Hawaiian Airlines faces higher costs for training Amazon pilots

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Hawaiian Airlines expects to incur extra costs this year for pilot training and is shifting its maintenance approach as it prepares to absorb 10 large Airbus freighters to be flown under a new contract with Amazon, executives said Tuesday.

The carrier set a fourth-quarter record with $34 million in cargo revenue — a paltry sum compared to the big U.S. international carriers with sales that were eight to 14 times as large. Even Alaska Airlines pulled in about $50 million in cargo revenue. But the...

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