HONOLULU – October 24, 2013 – Hawaiian Airlines has
appointed Patrick Cournoyer to the position of director - instructional delivery.
In this role, he is responsible for producing and leading an effective training
program that meets the operational and professional development needs of
Hawaiian Airlines’ more than 5,000 employees.
“Patrick has a strong background in
airline employee training which is important to our growing team as we continue
to add new services for guests and expand our business in domestic and international
markets,” said Jan Gouveia, Hawaiian Airlines managing director, training &
development.
Cournoyer started his airline career
as a flight attendant for US Airways in 1999, and has 14 years of combined
airline and employee training experience. Prior to joining Hawaiian Airlines,
he held various airline management positions in the areas of guest experience
and inflight training at Virgin America. Other previous positions include start-up
team specialist at Eos Airlines, Inc. and core learning facilitator at
Starbucks Coffee Co.
He is a certified aviation medical
instructor as well as a licensed private pilot.
About
Hawaiian Airlines
Hawaiian
Airlines has led all U.S. carriers in on-time performance for each of the past
nine years (2004-2012) as reported by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Consumer surveys by Condé Nast Traveler,
Travel + Leisure and Zagat have all ranked Hawaiian the
highest of all domestic airlines serving Hawai‘i.
Now
in its 84th year of continuous service, Hawaiian is Hawai‘i’s
biggest and longest-serving airline, as well as the largest provider of
passenger air service from its primary visitor markets on the U.S. mainland.
Hawaiian offers non-stop service to Hawai‘i from more U.S. gateway cities (11)
than any other airline, along with service from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan,
Australia, New Zealand, American Samoa, and Tahiti. New non-stop service will
begin between Honolulu and Beijing, China in April 2014, subject to government
approvals. Hawaiian also provides approximately
160 jet flights daily between the Hawaiian Islands.
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