Air Hawaii

Air Hawaii was a scheduled passenger airline providing service between Honolulu and the U.S. West Coast cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco. The airline advertised its service as "High Class. Low Fares." Founded by Michael J. Hartley, who previously started The Hawaii Express and would later co-found CheapTickets, Air Hawaii began operations between Honolulu and Los Angeles on November 22, 1985, and added service between San Francisco in December. The airline almost immediately ran into financial problems and discontinued operations on February 19, 1986.

Air Hawaii
IATA ICAO Callsign
- AHC AIR HAWAII
Founded1985
Commenced operationsNovember 22, 1985
Ceased operationsFebruary 19, 1986
HubsHonolulu International Airport
Fleet size2
Destinations3
Parent companyAirwest International, Inc.
HeadquartersHonolulu, Hawaii
Key peopleMichael J. Hartley
Air Hawaii McDonnell Douglas DC-10 N905WA at Oakland International Airport in 1983

There were also two other airlines which used the name Air Hawaii respectively in 1968 and 1981 with both air carriers operating inter-island commuter flights in Hawaii with small turboprop and prop aircraft.[1]

Destinations

Air Hawaii served three destinations in the United States:

Fleet

Air Hawaii operated two McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 aircraft. Both of these planes had previously operated for Michael Hartley's previous venture, The Hawaii Express.[2]

  • N904WA cn/ln: 46930/112 delivered: 13 January 1986
  • N905WA cn/ln: 46938/153 delivered: 20 November 1985
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See also

References
  1. http://www.timetableimages.com, Air Hawaii (1960s) & Air Hawaii (1970s-80s)
  2. Air Hawaii fleet
  • Norwood, Tom W. (1996). Deregulation Knockouts, Round One. Sandpoint, Idaho: Airways International. p. 103. ISBN 0-9653993-0-3. OCLC 37263082.
  • Lynch, Russ (2000-03-22). "New airline may take off in Honolulu". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved 2007-06-01.
  • "Chronology of Aviation in Hawaii 1980-1989". Hawaii Aviation. State of Hawaii. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
  • Thomas Noack (2009). "Air Hawaii Details and Fleet History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
  • In Re Airwest International, Inc., Dba Air Hawaii, Debtor.wyman W.c. Lai, Trustee for Airwest International, Inc., Dbaair Hawaii, Plaintiff-appellee, v. International Air Leases Inc., a Delaware Corporation;world Airways, Inc., a Delaware Corporation,defendants-appellants


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