United Airlines is planning to invest US$200m to upgrade Hawaii's airports over the next 9 years. The Honolulu-Star Advertiser reported Tuesday that United will use the money to modernise tools and resources used by company employees at the state's airports, as well as enhancing its customer experience. United CE Oscar Munoz met with governor David Ige, tourism officials and some of the airline's 1,400 local airline employees during his trip to Hawaii last month, the newspaper added. Munoz said that he supports the creation of an independent airport authority in Hawaii. The state's airports are currently run and operated by the Hawaii Department of Transportation Airports Division. United was the second busiest airline serving the Islands in 2017, transporting more than 1.7m passengers to Hawaii last year. <br/>
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Aegean Airlines reported a 2018 first-half net loss of E13.8m (US$16m), narrowed from a net loss of E20m in 1H 2017. Consolidated revenue was up 1% year-over-year to E455.7m. Operating cash flow strengthened to E163.2m from E127.4m YOY. Aegean Airlines CE Dimitris Gerogiannis said the airline further improved load factors and passenger volumes, and continues to expand capacity and optimise its network “despite substantial competitive capacity increases. Tourism demand for Greece continues to develop and is supportive but substantially seasonal,” he said. Aegean and its subsidiary Olympic Air carried 5.9m passengers in 1H, up 7% YOY. ASKs increased 2.5%. Average number of passenger per flight rose 7% to 123. International passenger traffic rose 8% YOY to 3.3m. Domestic traffic was up 5% YOY to 2.7m. <br/>