By Staff Reports

(HONOLULU) – Hawaiian Airlines has promoted Linda Srabian to managing director – Honolulu hub. In this newly created position, Srabian will lead and direct all airport customer service operations at Hawaiian Airlines’ largest station in Honolulu, and will be developing long-term plans both on behalf of the airline as well as for all airport expansion projects.

“Linda has a strong focus on operational excellence, which is evident in her successful management of our domestic stations at our 11 U.S. gateways,” said Louis Saint-Cyr, Hawaiian Airlines vice president – customer service. “In her new role, she will use her exceptional employee engagement skills to help us safeguard our passion for excellence and our customers at our largest and busiest station in Honolulu.”

Srabian has 30 years of experience working in airline operations. She joined Hawaiian Airlines in 2008 as director – Airbus integration to lead the introduction of the Airbus A330-200 aircraft into the airline’s fleet. She was then promoted to senior director – North America where she was key in improving regional departure performance for the airline. Prior to joining Hawaiian Airlines, she held a number of leadership and management positions at other carriers including United Airlines, US Airways and Northwest Airlines.

Srabian holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from San Jose State University.

About Hawaiian Airlines

Hawaiian® has led all U.S. carriers in on-time performance for each of the past 10 years (2004-2013) as reported by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Consumer surveys by Condé Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure and Zagat have all ranked Hawaiian the highest of all domestic airlines serving Hawai‘i.

Now in its 85th year of continuous service, Hawaiian is Hawai‘i’s biggest and longest-serving airline, as well as the largest provider of passenger air service from its primary visitor markets on the U.S. mainland. Hawaiian offers non-stop service to Hawai‘i from more U.S. gateway cities (11) than any other airline, along with service from Japan, South Korea, China, Australia, New Zealand, American Samoa and Tahiti. Hawaiian also provides approximately 160 jet flights daily between the Hawaiian Islands, with a total of more than 200 daily flights system-wide.

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