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[[Image:Honolulu port.jpg|thumb|270px|right|View of [[Honolulu]] from an airplane departing from Honolulu International Airport]]


'''Draco Malfoy''' (born [[5 June]] [[1980]]<ref>[http://www.mugglenet.com/jkrcom/birthdayarchive.shtml "JKRowling.com Archives: Birthdays"] from [http://mugglenet.com/ MuggleNet]</ref>) is an [[antagonist]] in [[J. K. Rowling]]'s ''[[Harry Potter]]'' books and [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]]'s principal rival at [[Hogwarts]] where his enemies know him simply as Malfoy.
'''Honolulu International Airport''' {{Airport codes|HNL|PHNL}} is the principal aviation gateway of the [[Honolulu County, Hawaii|City & County of Honolulu]] and the [[Hawaii|State of Hawaii]] and is identified as one of the busiest airports in the [[United States]].

Tall and slender, Draco has a pale, sharp-featured face, sleek white-blond hair, and cold, light grey eyes. His family is wealthy, and Harry considers him spoiled, arrogant, and selfish. Draco frequently taunts [[Ron Weasley]] about his family's poor financial standing and treats [[Hermione Granger]] with disdain for being [[Blood purity (Harry Potter)#Muggle-born|Muggle-born]], frequently calling her by the derogatory [[epithet]] "[[Mudblood]]". He and his family believe training in magic should be limited to students from pure-blooded wizarding families, and that wizards should shun those they consider "unworthy" to study magic.

[[Tom Felton]] plays Draco Malfoy in the first four ''Harry Potter'' films and will appear in the upcoming ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''.

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==Background==

[[Image:447467645_ac26e0691d_o.jpg|thumb| Draco Malfoy Manipulated Image]]

Draco is the only child of [[Lucius Malfoy|Lucius]] and [[Narcissa Malfoy]] and is related to the [[The Black Family|Black family]] by his mother, who is a cousin of [[Sirius Black]]. He is the scion of two old magical families. Three of Draco's grandparents are known (more than are known of any other character besides Sirius and Regulus Black): Abraxas Malfoy, Cygnus Black, and Druella Rosier.

Malfoy is Harry's antagonistic rival at school, gradually growing more sinister and eventually serving [[Lord Voldemort]]. He is also the inheritor of generational racism. His father, Lucius, is a supporter of Voldemort, although to avoid being thrown into Azkaban after the Dark Lord's downfall, he claimed to have been under the Imperius Curse. He returns to the Dark Lord's service when Voldemort acquires a new body. Draco's mother, Narcissa, supports her husband and Voldemort's goals.

Draco frequently serves as a [[foil (literature)|foil]] for Harry, as they are often portrayed as reverse images of each other. He is Slytherin House's most visible adolescent representative and sometimes acts as a conduit for information, and, more rarely, provides [[comic relief]]. Although Draco often employs [[bullying]] tactics to obtain what he wants, he is an intelligent and powerful wizard who cunningly wields magic to attain his objectives. He has two friends named [[Vincent Crabbe]] and [[Gregory Goyle]], who accompany him as he bullies the other students. [[Pansy Parkinson]] seems to be his girlfriend but this is not revealed to be true or not.

==Role in the series==
===''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''===
[[Image:Y film promo draco02.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Tom Felton]] portrays Draco in [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]]]
Eleven-year-old Malfoy makes his first appearance in Diagon Alley at Madam Malkin's robe shop, in contrast to the film where Harry first meets him when arriving at school. Malfoy, remarkably, is the only magical person to attempt to befriend Harry without knowing who he is, although he immediately alienates Harry with his arrogant conversation. When he says he is planning to persuade his father to buy him a new racing broom, it strongly reminds Harry of his spoiled cousin [[Dudley Dursley]]. Draco also disparages Hagrid, whom Harry has already befriended. Finally, Malfoy asks if Harry's parents are "our kind" (wizards), then tells him that he thinks "the other sort" (Muggleborns) shouldn't be allowed at Hogwarts because "they've never been brought up to know our ways." Unknown to Malfoy, Harry, although the son of two magical parents, is such a person. They part without introductions, but meet again on the Hogwarts Express. After Malfoy ridicules Ron [[Weasley]]'s family, Harry rejects his offer of friendship and their mutual dislike is born.


