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Hawaiian Airlines continued to serve interisland needs. On its 23rd anniversary, HAL acquired five new Convair 340s, the first pressurized aircraft in interisland operation. Pioneer Stanley Kennedy retired from active management of the company in 1955, becoming Chairman of the Board.
Inter-Island Steam Navigation Company was headquartered in Honolulu and ran steamship passenger and cargo service between the Hawaiian Islands from 1883 until 1947. Inter-Island constructed the Kona Inn in 1928, the first hotel in Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii.
20 gru 2023 · Founded in 1929 as Inter-Island Airways, the airline began life as an island-hopping carrier, operating two 8-seat Sikorsky S-38 amphibian aircraft and a Bellanca monoplane. The airline's inaugural flight took place on November 11th, 1929, from Honolulu to Hilo, with a stopover in Maui.
Inter-Island Airways, a subsidiary of Inter-Island Steam Navigation Company, began operations on October 6, 1929, with a Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker, providing short sightseeing flights over Oʻahu.
6 paź 2023 · Ben Lee has carried the honor for Hawaiʻi and Hawaiian Airlines since December 1929, when at 11 months old, he was brought onboard an Inter-Island Airways flight by his mother to experience its new passenger air service, which made a historic launch just weeks before on Nov. 11.
4 gru 2023 · On Nov. 11, 1929, Hawaii’s first inter-island passenger service — called Inter-Island Airways — was launched. The airline started with a flight from Honolulu to Hilo that took an hour and...
Looking Back at Hawaiian Airlines' 85-Year History. On Nov. 11, 1929, Inter-Island Airways (the company changed its name to Hawaiian Airlines in 1941) launched Hawai'i's first-ever scheduled interisland air passenger service using two Sikorsky S-38 amphibian propeller planes that carried eight passengers and two crewmembers, and had a top ...
