Hawaiian Airlines suspends more routes

Hawaiian Airlines will temporarily suspend its Ohana by Hawaiian passenger flights and cargo services between Honolulu (HNL) and Moloka‘i (MKK) and Lāna‘i (LNY), beginning November 1, 2020. The airline cited the furloughing of 2,500 employees in the wake of the recently expired Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Payroll Support (CARES) program. Hawaiian Airlines also placed the blame for low travel demand on the state’s quarantine restrictions, which impacted the carrier’s ability to fully staff pilots for Ohana by Hawaiian service — a provision stated in the pilots’ union contract. ‘Ohana by Hawaiian, launched in 2014, provides the only wheelchair-accessible