Hawaiian ends Ohana by Hawaiian

In October last year, Hawaiian suspended its Ohana by Hawaiian-services for an indefnite period due to the low inter-island demand because of the pandemic. Now, the airline has announced it will not bring back Ohana end officially end it. The airline doesn't see a profitable and sustainable way forward to continue with it.

Ohana by Hawaiian was launched in 2014 to conduct inter-island passenger service with ATR42s. In 2018 this was expended with inter-island cargo flights with ATR72s. In total, the subsidiary utilised four ATR42s and four ATR72Fs, which were all operated by Empire Airlines from Hayden (ID). Empire has now began ferrying the first ATRs back to the mainland US. Next to operating the eight ATRs for Hawaiian, Empire also operates a fleet of fourteen ATR42/72s for FedEx.

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