For almost a century, the letters HA and the callsign “Hawaiian” have been synonymous with air travel to and within the Hawaiian Islands. Now, as part of its merger with Alaska Airlines, a major change is coming. When Hawaiian Airlines flight 866 departed American Samoa’s Pago Pago International Airport (PPG) for Honolulu (HNL) on October 29th, it marked the final flight to use the identifiers HA/HAL—along with the iconic callsign “HAWAIIAN”.
Subsequent flights carried out by birds painted in the Hawaiian livery will be using Alaska Airlines’ designators AS (IATA), ASA (ICAO), as well as the callsign “ALASKA.”
