By Nina Wu
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Honolulu – Aloha Airlines and United Airlines announced a new partnership yesterday in which the larger carrier would become a minority equity partner in Aloha, with a seat on the isle firm’s board of directors.
Chicago-based United Airlines will now share flight codes with Aloha Airlines on all of its mainland-Hawaii and Japan-Hawaii flights. Both companies declined to disclose United’s actual stake in Aloha.
United also partners with Arizona-based Mesa Air Group, which is in a legal battle with Aloha over the startup of Mesa’s low-fare interisland airline, go! Mesa shares codes on some United flights and operates commuter service as United Express.
David Banmiller, Aloha’s president and CEO, said the new deal is separate from the Aloha-Mesa legal dispute. Rather, he said, the deal represents the culmination of a longtime marketing partnership with United that goes back to the early 1990s. But he added that the agreement “sends [...]

Original post by Funjet Vacations and software by Elliott Back

Using a Hawaii Based travel agent can make your arrival to Hawaii much more memorable. Since we are right here in Hawaii we can add special touches to ensure your trip is a unforgettable. For example, using the various hotel amenity programs that are available we can have a special gift waiting for you when you arrive. Additionally some of these hotels offer free upgrades for honeymooners and wedding couples.
To add a special touch when you arrive, arrange for a lei greeting but don’t just do a regular lei greeting go for a premium one which will only be a few more dollars but will be more impressive, they use a nicer floral arrangement and also greet you with a sign when you arrive to the islands. If you want to go all out arrange for a round trip stretch limousine service to the hotel. We can [...]

Original post by Funjet Vacations and software by Elliott Back