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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Hawaiian Airlines to Create 'Ohana Airlines for Smaller Airports

Hawaiian Airlines has announced that they will be creating 'Ohana by Hawaiian, a subsidiary that will competed directly with Island Air and Mokulele Airlines with flights to the smaller airports on Molokai and Lanai.  'Ohana by Hawaiian will be operated by Empire Airlines, an Idaho-based company, and has just welcomed in its first 48 passenger ATR-42 turboprop airplane. Crews have begun their training and will have to demonstrate to the FAA that they are ready for daily operations before they are given official clearance to start service.  'Ohana initially plans to have a total of three ATR-42 planes and will provide daily service been Honolulu, Molokai and Lanai.

Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser, 1-14-2014, www.staradvertiser.com
Posted by Jeff Uyemura-Reyes, Principal Broker, REALTOR®
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