Should you’re a longtime faculty soccer fan, it’s seemingly that you simply affiliate Hawaii Warriors soccer with its nice passing assaults. Nonetheless, this system has developed its justifiable share of high quality operating backs over time: Alex Inexperienced, Diocemy Saint Juste, Calvin Turner Jr. and, now, Dedrick Parson, the subsequent participant on our preseason checklist of the Mountain West’s high performers.
The Philadelphia native first proved that he might thrive within the faculty ranks as an all-around again at Howard, the place he was named the Mid-Japanese Athletic Convention’s rookie of the yr in 2018 and a first-team all-MEAC choose in 2019. That translated seamlessly to the islands when he transferred earlier than the 2021 season and thrived in a complementary function to Turner Jr. and Dae Dae Hunter, contributing 618 speeding yards, 279 receiving yards on 28 catches, and 9 touchdowns.
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By way of yards per scrimmage, solely Turner Jr., Hunter, and Jordan Mims had a better per-play common. Based on Professional Soccer Focus, solely Wyoming’s Titus Swen had a better total grade than Parson’s 84.5. Lengthy story quick, he was top-of-the-line playmakers within the convention even when folks didn’t discover it instantly.
It’s Official: Redeem AAdvantage Miles on Hawaiian Airlines Mainland-to-Hawaii Flights After a 9-Year Hiatus!
by Gary Leff
American Airlines has long partnered with Hawaiian Airlines. Hawaiian has now been acquired by American’s ‘West Coast Alliance’ and oneworld partner Alaska Airlines. And so a change has been made to using American AAdvantage miles on Hawaiian Airlines: you can now redeem AAdvantage miles to fly to Hawaii!.
In September 2015, American stopped allowing AAdvantage members to redeem miles between Hawaii and the mainland U.S..
Airlines frequently partnered with Hawaiian for their intra-Hawaii flights, and to some extent their route network beyond Hawaii. However awards to Hawaii are popular and partner redemptions there are expensive.
Hawaiian is on its way towards being integrated into Alaska Airlines. They will achieve a single operating certificate, at which point the carrier will be part of oneworld. Alaska will retain a separate brand identity for Hawaii flights, but it will be one airline. We’re going to get these redemptions eventually, anyway – likely 2026. It’s good to see it now!
Hawaiian award availability, especially from the West Coast (and Austin, while it lasts), is better than award availability to Hawaii on American or Alaska. I do expect Alaska’s revenue management to change this over time, as well as to better sell these flights.
You can use Honolulu as a one-stop gateway across the Pacific as well. Hawaiian currently flies to,
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Auckland and Sydney
Fukuoka, Tokyo Haneda and Narita, and Osaka in Japan
Seoul
Papeete, Pago Pago, and Raratonga
One thing American needs to do is fix mileage-earning on Hawaiian Airlines. I’ve heard from several readers who are affected by Alaska and Hawaii shifting their flying between the two airlines.
American AAdvantage members were encouraged to travel on Alaska Airlines, because that earned both miles and status credit in the AAdvantage program. However, schedules shifting such that Hawaiian will now operate a planned flight means this changes.
There are people purchasing tickets for a flight on Alaska, who will learn that the flight is going to be a Hawaiian flight. This is going to happen more and more prior to a single operating certificate on the two carriers. But they only bought the ticket because it was going to earn them credit with American.
Unfortunately, Hawaiian Airlines flights with a Hawaiian flight number do not earn Loyalty Points (credit towards AAdvantage elite status). That’s a gap which should be addressed.
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Nonetheless, it’s great news today that there’s more mileage-earning and much more flexibility with mileage redemption on Hawaiian Airlines now than there’s been in the last nine years.
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Kamaka Air Inc. was founded in 1993 as a local airline.
It is certified by the Federal Aviation Administration as an inter-island airline and logistics company for per-pound air cargo services and non-scheduled charters.
Its recent history is an example of consolidation happening in the general aviation industry across the country.
In February 2022, RLG Capital and Trinity Private Equity Group acquired an 80-percent majority stake in the airline.
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Most of its aircraft are single-engine Cessna Caravan’s like the one that crashed on Tuesday. These are extremely reliable aircraft with the capability of short landings and takeoffs needed to serve airports especially on Molokai and Lanai, so they are essential in serving those small communities.
The one that crashed on Tuesday was not particularly old. It was built in 2011.
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When Mokulele airlines — which provides essential air service to Molokai and Lanai — had trouble meeting its schedules last year, Kamaka Air began offering charter flights for passengers as well.
In January 2023, a Kamaka Air flight crashed near the Molokai airport. The plane was totaled but the pilot and copilot walked away with minor injuries.
In May 2024, Kamaka Air put out a press release saying it was under new ownership and new leadership with complete support of the existing leadership of Kamaka.
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It promised a smooth transition but ran into trouble filling key jobs, including a chief pilot and director of flight operations.
That made the FAA uncomfortable, so the company shut down temporarily and returned to service within a couple of weeks.
Kamaka Air is proud of its history in serving during hard times. Their planes were used to deliver emergency supplies of COVID tests to Lanai and food to Kauai during the pandemic, and food and other emergency supplies to Maui after the wildfires.
As federal aviation authorities investigate, the airline will be scrutinized for its operations and safety protocols, and whether it was fully in compliance with FAA certification requirements.
David Hinderland, Kamaka Air CEO, issued the following statement:
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“It is with heavy hearts that Kamaka Air confirms the loss of two members of the Kamaka Air family in an accident at 3:13 this afternoon near the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. We are not releasing the names of the pilots until family members have had a chance to process this tragedy, and we hope the media will give them the same consideration.
In the meantime, we are making ourselves available to the Hawaiian Department of Transportation, the National Transportation Safety Board, and the Federal Aviation Administration for investigation into this accident, and we will also share appropriate information with the media as it is confirmed over the coming hours and days.
At this time, we ask for your patience, as you know the urgency of getting correct information that not only offers a clear understanding of what happened, but to assure that the information is handled appropriately.”“It is with heavy hearts that Kamaka Air confirms the loss of two members of the Kamaka Air family.”
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Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (8-1) vs. Oregon State Beavers (3-7, 0-1 WCC)
Makawao, Hawaii; Thursday, 10 p.m. EST
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BOTTOM LINE: Oregon State faces Western Kentucky in Makawao, Hawaii.
The Beavers have a 3-6 record in non-conference games. Oregon State is 1-5 in games decided by 10 points or more.
The Hilltoppers have an 8-1 record against non-conference oppponents. Western Kentucky has a 6-0 record against teams above .500.
Oregon State is shooting 39.5% from the field this season, 1.5 percentage points lower than the 41.0% Western Kentucky allows to opponents. Western Kentucky has shot at a 45.5% clip from the field this season, 5.2 percentage points above the 40.3% shooting opponents of Oregon State have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: AJ Marotte is shooting 34.8% and averaging 11.8 points for the Beavers.
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Alexis Mead is averaging 15.4 points, 3.8 assists and 2.8 steals for the Hilltoppers.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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