Draco is portrayed as a rather cowardly bully who uses psychological manipulation and verbal taunts to denigrate his victims. He is frequently accompanied by two [[Minor Slytherins|Slytherins]], [[Vincent Crabbe]] and [[Gregory Goyle]], who are often compared to bodyguards and follow his every order.
Opened in March 1927 as '''[[John Rodgers (naval officer, World War I)|John Rodgers]] Airport''', Honolulu International Airport is the principal hub of [[Hawaiian Airlines]] and [[Aloha Airlines]], the two largest Hawaii-based airlines. Both airlines offer flights between the various airports of the [[Hawaiian Islands]] and also serve the continental United States. Honolulu International Airport is host to major United States and international flagship commercial carriers with direct routes to [[The Americas|American]], [[Asian]], and [[Pacific Rim]] destinations.


Despite his cockiness, Malfoy is physically nonviolent, and his sharp tongue often gets him into trouble when Crabbe and Goyle are not around to protect him.
Due to its proximity to the center of the Pacific Ocean, Honolulu has historically been a stop for many transpacific flights to and from North America. With the advent of ultra-long range aircraft, however, nearly all flights are now able to overfly Honolulu - the notable exception being flights between Australia and Canada. As such, the airport has seen a notable decrease in international passenger traffic over the years. Now that virtually all airline service to Honolulu is based on demand, there are far fewer flights to Australia, the South Pacific or southeast Asia today than 15 or 20 years ago. Almost all flights now go to Japan or the continental United States. However, Honolulu has continued to see major growth in the domestic market as major airlines have added frequencies and even non-stop links to large, yet previously unserved markets such as Phoenix, Denver and Cincinnati.


Malfoy is the favourite of [[Severus Snape]], the [[Potions in Harry Potter|Potions]] Master and Head of Slytherin House. As such, Draco often gets away with behaviour in Potions class that would land Harry in [[Detention (academia)|detention]].
==Authority==
Honolulu International Airport is part of a centralized state structure governing all of the airports and seaports of Hawai<font face="Lucida Sans Unicode">&#x02BB;</font>i. The official authority of Honolulu International Airport is the [[Governor of Hawaii|Governor of Hawai<font face="Lucida Sans Unicode">&#x02BB;</font>i]]. He or she appoints the Director of the Hawai<font face="Lucida Sans Unicode">&#x02BB;</font>i State Department of Transportation who has jurisdiction over the Hawai<font face="Lucida Sans Unicode">&#x02BB;</font>i Airports Administrator.


===''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets''===
The Hawai<font face="Lucida Sans Unicode">&#x02BB;</font>i Airports Administrator oversees six governing bodies: Airports Operations Office, Airports Planning Office, Engineering Branch, Information Technology Office, Staff Services Office, Visitor Information Program Office. Collectively, the six bodies have authority over the four airport districts in Hawai<font face="Lucida Sans Unicode">&#x02BB;</font>i: [[Hawaii (island)|Hawai<font face="Lucida Sans Unicode">&#x02BB;</font>i District]], [[Kauai|Kaua<font face="Lucida Sans Unicode">&#x02BB;</font>i District]], [[Maui|Maui District]] and the principal [[Honolulu County, Hawaii|O<font face="Lucida Sans Unicode">&#x02BB;</font>ahu District]]. Honolulu International Airport is a subordinate of the O<font face="Lucida Sans Unicode">&#x02BB;</font>ahu District officials.
[[Image:Draco.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Draco in Slytherin Quidditch attire]]
Draco is now 12 years old and is the new Seeker for the Slytherin [[Quidditch]] team. Hermione speculates that his father bought his way in by donating high-quality [[Broomsticks in Harry Potter#Nimbus 2001|Nimbus 2001]] brooms to the Slytherin team - to which Malfoy then retorts with a snide jibe which reduces [[Hermione]] to tears. The new brooms allow the Slytherin team to outscore the Gryffindor chasers in the year's first match, but ultimately Harry beats Malfoy to the Snitch, winning the match for Gryffindor.


