| Airline: | Air Hawaii |
| Iata: | XK |
| Icao: | AHC |
| Callsign: | AIR HAWAII |
| Hubs: | Honolulu International Airport |
| Fleet Size: | 2 |
| Destinations: | 3 |
| Parent: | Airwest International, Inc. |
| Headquarters: | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Key People: | Michael J. Hartley |
Air Hawaii was a scheduled passenger airline providing service between Honolulu and the U.S. West Coast cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco. The airline advertised its service as "High Class. Low Fares." Founded by Michael J. Hartley, who previously started The Hawaii Express and would later co-found CheapTickets, Air Hawaii began operations between Honolulu and Los Angeles on November 22, 1985, and added service between San Francisco in December. The airline almost immediately ran into financial problems and discontinued operations on February 19, 1986.
There were also two other airlines which used the name Air Hawaii respectively in 1968 and 1981 with both air carriers operating inter-island commuter flights in Hawaii with small turboprop and prop aircraft.[1]
Air Hawaii served three destinations in the United States:
Air Hawaii operated two McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 aircraft. Both of these planes had previously operated for Michael Hartley's previous venture, The Hawaii Express.[2]