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Hawaiian Airlines Names Sean Menke as COO [Health & Beauty Close - Up](Health & Beauty Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Hawaiian Airlines said that it has appointed Sean Menke to the position of executive vice president and chief operations officer. In the role, Menke will take on direct oversight of the airline's Flight Operations, In-Flight Services, Customer Service, Maintenance and Engineering, Safety and Regulatory Security, Operations Planning and Scheduling, and Performance Engineering and Operations Analytics, the Company noted in its release. Menke begins work on Oct. 20, and will report to Mark Dunkerley, Hawaiian Airlines' president and chief executive officer. "Sean Menke has had an impressive career before joining our team," said Dunkerley. "He has a broad array of experiences covering many aspects of airline operations, and we are excited to have him come aboard and look forward to the contributions he will make at Hawaiian Airlines." Menke fills a vacancy left by Charles Nardello, who retired as senior vice president - operations in May. Menke brings to Hawaiian Airlines more than 20 years of airline experience in executive leadership positions. He served as president and CEO of Pinnacle Airlines Corp., the parent company of Pinnacle Airlines Corp., Mesaba Airlines and Colgan Air. During 10 years with Frontier Airlines Holdings, Menke held a variety of roles of increasing responsibility, from the director of planning and scheduling to president and CEO. About Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian has led all U.S. carriers in on- time performance for each of the past 10 years (2004-2013) as reported by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Consumer surveys by Conde Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure and Zagat have all ranked Hawaiian the highest of all domestic airlines serving Hawai'i. Now in its 85th year of continuous service, Hawaiian is Hawai'i's biggest and longest-serving airline, as well as a provider of passenger air service from its primary visitor markets on the U.S. Mainland. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2014 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved. |