Hawaiian Airlines remained the U.S. airline’s top-ranked carrier for punctuality as 93 percent of its flights arrived on time in July, according to data reported Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
The state’s largest carrier has led all U.S. airlines in on-time performance for each of the past 13 years.
An airline is considered “on time” if it arrives within 15 minutes of its scheduled arrival time.
Delta Air Lines was second at 87.4 percent while Alaska Airlines was third at 82.8 percent. The national average for the 12 reporting carriers was 77.1 percent.
Hawaiian also ranked second in fewest flight cancellations in July with 0.3 percent, representing 21 cancellations out of 7,280 flights, and was second in fewest consumer complaints with 0.70, or a total of seven, per 100,000 passengers.
The state’s largest carrier ranked seventh for fewest mishandled baggage reports with 2.26 per 1,000 passengers. That represented a total of 2,110 baggage reports for 934,948 passengers.
Hawaiian reports its third-quarter financial results after the stock market closes today.
Open Door Pharmacy shuts down
Open Door Pharmacy and Clinic, an independent pharmacy at 1130 N. Nimitz Highway, closed its doors on Sept. 19.
Patients were shifted to the nearby Longs Drugs, owned by CVS Pharmacy, at 500 N. Nimitz Highway, according to a Longs pharmacist.
The majority of Open Door’s customers were having their medications delivered. Shortly after the closure, Longs began delivery service at no charge to the defunct company’s patients, the pharmacist said.
ON THE MOVE
Anthology Marketing Group has announced three new employees to its Digital, Research and Public Relations teams:
>> Mahina Chong is the company’s new research intern for Anthology’s Research Group.
>> Rachel Sipes is an account executive for the company’s Public Relations Group. She was previously a sales operation and senior events manager with Merlin Entertainments in the U.K.
>> Shere’e Quitevis is the new senior account executive for Anthology’s Public Relations Group. She was previously a communications specialist for the Plumbers and Fitters UA Local Union 675.
Hawaii State Department of Health Deputy Director Keith Y. Yamamoto was selected Sept. 20 as a 2017 recipient of the Noble J. Swearingen Award by the national Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. Prior to his current appointment as the DOH deputy director, Yamamoto served as the department’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division chief.
