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Alaska Airlines guests traveling to Hawaiʻi can now gain pre-clearance on the West Coast, avoiding lines and bypassing the airport screening process after they arrive in Hawaiʻi with an approved negative COVID-19 test.

Two days before Hawai‘i is scheduled to relaunch tourism with a pre-travel testing program, Hawai‘i airline executives will share “Impacts and Forecast of the Airline Industry” as part of a webinar series presented by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Shidler College of Business Alumni Association and Travel Industry Management International.

The pilots continue to prepare for a possible strike, having approved a strike authorization vote by a 99% margin on May 17.

As part of its 35th anniversary celebration, Island Air will waive bag‐check fees on the first checked bag for kama‘āina during November.

Hawaiian Airlines has appointed Rock Tang as senior director of corporate real estate. He is responsible for managing Hawaiian Airlines’ corporate real estate interests, including its business relationships with domestic and international airports, lease negotiations, concessions, properties, projects and construction, facility planning and design.

Hawaii Gov. David Ige applauds the preclearance program, in which immigration, customs and agriculture inspections can be completed before departure from the originating country, allowing passengers to avoid additional processing or delays at domestic airports.

Hawaiian Airlines is leading the nation in on-time flights for the 11th consecutive year, according to a report released by the US Department of Transportation. The local airline’s punctuality streak began in 2004. The largest local airline in the islands averaged 91.9 percent of its flights on-time for 2014, earning the best performance ranking in 11 of 12 months in the year.