SOURCE: Hawaiian Airlines http://www.corporate- = ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=3Dha&script=3D410&layout=3D-11&item_id=3D= 348995 Hawaiian Airlines Turns Over DC-9 Aircraft to Honolulu Community=20 College's Pacific Aerospace Training Center Aircraft Is Last DC-9 in Hawaiian Airlines Interisland Fleet HONOLULU, October 23, 2002 -- Today Hawaiian Airlines decommissioned its=20= last DC-9 aircraft, marking the end of an era for the company, with a=20 special ceremony for Hawaiian Airlines employees before turning the=20 aircraft over to the University of Hawaii and Honolulu Community=20 College's (HCC) Pacific Aerospace Training Center (PATC). Hawaiian=20 Airlines chose to generously offer the historical aircraft to the=20 aviation and aeronautics maintenance training program at HCC in an=20 effort to support the training of future aviation technicians from=20 Hawaii and the Pacific. =93This plane's record service in Hawaii is a testament to the expertise=20= of the crews at Hawaiian Airlines who maintained and flew it. It's only=20= fitting, then, that Aircraft 69 will now be used to train a new=20 generation of aviation professionals right here in Hawaii,=94 said John = W.=20 Adams, Hawaiian Airlines chairman, chief executive officer and = president. After serving Hawaii residents and visitors from around the world for=20 over 20 years, the aircraft will now serve future aviation technicians=20= as an educational tool at PATC, a HCC program which offers professional=20= training in the aviation fields of flight training, aircraft=20 maintenance, aviation safety, air traffic management and aviation=20 management operations. PATC plans to incorporate the DC-9 into its=20 curriculum as the aircraft offers a complete package for which to teach=20= students about hydraulics, pneumatics, structures, warning systems,=20 engines, inspection, wheels, brakes, landing gears, electrical systems,=20= avionics, doors and windows, and system pressurization. =93This is an excellent example of the tremendous impact on student=20 development that can be achieved when the university and the business=20 community work together to educate and prepare our students for their=20 future careers,=94 said Evan S. Dobelle, University of Hawaii president.=20= =93Hawaiian Airline's generosity is an investment in the success of our=20= students and our program, as well as the success of their company as we=20= train the aviation technicians of today and tomorrow.=94 This particular aircraft was delivered to Hawaiian Airlines from the=20 factory on July 11, 1978, and its last flight was on October 27, 2001.=20= It holds the record for the most cycles (one take-off + one landing =3D=20= one cycle) of any aircraft in the airline's interisland fleet with=20 95,132 cycles. A total of 33 DC-9s of various models have been used by=20= Hawaiian Airlines since 1966. It has since replaced its entire=20 interisland fleet with 13 Boeing 717-200 aircraft. The aircraft is also presenting itself as a learning tool for the UH=20 College of Engineering. With its record number of cycles, the airframe=20= provides tremendous insight for engineering students into fatigue=20 factors, metallurgy stress and the effects of corrosion. The College of=20= Engineering is presently conducting research in metal corrosion at=20 various locations in Hawaii, and the DC-9 will be an excellent test bed=20= for research on the impact of high cycles in the corrosive salt air of=20= the islands on aircraft structures. PATC is comprised of two programs =96 the Aeronautics Maintenance=20 Technology Program and the Commercial Aviation Program. In cooperation=20= with state and federal agencies and foreign governments and commercial=20= air carriers, PATC provides essential aviation training to foster safe=20= aviation practices throughout the Pacific. The program has trained over=20= 5,000 aviation technicians with students coming from Hawaii and the=20 mainland as well as Japan, Korea and China. Several of Hawaiian=20 Airlines' current employees were also trained and certified through the=20= Honolulu Community College program. Founded in Honolulu 72 years ago, Hawaiian Airlines is Hawaii's=20 longest-serving and largest airline. The nation's 12th largest airline,=20= it is also the second-largest provider of passenger service between the=20= West Coast and Hawaii. Hawaiian connects more U.S. cities to Hawaii with=20= daily nonstop service than any other airline. "Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform=20= Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding Hawaiian=20 Airlines' business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking=20= statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of=20 such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ=20= from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk=20 Factors" in the Company's Annual Report or Form 10-K for the most=20 recently ended fiscal year.