For nearly a century, the letters HA and the callsign “Hawaiian” have been synonymous with air journey to and throughout the Hawaiian Islands. Now, as a part of its merger with Alaska Airways, a significant change is coming. When Hawaiian Airways flight 866 departed American Samoa’s Pago Pago Worldwide Airport (PPG) for Honolulu (HNL) on October twenty ninth, it marked the ultimate flight to make use of the identifiers HA/HAL—together with the enduring callsign “HAWAIIAN”.
Subsequent flights carried out by birds painted within the Hawaiian livery might be utilizing Alaska Airways’ designators AS (IATA), ASA (ICAO), in addition to the callsign “ALASKA.”
