Hawaiian Airlines – Founded 1929 as Inter-Island Airways with G.N. Wilcox of Kaua’i as a major investor. Wilcox was a passenger on the first scheduled flight to Kaua’i, which included a scenic tour of Waimea Canyon and a landing on
Hawaiian Airlines – Founded 1929 as Inter-Island Airways with G.N. Wilcox of Kaua’i as a major investor. Wilcox was a passenger on the first scheduled flight to Kaua’i, which included a scenic tour of Waimea Canyon and a landing on the West Side at Burns Field. – Largest Hawaii-based airline, 12th-largest U.S. carrier. – Operates among the islands and between Hawaii and seven Western U.S. cities and two destinations in the South Pacific. – 3,100 employees, 29 airliners. – 137 interisland flights a day among Oahu, Kauai, Maui, Big Island, several daily flights to U.S. mainland (Los Angeles, San Francis co, Portland, Ore., Seattle, Las Vegas), twice-weekly flights to Pago Pago, Ameri can Samoa, and weekly to Papeete, Tahiti.
Aloha Airlines – Founded 1946 as Trans-Pacific Airlines, at first used Barking Sands air strip for landings. – Largest interisland air transportation service, including cargo and charters. – Operates among the islands and between Hawaii and Oakland, Orange County, Calif., and Las Vegas, and to five islands in the South Pacific. Sister company Island Air operates between larger and smaller Hawaii airports. – 3,041 employees, 23 airliners. – 120 interisland flights a day, several daily flights to U.S. mainland, 14 flights weekly to Midway, Johnson, Majuro, Kwajalein and Christmas islands.
