NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release: Monday, April 7, 2008 (08-12)

HTA Secures Flights on United Airlines to Assist Displaced Travelers


Honolulu, Hawai‘i — The Hawai‘i Tourism Authority (HTA), the state’s tourism agency, has secured two additional flights for displaced ATA and Aloha Airlines ticket holders on United Airlines. Flights will be available on the following schedule:

Wed., April 9: Flight #9790
- Departs San Francisco at 8 a.m.
- Arrives Kahului, Maui at 10:15 a.m.

Wed., April 9: Flight #9791
- Departs Kahului, Maui at 11:15 a.m.
- Arrives in Honolulu at 11:51 a.m.
- Departs Honolulu at 1:00 p.m.
- Arrives in San Francisco at 9:02 p.m.

For reservations, contact United Airlines at 1-800-241-6522. ATA and Aloha Airline ticket holder must provide the following information when making reservations and upon check-in:

Original date of travel (only valid for passengers scheduled to travel from April 2-10, 2008);
Record locator number; and
Ticket number.

Updated information on flights and hotel accommodations for ATA and Aloha Airlines’ passengers can be found on the HVCB’s Web site www.gohawaii.com/ata.
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For more information, contact:
Sharon Freitas Dawn Hirai Darlene Morikawa
Director of Communications Account Supervisor PR/Communications Manager
Hawai‘i Tourism Authority Stryker Weiner & Yokota P.R. Inc. Hawai‘i Visitors and Convention Bureau
(808) 973-2272 (808) 722-9445 (808) 924-0259

posted by makena cove @ 9:01 AM