HONOLULU — Hawaiian Airlines, in partnership with the grassroots community group Every1ne Hawai‘i, Saturday chartered a cargo flight to bring two million face masks to Hawai‘i from China.
HONOLULU — Hawaiian Airlines, in partnership with the grassroots community group Every1ne Hawai‘i, Saturday chartered a cargo flight to bring two million face masks to Hawai‘i from China.
After a company-wide effort over several days to coordinate flight logistics and international approvals for the humanitarian mission, four Hawaiian pilots, two mechanics and two airport operations employees departed Honolulu just before 1 p.m. aboard an Airbus A330 aircraft headed to Incheon, South Korea, where the crew was to rest before continuing to Shenzhen, China.
The wide-body aircraft’s lower deck crew rest module, which is located underneath the passenger cabin, was removed in a special modification to maximize cargo space in order to accommodate the large shipment.
The aircraft was scheduled to arrive in Honolulu just before 5 p.m. Sunday.
The boxes will be loaded on a fleet of “mask mobiles,” and Every1ne Hawai‘i will work with community nonprofits and the City & County of Honolulu to coordinate distribution of masks to protect Hawai‘i’s most vulnerable community members from COVID-19.
