Island Air announced it has hired 22 employees to accommodate its new service to Kona International Airport.
Island Air will launch service to Kona on Tuesday with five daily round-trip flights between Honolulu and Kona, with connecting flights to Kahului, Maui and Lihue, Kauai. Island Air’s check-in counter at Kona International Airport will be in Terminal 1, and flights will depart from and arrive at Gate 5.
The new team members, which include former Island Air employees, were recruited through job fairs and other outreach efforts to fill positions that include customer service agents, ramp agents and station manager. The Kona employees have been undergoing extensive training for the past two months.
Shardae Kaupu Lopez, who is from Milolii and started working for Island Air in 2012, will serve as the Kona station manager and will oversee the airline’s operations at the Kona airport.