STAR-ADVERTISER FILE Passengers wait for their bags in the Hawaiian Airlines baggage claim area at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, in June 2021, in Honolulu. Some Hawaii travelers will face ...

Southwest Airlines is making sure Southern Californians across the region have access to direct flights to Hawaii. Starting June 4, 2026, the airline will have a morning flight from Ontario ...

There's a good reason the legendary opening theme of the original "Hawaii Five-O" features a jet airplane flying overhead. More than anything else, the jet age brought mass tourism to the Islands.

But then, just eight years later, the groundbreaking airline Pan American changed everything. Flying to Hawaii was no longer a fantasy, as long as you had the time, money and chutzpah to do so.