Malfoy introduces open prejudice against Muggle-born wizards by calling Hermione Granger a [[Mudblood]], which is the word's first appearance in the series. Because of his expressed contempt for Muggle-borns, Harry and his friends suspect Malfoy is the Heir of Slytherin who opened the [[Chamber of Secrets]]. Harry and Ron, using [[Polyjuice Potion]] to assume the forms of Crabbe and Goyle, discern that Malfoy is not the Heir, though he does admit that he would like to know who the Heir was so that he could help him.
==Facilities==
[[Image:GoyleMalfoyCrabbePansy.jpg|left|thumb|300px|From left to right, Goyle, Malfoy, Crabbe, and [[Pansy Parkinson]].]]
===Runways===
[[Image:HNL_reef_runway.jpg|thumbnail|The Reef Runway]]'''Honolulu International Airport''' has four major [[runway]]s. The principal runway designated 8R/26L, also known as the Reef Runway, is the world's first major runway constructed entirely offshore. Completed in 1977, the Reef Runway is a designated alternate landing site for the [[NASA|National Aeronautics and Space Administration]] [[Space Shuttle program|space shuttle]] program in association with [[Hickam Air Force Base]], which shares Honolulu International Airport's airfield operations.


===''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban''===
In addition to the four paved runways, Honolulu International Airport has two designated offshore runways designated 8W/26W and 4W/22W for use by [[seaplane]]s.
At the start of Book 3, Malfoy has turned 13 years old. During new instructor [[Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid's]] first Care of Magical Creatures class, the [[hippogriff]] Buckbeak attacks Malfoy after he deliberately insults it. Malfoy milks the "injury," giving Slytherin a chance to postpone their match against Gryffindor until later in the year. He and his father also use the incident in an attempt to get Hagrid fired. Although Hagrid is cleared, Buckbeak is sentenced to death (but is later rescued by Harry and Hermione). Hermione slaps<ref>"She had slapped Malfoy around the face with all the strength she could muster."</ref> Malfoy when he mocks Hagrid for crying over Buckbeak's sentence.


===''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire''===
===Terminal buildings===
14-year-old Draco Malfoy meets Harry Potter on the train to [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] and asks if Harry is going to take advantage of this latest opportunity to show off. Realising that Harry and his friends are unaware of the impending [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire#Long Plot Summary|Triwizard Tournament]], Draco then makes disparaging remarks regarding Ron's father, suggesting that the Ministry does not discuss important affairs in the presence of their minor staff members.
Honolulu International Airport has three terminal buildings.
* The '''Commuter Terminal''' serves smaller airlines which operate flights between the smaller airports in the island chain.
* The '''Interisland Terminal''' mainly serves the interisland flights of [[Hawaiian Airlines]] and [[Aloha Airlines]]. It is designed to handle flights of jet aircraft between the major commercial airports in the Hawaiian Islands, and is also used by Aloha for flights to the west coast of the United States.
* The '''Main Overseas Terminal''' serves flights to and from the United States mainland and international destinations.


When Harry is chosen as one of the Triwizard Tournament Champions, Draco creates the "Support [[Cedric Diggory]]" badges for the Triwizard Tournament and shows them to Harry. When the badges are touched, the phrase is replaced with a second phrase, "Potter Stinks." He also gives malicious and often false information about Harry Potter and Hagrid to [[Rita Skeeter]], a journalist and illegal [[Animagus]] who uses unethical methods to gain information for her stories, often eavesdropping while in her animagus form, a beetle.
A fleet of [[Chance RT-52]] buses provide interterminal transportation between the ticket counters of all three terminals and between the concourses in the Interisland and Main terminals. The buses, known as "Wiki Wiki" buses (from the [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] word for "fast"), are the namesake for the [[WikiWikiWeb]], and by extension, [[Wikipedia]].


