Hawaiian Air restarts Portland-Maui service

Hawaiian Airlines reinstated daily nonstop service Friday between Portland, Ore., and Maui.

The state’s largest carrier, using its new 189-passenger narrow-body A321neo aircraft, previously had operated the route for nearly a decade between 2003 and 2012.

Guests were treated to Hawaiian music and dance, flower lei and a certificate for 250 bonus Hawaiian miles.

The new service complements Hawaiian’s flights between Portland and Honolulu. The Portland-Maui flight departs Portland International Airport at 8 a.m. daily and arrives at Kahului Airport at noon. The flight from Kahului departs at 1:15 p.m. and arrives in Portland at 8:25 p.m.

Hawaiian has so far received two of 18 A321neos that will be delivered to the company through 2020.

Earlier this month Hawaiian debuted its A321neo with service between Oakland, Calif., and Kahului.

Future service with the A321neo include nonstop flights between Oakland and Lihue starting April 11 and, starting in the summer, serv­ice between Los Angeles and Kona, and Long Beach, Calif., and Honolulu.