Hawaiian Airlines Commemorates 90th Birthday With Celebratory Flight

Hawaiian Airlines celebrated its 90th birthday on Monday with a special flight replicating the carrier’s inaugural voyage on November 11th, 1929. Flight HA 1111 departed from Honolulu (HNL) at 9:35 AM en route to Hilo (ITO) with a stop in Kahului (OGG). The flight time and route were identical to the airline’s first flight 90 years prior, except that its 128 passengers were traveling in a Boeing 717 as opposed to the two Sikorsky S-38 amphibian aircraft that former Inter-Island Airways had flown… (airwaysmag.com) More...