HONOLULU, July 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Hawaiian
Airlines today released its 2021 Corporate Kuleana Report, which
outlines the carrier's progress on Environmental, Social and
Governance (ESG) initiatives during the most challenging period in
its 92-year history as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We are rising from this crisis not only with renewed optimism
but as a better, more sustainable airline for our guests, our
employees and the planet," Hawaiian Airlines President and CEO
Peter Ingram wrote in the report's
welcome message. "As we progress through 2021, I am incredibly
proud of our team's accomplishments in the face of extreme
adversity and encouraged for our future."
Addressing climate change remains one of Hawaiian's key ESG
priorities. The airline has committed to achieving net-zero carbon
emissions by 2050 through ongoing fleet investments, more efficient
flying, carbon offsets, and industry advocacy for air traffic
control reform and sustainable aviation fuel development and
proliferation. Starting this year, Hawaiian has pledged to offset
emissions from international flights above 2019 levels, in
accordance with the International Civil Aviation Organization's
Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation
(CORSIA).
Hawai'i's hometown airline also defined steps it is taking to
foster diversity and inclusion, calling it a "key driver of our
success." Evidence-based processes to minimize bias in hiring and
promotional practices across Hawaiian have contributed to team
diversity, with approximately 78% of its active workforce
identifying as diverse based on ethnicity and 44% based on
gender.
"We can always do better, and we are re-examining our practices
to ensure Hawaiian Airlines remains a diverse, inclusive, equitable
and desirable place to work, and where every team member is
respected, valued and supported," Ingram said.
The report chronicles how Hawaiian – Hawai'i's only locally
based major carrier and one of its largest employers – endured the
devastating impacts of the pandemic by preserving financial
resources, supporting employees and communities statewide, and
safely providing essential transportation.
In the fourth quarter of 2020, Hawaiian became the first U.S.
airline to establish a network of dedicated drive-through testing
sites near its key gateway airports once the state of Hawai'i began
exempting travelers from quarantine with proof of a negative
COVID-19 test.
"We enhanced disinfection throughout our operations and adopted
an in-flight face covering policy as an added layer of protection
in our cabins, which were already extremely safe by virtue of their
built-in airflow and filtration systems," the report noted.
In addition to maintaining vital transportation for passengers
and cargo to, from and within the islands throughout the pandemic,
Hawaiian employees participated in numerous philanthropic efforts,
which took on renewed importance in 2020. Among the highlights:
- More than 1,500 Hawaiian Airlines volunteers donated
approximately 6,500 hours to cultural and environmental
conservation initiatives, and to care for Hawai'i's most vulnerable
community members. The airline also partnered with the Hawai'i
State Department of Education in a summerlong Kōkua our Schools
project to refresh seven public campuses before educators welcomed
students back in the fall semester.
- Hawaiian operated a complex humanitarian mission to fly 1.6
million masks to Honolulu from
Shenzhen, China.
- The airline supported Hawai'i's medical workers, including
doctors, nurses, assistants and volunteers who took over 600
complimentary neighbor island flights in April and May 2020 to conduct COVID-19 testing and deliver
care.
- Hawaiian donated $472,000 worth
of catering goods – ranging from new hand towels and condiments to
soft drinks and packaged foods – to nonprofits in Hawai'i and
throughout the carrier's U.S. mainland network, as well as hundreds
of thousands of soft goods and inflight items to local humanitarian
organizations and schools, such as Main Cabin blankets, pillowcases
and amenity kits, and First Class slippers, mattress pads and
pillowcases.
Hawaiian's 2021 Corporate Kuleana Report includes metrics
established by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board
(SASB). To read the report and learn more about Hawaiian's ESG
practices, please visit
https://www.hawaiianairlines.com/about-us/corporate-responsibility.
About Hawaiian Airlines
Hawaiian® has led all U.S. carriers in on-time
performance for each of the past 17 years (2004-2020) as reported
by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Consumer surveys by
Condé Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure and
TripAdvisor have placed Hawaiian among the top of all
domestic airlines serving Hawai'i.
Now in its 92nd year of continuous service, Hawaiian is
Hawai'i's biggest and longest-serving airline. Hawaiian offers
approximately 130 flights within the Hawaiian Islands, daily
nonstop flights between Hawai'i and 16 U.S. gateway cities – more
than any other airline – as well as once-weekly service connecting
Honolulu and Tahiti. As a result
of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hawaiian is operating an adjusted flight
schedule between Hawai'i and Japan
and South Korea, and has
temporarily suspended service in Australia, New
Zealand and American
Samoa.
The airline is committed to connecting people with aloha by
offering complimentary meals at meal time for all guests on
transpacific routes and the convenience of no change fees on Main
Cabin and Premium Cabin/First Class seats. HawaiianMiles members
also enjoy flexibility with miles that never expire.
Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. is a subsidiary of Hawaiian Holdings,
Inc. (NASDAQ: HA). Additional information is available at
HawaiianAirlines.com. Follow Hawaiian's Twitter updates
(@HawaiianAir), become a fan on Facebook (Hawaiian Airlines),
and follow us on Instagram (hawaiianairlines). For career postings
and updates, follow Hawaiian's LinkedIn page.
For media inquiries, please visit Hawaiian Airlines' online
newsroom.
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