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“The resumption of international flights to Kona will have a wide-ranging positive impact on Hawai‘i Island and the state as a whole by boosting tourism spending, creating jobs and generating millions of dollars for our economy,” said Gov. David Y. Ige.

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MEDIA RELEASE The following statement is from Hawaiian Airlines president / CEO Mark Dunkerley: ‘The tentative decision issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation this morning to allow Delta Air Lines to retain the valuable right to fly from Tokyo’s Haneda International Airport for largely unused service to Seattle is tremendously disappointing. ‘We are further […]

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Airline asserts daily service is ‘highest and best use’ of scarce airline slots

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Ross Higashi: ‘This vital facility will help us to continue to provide a safe environment for our air travelers’

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MEDIA RELEASE Updates from Rep. Tulsi Gabbard during the month of February: Gabbard Calls to Resolve Kona International Airport Customs Issue, Air Travel Fee Increases In a hearing of the House Homeland Security Committee, Gabbard asked Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson to work with local and state officials in Hawaii to resolve Customs and Border […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaiian Airlines has announced it will file an application to provide non-stop service between Tokyo International Airport at Haneda and Kona International Airport, utilizing operating slots at the Haneda airport being returned by American Airlines later this year. Hawaii’s flagship carrier will file its application Thursday with the U.S. Department of Transportation, proposing […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaiian Airlines is answering growing demand and giving San Francisco Bay Area travelers more options, more flexibility and more of a reason to visit the Hawaiian Islands with an expanded schedule and new direct flights into two other islands. Beginning Jan. 5, 2014, Hawaiian Airlines will offer daily service between Oakland and Honolulu, […]

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Governor Neil Abercrombie today announced the release of more than $44 million for various capital improvement projects (CIPs) statewide, including public schools, health facilities, transportation infrastructure and more.

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff According to Ann Botticelli, senior vice president of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, Hawaiian Airlines has lost its bid to offer daily service between between Tokyo’s Haneda International Airport and Kona International Airport. The airline received the news Thursday morning that the application was denied. The U.S. Department of Transportation issued a […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii will receive $17,014,671 to build an aircraft rescue and fire fighting building at the Kona International Airport at Keahole, Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, Sen. Daniel K. Akaka, U.S. Rep. Mazie K. Hirono and U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa have announced. The money comes from a grant administered by the Federal Aviation Administration. “These […]

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The state Department of Transportation (DOT) advises users of Kahului and Kapalua Airports on Maui, Lihue Airport on Kauai, and the Hilo and Kona International Airports on the Big Island, that monthly parking rates at these locations will increase from $90 to $160 beginning Thursday, March 1, 2012.

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MEDIA RELEASE Alaska Airlines is expanding its schedule starting daily, nonstop service from Oakland and San Jose, Calif., to Lihue, on the island of Kauai, and Kona, starting March 12, 2012. The airline has previously served the markets with three flights a week between San Jose and Lihue and between Oakland and Kona and four […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Transportation will receive $5,506,265 to rehabilitate runway pavement, repair lighting and improve terminal buildings at the Honolulu International Airport, the Kona International Airport at Keahole, and the Lihue Airport, according to an announcement by Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, Sen. Daniel K. Akaka, Congresswoman Mazie Hirono and Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa. […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Across Oregon, temperatures are dropping and rain and fog are rolling in, but the warm, sunny beaches of the Big Island just got closer thanks to a new Alaska Airlines flight between Portland International Airport and Kona International Airport that starts Friday, Nov. 12. Alaska Airlines’ new seasonal flight departs Portland (PDX) for […]

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