Small Hawaiian Airline Gets Millions from Construction Mogul

Bill Boyer, a former Alaska Airlines baggage handler and Lakewood espresso stand entrepreneur who now owns Hawaii's Mokulele Airlines, says his growing airline has a new financial angel.

Dorvin Leis, head of Hawaii's largest mechanical construction company, has invested several million dollars in Boyer's commuter airline, the airline said Monday.

Boyer made his fortune by inventing and marketing a portable digital movie player for the transportation industry. Boyer sold his digEplayer to a Salt Lake City firm and bought Mokulele.

That airline now has a deal to serve as a feeder airline for a new Hawaiian carrier, go!, owned by Mesa Airlines. From our real estate blog, Open House

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