Briefly

Aloha Airlines has added a flight from John Wayne Airport to Kahului,

Maui, a month after initiating service to Honolulu.

The first flight to Maui departed at 8:50 a.m. Friday from the

airport’s Gate 7.

In a ceremony replaying the earlier festivities, the flight was

blessed by a Hawaiian priest. Hula dancers also shimmied across the

terminal carpet in front of the gate.

Aloha began service at the airport May 1 with flights to Honolulu and

Las Vegas. All three flights are nonstop daily departures.

The county Board of Supervisors approved the flights April 3. Aloha is

the 11th commercial airline to use John Wayne Airport.