H.R. 18 Summary

• Request that the Wall Street Journal include Hawaiian Airlines in future rankings of best and worst airlines in the United States.

• Hawaiian Airlines was excluded from the Wall Street Journal's 2019 rankings despite the publication stating the airline would have ranked as the number one best airline if included.

• Wall Street Journal cited Hawaiian Airlines' focus on inter-island routes and limited mainland exposure as reasons for exclusion, claiming this "distorts comparisons."

• Hawaiian Airlines operates 61 aircraft serving 13 mainland U.S. cities plus Asia-Pacific destinations, and received top-five rankings from multiple travel publications in 2019 including Condé Nast, Kayak, Travel + Leisure, and Forbes.

• Certified copies of the resolution shall be transmitted to airlines industry representatives, Hawaiian tourism organizations, and the Wall Street Journal Editor in Chief.