At the Yule Ball, Malfoy is accompanied by [[Pansy Parkinson]] and wears dark robes with a high collar, which, in Harry's opinion, makes him look like a [[vicar]].
===Gate Assignments===
All boarding gates in the Main Overseas Terminal at Honolulu International are common use, shared among all airlines, and may change daily as the need arises. No gates are assigned to any airline, although several legacy US-based and/or dominant carriers that fly into and out of HNL commonly use the following gates:


===''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix''===
'''Main Overseas Terminal'''<ref name="gates-main">FlyerTalk website.</ref>
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* American (Gates 16-20)
Draco Malfoy is now 15 years old. He has been selected as a Prefect and joined Headmistress [[Dolores Umbridge|Umbridge's]] [[the Inquisitorial Squad|Inquisitorial Squad]], which plays an important part in the exposure of [[Dumbledore's Army]], a [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] group led by Harry. Malfoy personally caught Harry, hitting him with a trip jinx and alerting Umbridge, which earned Slytherin fifty [[Hogwarts|house points]]. He also caught Harry trying to break into Umbridge's office and looks eager to see Harry punished, although he has no way of knowing that Umbridge plans to subject Harry to the [[Unforgivable Curses#Crucio (The Cruciatus Curse)|Cruciatus Curse]]. After the events at the [[Department of Mysteries]], during which Malfoy's father and several others are captured and sentenced to Azkaban prison, Malfoy twice attempts to corner Harry to get revenge. In the first instance, he is interrupted by the arrival of Professors Snape and McGonagall; in the second attempt on the Hogwarts Express, he is jinxed by several members of Dumbledore's Army.
* ATA (Gates 14-23)
* Continental Domestic and International (Gates 12-16, 23-25)
* Delta (Gates 20-23)
* Hawaiian Domestic and International (Gates 23-34)
* Northwest Domestic and International (Gates 10-17)
* United Domestic and International (Gates 6-11)


===''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''===
Most international flights on airlines not listed above arrive and depart from the Ewa Concourse (Gates 26-34), which is closest to the International Arrivals Building. On February 5, 2007, the Hawaii State Department of Transportation announced a plan to construct a $10 million enclosed people-mover system to connect the third floor of the Ewa Concourse directly to the International Arrivals Building and the rest of the airport. Construction is to begin during Summer 2007 and last approximately 18 months.<ref name="intl-flights">{{cite news| url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Feb/04/ln/FP702040367.html | title=Airport to get cooler, easier with walkway | work=[[The Honolulu Advertiser]] | first=Mike | last=Leidemann | date=[[2007-02-04]] | accessdate=2007-02-07}}</ref>
Malfoy is 16 years old during his sixth year at Hogwarts. Before school starts, Harry encounters Malfoy in Diagon Alley at Madame Malkin's Robes shop, after which Malfoy and his mother, Narcissa Malfoy, leave, refusing to buy from an establishment serving Muggle-borns and their sympathisers. Harry and his friends, hidden by Harry's Invisibility Cloak, later see Malfoy at ''Borgin & Burkes'', a shop featuring dark artifacts. His activity there leads Harry to suspect Draco has been branded with the "Dark Mark," the [[Death Eater]]s' sign. On the Hogwarts Express, Harry uses his Invisibility Cloak to spy on Malfoy and four other Slytherins-Crabbe, Goyle, Pansy Parkinson, and Blaise Zabini and overhears him discussing a task given to him by Lord Voldemort. Malfoy discovers Harry, and after everyone else in the compartment leaves, immobilises him and breaks his nose, leaving Harry stranded on the train to later be saved by [[Nymphadora Tonks]].


