Women’s Day by reflecting on our roots and looking forward.
As Hawaiian marks its 12th anniversary of Honolulu-Incheon service, South Korea Country Director Soojin Yu reflects on the highlights of her career.
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...
Working a job in travel and aviation is as exciting as it gets. For the 8th annual Girls in Aviation Day (Sept. 24), 60 Hawaiian Airlines employees from across the company volunteered to give a group of 40 future female leaders a glimpse into a career at Hawaiʻi’s hometown carrier.
Hawaiian Airlines this week celebrated a new milestone in its 93-year legacy: its first mother-daughter pilot crew.
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 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...
Fifty-one years ago, Jo-Ann Komori answered a newspaper ad calling for Hawaiian Airlines flight attendants and never looked back.