Hawaii

Two people were killed Dec. 17 when a Kamaka Air Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crashed into a vacant building shortly after takeoff.

Passengers moving through the Terminal 1 TSA checkpoint at Honolulu Inouye International Airport (HNL) now have the option of presenting a digital ID.

While Hawaii is a bright spot, Japan’s overall international demand recovery has been significantly behind many other Asian markets.

Hawaiian Airlines has scheduled its first Boeing 787 commercial service for April 2024, with the aircraft to be used on additional routes a month later.

At the time of publication, most of the wildfires in West Maui, Hawaii, have been contained, but more than 100 fatalities have been reported by the county.

The U.S. Air Force will complete repairs on all of the aircraft in its C-130H fleet by the end of September.

The carrier operated to the Japanese city for less than half a year before suspending service in 2020.

The inter-island carrier signed a similar agreement with Hawaiian Airlines in October.

The carrier plans to fully resume services to the key Asian market by the 2023 second quarter.

The interline partnership with carrier Mokulele Airlines enables Hawaiian to offer some inter-island routes lost during COVID.

Peter Ingram is optimistic that the carrier's Japanese traffic will return.

The carrier’s North American capacity exceeded 2019 levels, but international flying is returning more slowly.

The carrier, turning its attention toward the transpacific, will end the long-haul domestic service in September.

Service to Tokyo Haneda will resume in August, while frequencies on two other routes will also grow.

The Japanese airline is restoring Airbus A380 flights to Hawaii, as well as reinstating service to London.

The carrier restarted service to Australia in December 2021.

Next winter, Delta will operate to Hawaii from seven mainland US cities.

The unpredictability of when Japan’s borders will reopen creates uncertainty around Hawaiian's international network.