Hawaiian Airlines (HA) flight attendants have ratified a tentative agreement on a new contract that the airline said balances increased compensation for HA’s flight attendants with gains in productivity for the company ( ATW Daily News, March 16 ). The new agreement, which covers HA’s 1,350 flight attendants represented by the Assn. of Flight Attendants, extends through 2016.

HA president and CEO Mark Dunkerley said the agreement “recognizes the excellent contributions of our flight attendants to our company’s success and provides cost stability as we add flights between our islands and outside of our state.”