Over 50 Hawaiian Airlines volunteers from Australia, Hawai‘i, Tahiti, and American Samoa today came together yesterday (25th October) to remove debris from the popular coastline between Sydney’s Brighton-Le-Sands Beach and Monterey.
In partnership with Australian nonprofit Tangaroa Blue Foundation and the Bayside City Council, Hawaiian Airlines employees and local industry partners recovered some 50kgs of litter from the shore, including single-use plastics, fishing line, cigarette butts, and more.
The volunteer initiative was organised in recognition of Hawaiian’s 90th anniversary (Nov. 11, 2019) as the largest and longest-serving airline in the state of Hawai‘i.
“We see this milestone as a great opportunity to further invest in the communities we serve,” said Andrew Stanbury, Regional Director of Australia and New Zealand and Hawaiian Airlines. “But this initiative at Brighton-Le-Sands is just one of many. We’ve been doing beach cleanups throughout the Pacific, in Japan, Hawai‘i, New Zealand, etc., and working with our different partners around our network to give back. It’s been a great privilege and, to us, a great way to recognize 90 years of service.”
Hawaiian has been committed to the Australian market since 2004. The airline recently recognized 15 years of flying between the Aloha State to Sydney this past May and will complete its seventh year of service between Honolulu and Brisbane this November.
The Hawaiian visitors were welcomed by local Gadigal woman Louise Adermann who offered a Welcome to Country. Hawaiian Airlines Director of Community and Cultural Relations Debbie Nakanelua-Richards responded with a moving Hawaiian Oli chant.
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