Hawaiian Airlines Promotes Timothy Strauss to Vice President - Cargo

HONOLULU – July 11, 2014 – Hawaiian Airlines has promoted Tim Strauss to vice president - cargo. In his new position, Strauss will continue to oversee Hawaiian Airlines’ growing cargo business as it continues to add more Airbus A330-200 to its aircraft fleet with greater cargo-carrying capacity. He reports to Peter Ingram, Hawaiian Airlines’ executive vice president and chief commercial officer.

 

“Since joining our company in 2012, Tim has been a driving force behind expanding our cargo operations and revenue,” said Ingram. “This promotion recognizes his dedication to growing a very important component of our business and we look forward to his continued success.”


Under Strauss’ leadership, Hawaiian Airlines’ cargo team increased revenue by more than 34 percent in 2013.

 

Strauss has more than 27 years of cargo experience in both the airline and freight forwarding industries. He joined Hawaiian Airlines as managing director - cargo. Prior to joining the company, Strauss held leadership positions in global sales and operations at Northwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines and various international carriers. He began his career with Emery Worldwide in 1987 (now UPS Supply Chain Logistics) where he held roles of increasing responsibility, starting as a cargo handler and completing his tenure as vice president of transportation and logistics.

 

Strauss advanced his understanding of the logistics industry via studies in management at The Ohio State University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Cambridge Institute.

 

About Hawaiian Airlines

Hawaiian® has led all U.S. carriers in on-time performance for each of the past 10 years (2004-2013) 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 85th 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, China, Australia, New Zealand, American Samoa and Tahiti. Hawaiian also provides approximately 160 jet flights daily between the Hawaiian Islands, with a total of more than 200 daily flights system-wide.

 

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