Island Air Announces New Appointments

HONOLULU, HAWAI‘I — Island Air is pleased to announce the promotion of Cory Kohler, and the appointments of Frank Fenlon and William “Dee” Airman to director positions. These roles expand Island Air’s ability to provide its customers with quality and efficient service.

Cory Kohler has been promoted to director of reservations, scheduling, and interline. Kohler has been part of the Island Air family since 2004. She previously worked for Aloha Island Air under former owners Aloha Airgroup as well as its sister company, Aloha Airlines. Kohler will oversee fleet assignment, flight scheduling, and interline partnerships including airline to airline connectivity, and function enhancements.

Frank Fenlon has been appointed Island Air’s director of quality assurance and inspection. Fenlon brings to the company more than 20-years of technical experience with all phases of aircraft repair, systems, and programs. Prior to Island Air, Fenlon worked as the senior systems engineer at U.S. Airways and was part of the gap analysis team for the American West/US Airways merger. Most recently, Fenlon spent six years implementing and managing the maintenance program for all fleets at Hawaiian Airlines.

William “Dee” Airman, Island Air’s director of safety and security brings an extensive background in safety and security management to the company. A United States Air Force Academy graduate, Airman served as an Air Force instructor and research pilot for 28 years. Airman also worked for Northwest Airlines as the manager of flight training, was the regulatory compliance manager at Emirates Airlines, and most recently held the position of director of the system operation center at Porter Airlines in Canada.