Island Air’s flights arrived on schedule 81.5 percent of the time in February.

The state’s second-largest airline, which reported its monthly data Friday, also said it completed 97.9 percent of its 1,176 scheduled flights with 24 cancellations.

A flight is considered on time by the U.S. Department of Transportation if it operates less than 15 minutes after the scheduled arrival time.

“Over the past year we have been making steady improvements in our operational performance, including completing 99 percent of scheduled flights and having 88 percent of our flights arrive on time,” Island Air President and CEO David Uchiyama said.

Island Air offers 280 flights a week between Oahu, Maui, Kauai and Hawaii island. By the beginning of May, Island Air expects to increase the number of flights to more than 450 each week.

The airline is shifting from 64-seat ATR-72 aircraft to 78-seat Q400 aircraft.

ON THE MOVE

AHL has hired the following employees, who were formerly with Leo A. Daly:

>> Mitch Millar, a project architect, will work with the Small Animal MRI facility at the University of Hawaii.

>> Project architect Gary Koyama will work on the Emergency Department expansion at North Hawaii Community Hospital.

>> Samuel Ustare, a project architect, will work on recreational facility projects for the City and County of Honolulu.

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