Harry spends much of the school year spying on Malfoy using the Invisibility Cloak and the Marauder's map, but finds he is unable to track his movements once Malfoy enters the [[Hogwarts layout#Seventh Floor|Room of Requirement]]. When Katie Bell is nearly killed by a cursed necklace bought from ''Borgin & Burkes'' and Ron is poisoned by mead intended for Dumbledore, Harry suspects Draco is behind both attacks. Harry later finds Malfoy sobbing to [[Moaning Myrtle]] in her bathroom; when Malfoy sees Harry, the two attempt to jinx each other. As Malfoy attempts to cast the Cruciatus Curse, the quicker Harry uses the obscure [[Sectumsempra]] spell on Malfoy, slashing his face and torso and causing him to bleed heavily. Snape arrives almost immediately thereafter and takes him to the infirmary.
'''Interisland Terminal'''
* Aloha (Gates 49-55)
* Hawaiian Interisland (Gates 55-61)<ref name="gates-ha"> Hawaiian Airlines website</ref>


When Harry and Dumbledore return to Hogwarts from a journey to find a [[Horcrux]] - during which Dumbledore was weakened by the effects of an unnamed potion found at the site of the Horcrux - they find the Dark Mark hovering over the Astronomy Tower. After landing on the tower, Malfoy ambushes and disarms Dumbledore, although Dumbledore had a crucial second to first immobilise Harry under his Invisibility Cloak to keep him safe. Dumbledore calmly converses with Malfoy and gets him to reveal the ways he attempted to murder him during the year. Malfoy explains that Lord Voldemort ordered him to murder [[Albus Dumbledore]], and that he had been mending the broken [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#Vanishing Cabinet|Vanishing Cabinet]] in the Room of Requirement to allow Voldemort's Death Eaters to enter through it and invade Hogwarts. Dumbledore correctly surmises that as the school year progressed, Draco believed he would be unable to fix the cabinet. In desperation, he unsuccessfully attempted to curse and then poison the headmaster, nearly killing [[Katie Bell]] and Ron Weasley in the process. Finally successful, he tells Dumbledore that several Death Eaters have entered the school and set off the Dark Mark to lure Dumbledore to the tower. Dumbledore tells Draco that he knows that he is unwilling to kill the Headmaster, despite having him cornered and defenseless. Even after he is joined by several older Death Eaters, Malfoy makes no move to kill Dumbledore and lowers his wand. Instead, Snape arrives on the scene and he shoves Malfoy out of the way and kills Dumbledore himself. He and Draco, initially pursued by Harry Potter, escape the school. Harry (correctly) believes Draco would have spared Dumbledore, and even though he still dislikes his rival, Harry feels [[sympathetic]] towards Draco and realises he was forced to do Voldemort's bidding or face the potential murder of himself and his family.
'''Commuter Terminal'''
* go! (Gates 71-74)<ref name="gates-commuter">go! website</ref>


===''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows''===
===Other===
The entire terminal complex features twenty-four hour medical services, restaurants, shopping centers and a business center with conference rooms for private use. Passengers have the option of using various short-term and long-term parking structures on the grounds of Honolulu International Airport.


====Name==
Main roads leading to the Honolulu International Airport are Nimitz Highway and the Queen Liliuokalani Freeway of [[Interstate H-1]].


''[[Draco]]'' is a [[Latin]] word meaning "[[dragon]] and serpent". Like many Black family names, it is also the name of a constellation, in this case the [[Draco (constellation)|constellation Draco]].
==Future plans==
[[Image:HNL Modernization.PNG|right|thumb|250px|The new terminal expansions (red) on Honolulu International Airport depicted as part of the $2.3 billion modernization program of the airport in 12 years.]]


"[[Draco (lawgiver)|Draco]]" was the first lawgiver of [[Athens]], who enforced a harsh legal code. The English adjective draconian, meaning "cruel", is inherited from him. Variations on the name "Draco" are also translated to "devil" in some [[Bible|biblical]] and other ancient texts. The name is related to "Dracula", which means son of the dragon/devil.
On [[March 24]], [[2006]], [[Hawaii Governor]] [[Linda Lingle]] unveiled a $2.3 billion modernization program for Honolulu International Airport over a 12-year period. The plan involves implementing short-term projects within the first five years to improve passenger service and increase security and operational efficiencies. These include upgrades to the passenger terminals, ticket counters, baggage screening operations, runways and airport aprons, airport infrastructure such as air conditioning, restroom facilities, elevators, escalators, electrical systems, drains and sprinkler systems.


