Hawaiian Airlines will launch pre-travel COVID-19 testing for passengers at two U.S. west coast airports beginning Oct. 15, in anticipation of the relaxation of Hawaii’s 14-day quarantine order for out-of-state arrivals.
Hawaiian Airlines notified hundreds of employees of involuntary furloughs planned for Oct. 1, while previewing more than 1,000 additional job losses in coming weeks.
Hawaiian Airlines has told unions it may have to furlough more than 2,000 employees as the carrier looks to realign the size of its workforce with the new operating environment.
Hawaiian Airlines is preparing to return most of its Airbus A321neo fleet to active service as the carrier ramps up flights between Hawaii and the U.S. mainland.
Hawaiian Airlines is reinstating service on several routes to the U.S. mainland now that Hawaii is lifting its 14-day quarantine requirement for out-of-state travelers, providing they have already tested negative for COVID-19 prior to traveling.
While Hawaiian Airlines plans to delay its Boeing 787 orders due to the COVID-19 crisis, the airline does not expect to have to reduce its current fleet in the medium term.
The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) granted Hawaiian Airlines a waiver to temporarily cease flying to eight mainland markets, agreeing that travel restrictions imposed by Hawaii’s governor make most service to the mainland unfeasible.
Hawaiian Airlines and Frontier Airlines became the latest U.S. carriers to seek relief from minimum service requirements included in the Coronavirus Aid, Recovery, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, as smaller airlines and ULCCs struggle to continue flying to destinations where demand remains badly depressed by the COVID-19 crisis.
Hawaiian Airlines plans to cut back its international and domestic networks in the wake of a state quarantine directive that will further deflate demand.
Hawaiian Airlines will continue flying its fleet of Boeing 717 narrowbodies through at least the middle of the decade, despite their average age of more than 20 years, the airline’s chief executive said Jan. 30.
