Hawaiian adds Orlando to its routes, receives boost from stimulus
Hawaiian Airlines has at least six more months of breathing room after President Joe Biden on Thursday signed the latest, $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill, which includes $14 billion in direct payroll support for airlines.
The jobs for some 810 unionized Hawaiian employees were at risk as a March 31 expiration loomed for Payroll Support Program funds. The carrier detailed the impending layoffs in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification notice to the state last month.
Hawaiian Airlines President and CEO Peter Ingram said Thursday that those jobs are safe now, at least through the end of September, when this latest round of PSP funds expire.
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