SOURCE: Hawaiian Airlines http://www.hawaiianair.com/about/corporate/NewsRelease/Section_301.asp Gotbaum Named Trustee For Hawaiian Airlines HONOLULU, July 3, 2003 -- Hawaiian Airlines announced today that Joshua=20= Gotbaum has been selected as Chapter 11 Trustee to oversee the company. An investment banker who was previously CEO of the September 11th Fund=20= and Controller at the U.S. Office of Management & Budget, Gotbaum was=20 named to the position by the U.S. Trustee=92s Office and appointed by = the=20 Bankruptcy Court this afternoon. He replaces John Monahan who resigned=20= as Trustee on June 24 for personal reasons. He will begin work on=20 Monday, July 7. =93I=92m excited by this opportunity. Hawaiian Airlines has long been=20 recognized for the quality of service it provides to the people of=20 Hawaii,=94 said Gotbaum. =93I=92m looking forward to working with = management,=20 employees, the creditors and all those who share an interest in the=20 airline=92s success. I=92m confident we can resolve the issues that led = to=20 Hawaiian=92s bankruptcy and successfully return the company to its=20 rightful place of stature in Hawaii and the airline industry.=94 Currently a Washington, DC resident, Gotbaum has visited the islands=20 repeatedly since childhood and previously had family ties on Kauai and=20= Maui. Most recently, Gotbaum, 51, was the first CEO of the September 11th=20 Fund, which was established the day of the terrorist attacks to meet=20 the immediate and long-term needs of victims, families, and=20 communities. The charitable fund was responsible for developing grant=20 programs providing financial assistance, mental health therapy, job=20 training and help for small businesses. During Gotbaum=92s tenure, the=20= September 11th Fund provided in excess of $360 million in grants=20 benefiting more than 100,000 people. He previously served as Controller in the U.S. Office of Management and=20= Budget overseeing the financial management of Federal agencies, and=20 before that as Assistant Secretary of Defense and Treasury. Gotbaum worked as an investment banker for 13 years with Lazard Freres=20= & Co., based in New York and London. His work included advice in=20 restructuring situations to several airlines: Eastern Air Lines,=20 Braniff, Pan American, British Airways, and Air France. Gotbaum is a 1973 graduate of Stanford University, after which he=20 earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School with a Masters in Public Policy=20 from Harvard=92s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., is a subsidiary of Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.=20 (AMEX and PCX: HA). Hawaiian filed its voluntary petition for=20 reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code on March 21,=20 2003. On May 16, Judge Robert Faris granted the motion of Boeing=20 Capital Corporation seeking to appoint a trustee to oversee the=20 company=92s Chapter 11 case. Founded in Honolulu 73 years ago, Hawaiian Airlines is Hawaii=92s=20 longest-serving and largest airline. The nation=92s 12th largest = airline,=20 it is also the second-largest provider of passenger service between the=20= West Coast and Hawaii. Hawaiian Airlines currently provides up to 30 nonstop daily flights=20 between nine cities on the U.S. mainland and Hawaii, along with more=20 than 100 daily jet flights among the Hawaiian Islands. It also operates=20= weekly service between Honolulu and American Samoa and Tahiti as well=20 as charter service between Honolulu and Anchorage, Alaska. The company takes pride in its innovative service programs that deliver=20= on the promise, =93Hawaii Starts Here.=94 Hawaiian has earned numerous=20= other honors for service in recent years, including the 2001 Zagat=20 Survey=92s award for Best Overall U.S. Airline in the Premier category,=20= and the 2001 Diamond Award for In-Flight Service from Onboard Services=20= magazine. Most recently, Hawaiian was named the fifth best U.S. airline=20= for service by Travel & Leisure. Additional information on Hawaiian Airlines, including previously=20 issued company news releases, is available on the airline=92s Web site = at=20 www.HawaiianAir.com. Questions concerning the appointment process should be directed to the=20= Office of the U.S. Trustee at (808) 522-8150. --=20 David Mueller dmueller7@xxxxxxxxx http://www.quanterium.com=