The largest airline operating in the Hawaiian Islands and the eighth largest in the U.S. is headquartered at Honolulu Airport on the island of Oahu, and you'll recognize their planes at a glance by the Hawaiian lady with a flower in her hair on the directional sign.

The number of Hawaiian airlines aircraft is steadily around 50 units includes Boeing 787, Airbus A330, Airbus A321 and Boeing 717 types for the shortest flights between Hawaii.

Hawaiian Airlines merged with Alaska Airlines in 2024, but the two airlines maintain their own identities, aircraft livery and separate websites.

However, the terms and conditions of the frequent flyer programmes, for example, are unified and the flight schedules are fully interlinked.

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