HI SCR82

Requests Hawaiian Airlines to consider offering student discounts to high school students on interisland flights.

Notes that Hawaiian Airlines carried approximately 11,500,000 passengers in 2017 with revenues rising 10 percent from 2016, with average interisland ticket prices at $182.40 in 2016.

References that Hawaiian Airlines previously received state financial assistance through Act 332 (1993), which authorized loan guarantees of up to $12,600,000 to assist interisland air carriers affected by reduced visitor numbers.

States that Hawaiian Airlines had offered student discounts in the past but discontinued them due to funding reasons.

Notes that high school students travel frequently for school activities including speech and debate competitions, art and music events, and athletic competitions, and that travel enriches their understanding of culture and civics.