Hawaiian Airlines retained its spot as the most punctual domestic airline as 92.3 percent of its flights arrived on time in July, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
The state’s largest carrier easily topped runner-up Alaska Airlines at 85.7 percent. The national average for the 12 reporting airlines was 76.9 percent.
A flight is considered “on time” by the DOT if it arrives within 15 minutes of its scheduled arrival time.
In other categories, Hawaiian had the second-fewest flight cancellations with 0.3 percent out of 7,308 scheduled flights, fourth-fewest consumer complaints with 0.77 per 100,000 passengers and seventh-fewest mishandled-baggage reports with 2.58 per 1,000 passengers.
Hawaiian adds industry veteran to board
Hawaiian Airlines has increased the number of members on its board to 11 from 10 by adding a former Walgreens executive.
Abhi Dhar, whose appointment is effective immediately, most recently served as chief information and digital officer of Walgreens. He has extensive travel industry experience in leadership roles at Cendant, Travelport and TravelClick.
Dhar departed Walgreens to launch Packyge, an e-commerce ship-to-store enterprise, as co-founder and CEO.
Finance Factors unveils Hilo Center
Finance Factors, the state’s largest depository financial services loan company, opened a newly relocated Hilo branch Monday at 605 Laukapu St. The new facility will service the customers of Finance Factors’ previous Hilo branch, on Kilauea Avenue.
All existing customer accounts have been transitioned to the new location, with no action required on the customer end.
Construction on the Finance Factors Hilo Center, which Finance Factors purchased in December 2014, started in May 2016. The Finance Factors Hilo Center was designed by Ushijima Architects Inc. The center is also home to Finance Insurance, a sister company of Finance Factors.
ON THE MOVE
Kahuku Medical Center has hired the following two employees for its Primary Care Clinic:
>> Dr. Ember Christensen, who previously served as an in/outpatient clinic physician and emergency room physician at the Prosser Medical Center and Prosser Memorial Hospital Medical Center in Washington state.
>> Lindsay Maughan is a pediatrics specialist and was previously working at the pediatric clinic and pediatric urgent care in Alpine, Utah.
Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort has announced Heather Jarrett as its new retail manager. Jarrett has 22 years of retail and customer service experience, including working at Prince Hotels and Resorts on Hawaii Island.
