Meets the boss of Hawaiian Airlines

Six months ago, Hawaiian Airlines became part of the Alaska Air Group, with the understanding that its identity as the carrier to, from and within the Pacific state would continue. Today, 22 April, the enterprise joins the Oneworld airline alliance. Chief executive Diana Birkett Rakow has been telling me about her airline, the state of Hawaii and the benefits of an airline alliance. This podcast is free, as is Independent Travel's weekly newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Meets the boss of Hawaiian Airlines is an episode from Green List Travel with Simon Calder and the Independent by The Independent.

This episode is 7:46 long.

This episode was published on Apr 22, 2026.

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