Hawaiian Airlines has laid out a five-year, $600 million plan to improve its facilities at Hawaii airports, retrofit interiors of Airbus A330 aircraft and upgrade technology.
The airline will focus its airport work on the Honolulu, Lihue, Kahului, Kona and Hilo airports. Renovations will concentrate on lobbies and gates, and will include the construction of brighter and more open spaces with better seating and increased power charging. Work on gates and lobbies is to extend through 2029.
Those improvements will augment the previously announced 10,600-square-foot premium lounge that Hawaiian will open in 2027 at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. To be located at the entrance of the Mauka Concourse in Terminal 1, the club will be Hawaiian's third lounge at the Honolulu airport and its largest by far.
Meanwhile, in 2028 Hawaiian will begin a retrofit program for its fleet of 24 Airbus A330-200 widebodies. The upgrades will include the addition of premium economy cabins and first-class suites. Seats, carpeting, lighting and inflight entertainment systems will also be updated.
Technology updates will come sooner. Hawaiian said it will update its app and website this spring with improvements geared toward simplifying travel planning, booking and trip management. Self-service features will include the ability to change flights and redeem award travel on partner airlines.
Full functionality of those tools will become possible after the Hawaiian and Alaska Airlines brands share the same passenger service system and Hawaiian Airlines joins the Oneworld alliance, both of which are expected to happen in late April.
Alaska Air Group completed its acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines in September 2024. The airlines began flying under a single operating certificate last October.