Originally Posted by HA/UA_Flyer (Post 28120663)

And the drama continues....this time about the cancelled commuter terminal:

http://www.staradvertiser.com/2017/0...fb05274d3a2491

If I was HA, I would fight tooth and nail to not give up the Makai Pier gates. Seems like Island Air and Mokulele had lofty goals that couldn't pan out without lots of money. Move them to the Central or Diamond Head Concourse. Or better yet, move them to the main terminal and do what AA did at LAX for American Eagle flights and build a bare bones commuter terminal and bus passengers from the main terminal to the commuter terminal. They can convert some of the hardstands next to the Diamond Head Concourse for this. That was where the original commuter terminal was going to be anyway.

Originally Posted by Kumulani (Post 28945337)

Finally, the hangar is done!

http://www.staradvertiser.com/2017/1...angar-defects/

I haven't heard anything about the commuter airline situation though, a solution to which will be needed before construction starts on the Mauka Concourse.

Originally Posted by azj (Post 28947958)

Finally! As for the commuter terminal... work has begun next to gate 6 for what will become the new commuter terminal. I'm not sure what form this will take, as the original plan was scrapped.

Originally Posted by Kumulani (Post 28953732)

I'm very glad to hear this, as the other options discussed (moving commuter airlines to T2, T1, general aviation) were all awful.

Originally Posted by N830MH (Post 28954243)

Yes, it's very dirty, old and messing. It's time to renovation the entire terminal. It's been more than a decades.

Please have free wifi. Those passengers want to used a free wifi at Hawaii airports.

Originally Posted by azj (Post 28947958)

Finally! As for the commuter terminal... work has begun next to gate 6 for what will become the new commuter terminal. I'm not sure what form this will take, as the original plan was scrapped.

Originally Posted by Kumulani (Post 29364306)

Looks like the state has backed off on this a bit. Instead of completing it as a full terminal they're just going to build a shell that can be completed later. Apparently this space was only to be for Island Air, with Mokulele being moved away from the existing terminal to a site near the United cargo facility. Source: State scales back work on airport space AviationPros.com

This wouldn't have been optimal for Mokulele as it would have made connections to long-haul flights more difficult. Now that things have changed with Island Air going bust, maybe Mokulele could take the space under gate 6?