Robert Johnson

Vice President – Flight Operations

Robert “Bob” Johnson was appointed vice president - flight operations at Hawaiian Airlines in May 2020. Johnson oversees all flight operation activities and administrative duties for Hawaiian Airlines, including pilot qualification and the carrier's System Operations Control Center.

Johnson joined Hawaiian in 2019 as operations chief pilot after spending over 30 years with American Airlines, where he notably served as managing director line operations – west, as a check airman on the Boeing 787 fleet, and managing director – flight operations. Johnson, who holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from San Jose State University, began his commercial flying career as a captain for Hewlett-Packard’s corporate flight operation.