Hawaiian Adds Special Flights for Increased Holiday Traffic

HONOLULU – November 03, 2010 - Hawaiian Airlines today announced that special flights have been added to its regular schedule of flights between Maui and Oakland, Honolulu and Los Angeles, and Honolulu and Pago Pago, American Samoa, to meet increased traffic demand during the upcoming holiday season.

 

The special flights are as follows:

 

Maui – Oakland

Starting December 13, Hawaiian’s Flight #24 will depart Maui’s Kahului Airport daily at 12:35 p.m. and arrive at Oakland International Airport at 7:35 p.m. Return Flight #23 will depart Oakland daily at 7:40 a.m. and arrive on Maui at 11:05 a.m., with service concluding on January 10.

 

Honolulu – Los Angeles

Hawaiian’s Flight #4 will depart the Honolulu International Airport at 10:10 p.m. and arrive at the Los Angeles International Airport the next morning at 5:35 a.m. on the dates of December 15-22, December 25-29, and January 1-5. Return Flight #3 will depart Los Angeles at 10:30 a.m. and arrive in Honolulu at 2:20 p.m. on the dates of December 16-23, December 26-30, and January 2-6.

 

Honolulu – Pago Pago

Hawaiian’s Flight #465 will depart Honolulu each Tuesday on the days of December 14, 21, 28, and January 4 at 5:00 p.m. and arrive in Pago Pago at 9:40 p.m. Return Flight #466 will depart Pago Pago at 11:20 p.m. and arrive in Honolulu the next morning at 5:40 a.m.

 

Hawaiian will operate the special holiday flights with its wide-body, twin-aisle Boeing 767-300 aircraft that seats up to 264 passengers, with 18 seats in First Class and the remainder in Coach Class.

 

Tickets can be booked online at www.

HawaiianAirlines.com, by calling Hawaiian’s reservations department toll-free at (800) 367-5320, or through any professional travel agent.

 

 

About Hawaiian Airlines

 

Hawaiian is the nation’s highest-ranked carrier for service quality and performance in 2009 in the 20th

annual Airline Quality Rating study, having earned that distinction in three of the past four years. Hawaiian has also led all U.S. carriers in on-time performance for each of the past six years (2004-2009) and has been an industry leader in fewest misplaced bags during that same period (#1 from 2005-2007, #2 in 2008 and 2009) as reported by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Consumer surveys by Condé Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure and Zagat have all ranked Hawaiian the top domestic airline offering flights to Hawaii.

 

Now in its 81st year of continuous service for Hawaii, Hawaiian is the state’s biggest and longest-serving airline, as well as the largest provider of passenger air service to Hawaii from the state’s primary visitor markets on the U.S. mainland. Hawaiian offers nonstop service to Hawaii from more U.S. gateway cities (10) than any other airline, as well as service to the Philippines, Australia, American Samoa, Tahiti, and, in the coming months, Japan and South Korea. Hawaiian also provides more than 150 daily jet flights between the Hawaiian Islands.

 

Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. is a subsidiary of Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: HA). Additional information is available at www.HawaiianAirlines.com.