North American Air to add Kauai, Kona flights

North American Air to add Kauai, Kona flights - 2005-02-18 - Pacific Business News (Honolulu)

North American Air to add Kauai, Kona flights

North American Airlines, which last fall began flying from Oakland to Honolulu and Kahului, will add flights from Oakland to Kona and Lihue this spring.

The discount carrier, founded in 1989 by former Civil Aeronautics Board Chairman Dan McKinnon, will launch its service to the Big Island on April 3 and to Kauai on April 8, the company said late Thursday.
This raises from six to nine flights a week the amount of Oakland service the airline has to Hawaii. It will fly to Lihue on Fridays, to Kona on Sundays, and to Honolulu and Maui on other days.
'Visits to the Big Island and Kauai account for more than 30 percent of domestic visitors to Hawaii,' NAA Sales Vice President Peter Bogovich said. 'We are very pleased to be able to serve these four islands now.'
North American says its Oahu and Maui fares are 40 percent below those of other airlines and that the new service will be 30 percent below rival fares. "