HONOLULU� Customers departing on any Aloha Airlines flight from Honolulu or Kahului can skip the hassle of lugging bags to the airport and let BaggageDirect do the work. To take the hassle out of getting to and through the airport, Aloha customers can call BaggageDirect at 1-800-959-4424 or visit their Web site at www.baggagedirect.com.

BaggageDirect�s trained mobile skycaps will collect luggage from the customer�s hotel, home or business on Oahu or Maui at an assigned time on the day before or day of the scheduled flight, depending on time of departure.

Under Transportation Security Administration-approved guidelines, BaggageDirect personnel will come to the customers� location. Upon presentation of valid picture ID, BaggageDirect will issue baggage claim checks and a boarding pass for each passenger right on the spot. All the customer needs to do is show up at the airport and get to the boarding gate on time. Bags tendered to BaggageDirect on Oahu or Maui can be picked up at the traveler�s Hawaii or Mainland destination airport.�Aloha is always looking for ways to make traveling more convenient for our customers,� said Thom Nulty, Aloha�s Sr. Vice President, Marketing & Sales. �BaggageDirect service provides another option that helps put the fun back in flying.� Aloha is Hawaii�s favorite airline. For more than 58 years, Aloha has provided friendly,reliable inter-island air transportation for Hawaii�s people and visitors.

Aloha now offers incomparable award-winning service between Hawaii and Oakland, Sacramento, Orange County and San Diego, Las Vegas and Reno; and between Oakland and Las Vegas, Orange County and Reno; and San Diego and Reno. For more information about Aloha Airlines, visit www.AlohaAirlines.com.

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Press Contact: Stu Glauberman Ph: +1 808-539-5947 sglauberman@alohaairlines.com