More support for seagliders
The Hawaiʻi Seaglider Initiative (HSI), a broad coalition of public and private organisations working to increase awareness and understanding of seagliders as a new affordable and accessible transport option to Hawaiʻi communities, has added Southwest Airlines as a corporate member along with new community member Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaiʻi (HMHB).
The organisations join more than a dozen existing members as HSI begins a series of monthly discussion groups intended to drive recommendations for adopting seagliders into the state’s transport network.
Southwest has served the Hawaiian Islands since 2019, operating at five airports in the Aloha State while supporting local Hawaiʻi nonprofits with over USD 3.2 million in cash and in-kind donations. Participation in HSI marks Southwest’s first public engagement for battery-electric propulsion technology. (cj)