Hawaiian Airlines reaches agreement with attendants

Hawaiian Airlines has reached a tentative agreement with the Association of Flight Attendants on a new contract for the airline’s 1,280 flight attendants. The tentative agreement, which must be approved by union leadership at Hawaiian, a subsidiary of Hawaiian Holdings Inc. before it is ratified by the membership, would extend through 2016 and would “balance increased compensation” with “gains in productivity” for the rapidly expanding airline. “This agreement, which spans nearly five years, recognizes the contributions of our flight attendants and provides cost stability as we add flights between our islands and outside of our state,” President and CEO Mark