Volcanic activity is nothing new to Hawaiʻi’s people, including Hawaiian Airlines’ operations team. And with each significant eruption that has made headlines throughout Hawaiian Airlines’ 93-year history, the more experience our teams have stashed away in preparation for the next.

• 8 min read
• December 6, 2022

There’s nothing quite as nostalgic as flipping through the pages of a holiday catalog to find the perfect gift for that special someone. Hawaiian Airlines is ringing in this merry season with a nod to the yesteryears through its third annual HawaiianMiles Holiday Catalog, a digital shopping guide featuring over 30 HawaiianMiles partners that offer Hawaiʻi-inspired gifts for every unique personality, from the adventurer to the trendsetter.

• 7 min read
• December 14, 2022

In his annual year-end message, President and CEO Peter Ingram praised employees for overcoming challenges and seizing opportunities: “The reduced flying through the pandemic gave us the opportunity to think through what building back better would look like, for you and for our guests. Last year was about putting that thinking into motion and building a foundation. This year, we start to fly.”

• 8 min read
• January 10, 2023

As Hawaiian marks its 12th anniversary of Honolulu-Incheon service, South Korea Country Director Soojin Yu reflects on the highlights of her career.

• 4 min read
• January 20, 2023

When Hawaiian Airlines approached Aaron Alter in 2015 to become its chief legal officer, he couldn’t refuse; accepting the job meant returning home to work for the airline he grew up with after 40 years away from the islands.

• 10 min read
• February 22, 2023

At Hawaiian Airlines, we commemorate International Women’s Day by reflecting on our roots and looking forward.

• 8 min read
• March 8, 2023

We hear it often from our guests: there is no better feeling than starting a Hawaiʻi holiday or returning home to the islands on Hawaiian Airlines. When they step aboard our aircraft, they’re greeted with the distinct sights, smells, flavors, and music that define Hawaiʻi.

• 5 min read
• March 31, 2023

For the second consecutive year, Hawaiian Airlines’ Technical Operations (Tech Ops) team earned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aircraft Maintenance Technician (AMT) Employer Diamond Award of Excellence – the agency’s top AMT honor.

• 4 min read
• April 11, 2023

Born and raised on Oʻahu’s North Shore – a stretch of rural coastline dubbed ‘the seven-mile miracle’ for its unrivaled concentration of world-class waves – Luke Shepardson, the son of an avid surfer and bodysurfer, was inevitably drawn to the…

• 10 min read
• April 14, 2023

Scores of well-wishers gathered at the Marine Education & Training Center at Honolulu’s Sand Island on a recent Saturday in April to bid aloha to Hōkūleʻa as her crew prepared to transport the iconic Polynesian voyaging canoe to the Pacific Northwest.

• 5 min read
• April 27, 2023

“Nothing feels like aloha does,” sings Hawaiian actress and singer Auliʻi Cravahlo in the closing line of a new “May Day is Lei Day in Hawaiʻi” remix, written and produced exclusively for Hawaiian Airlines by Na Hoku Hanohano Award winner Paula…

• 3 min read
• April 29, 2023

This National Aviation Maintenance Technician Day, meet Hawaiian Airlines Portland Lead Aircraft Mechanic Martin Fruean: one of the first students to be accepted into Hawaiian’s Aircraft Mechanic Apprenticeship Program (AMAP). Fruean’s inspiring career…

• 3 min read
• May 24, 2023