Hawaiian Airlines CEO: Strong pent-up demand for international travel

Hawaiian Airlines CEO Peter Ingram is optimistic about the recovery of demand for leisure travel, including to international destinations. “We’re on the mend and moving in the right direction,” he said. “I think people have a strong desire to travel for leisure. We’ve seen that play out over the course of this year with all the pent-up demand being realized. International is a big part of our business and and we’re excited about the fact that as vaccination rates are rising in Japan and Korea, Australia and New Zealand, conditions are falling into place for that part of our business, which has been dormant for 20 or 21 months at this point, and we’re really keen to getting back there.”