"Malfoy" is derived from Old French "mal foi" or "mal foy", which means "bad faith", or "bad trust". The Old French ''mal foy'' itself is derived from Latin ''mala fide'', which as a judicial term means intentional mischief, ill will or evil intentions.
In addition, the plan incorporates improvements to comply with federal regulations on storm water systems, runway safety, perimeter security and crash fire safety. Long-term improvement projects include increasing the airports’ capacity and enhancing convenience and efficiency. These projects include constructing additional gates, ramp space and passenger loading bridges, increasing holding room capacity, and expanding public parking facilities.


Rowling initially intended to name the character ''Draco Spungen'' (as evidenced in an old draft of the first Potions Lesson, revealed on the official website). The name Spungen can be found on Rowling's revealed classlist - it has, however, been struck out and replaced with the surname ''Spinks'', whilst ''Malfoy'' was added in following the initial writing of the list. It is unclear from the format of the list if ''Spinks'' was intended to replace ''Spungen'' as Draco's surname, or was the name of a different character. See [[Students in Harry Potter's Year]] for more details.
==Airlines==
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==''Harry Potter'' fandom==
===Commuter Terminal (Gates 71-80)===
====Lobby 1====
* [[Island Air]] (Hilo, Kapalua, Kahului, Lana`i, Molokai)
* [[Mesa Airlines]]
** [[go! (airline)|go!]] operated by [[Mesa Airlines]] (Hilo, Kahului, Kona, Lihue)
* [[Mokulele Airlines]] (Kapalua, Lana`i)
* [[Pacific Wings]] (Hana, Kahului, Kalaupapa, Kamuela/Waimea, Lana`i, Moloka`i)


[[Image:DFRLego 038.jpg|thumb| A [[Lego]] Draco Malfoy from the [[Harry Potter]] expansion]]
===Interisland Terminal (Gates 49-64)===
====Lobby 2====
* [[Hawaiian Airlines]] (Anchorage, Hilo, Kahului, Kona, Las Vegas, Lihue, Los Angeles, Pago Pago, Papeete, Phoenix, Portland (OR), Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose (CA), Seattle/Tacoma, Sydney)<ref name="hawaiian-terminal">Mainland and international gates for Hawaiian Airlines are located in the Main Overseas terminal, but ticket counters for all Hawaiian flights are located in the Interisland terminal.</ref>
====Lobby 3====
* [[Aloha Airlines]] (Hilo, Kahului, Lihue, Kona, Oakland, Orange County)


Draco Malfoy has developed a large following among many Harry Potter fans as a popular figure in [[fan fiction]], where he is often portrayed as the [[anti-hero]] in a romantic relationship with Hermione<ref>[http://www.mugglenet.com/editorials/madampuddifoot/edit-annie01.shtml Opposites Attract] Why ... do so many passionate shippers still write and read about a possible romance between Harry's best friend and worst enemy?</ref>, Ginny, Pansy, Harry (in fics depicting Draco as homosexual), or even the writers' own original characters.
===Main Terminal (Gates 6-34)===
Actor Tom Felton escalated the character's claim to fame among fans by giving them a visual portrayal of Harry's nemesis. Felton received more fan mail than the other actors (including the protagonist's actor) yet ironically had never read any ''Harry Potter'' books until after the filming of ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets''{{Fact|date=February 2007}}.
====Lobby 4====
* [[Air Canada]] (Sydney, Vancouver)
* [[Air New Zealand]] (Auckland)
* [[Air Pacific]] (Christmas Island, Nadi, Vancouver)
* [[All Nippon Airways]]
** [[Air Japan]] (Tokyo-Narita)
* [[Delta Air Lines]] (Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, San Francisco)
* [[Harmony Airways]] (Calgary, Kelowna, Vancouver, Victoria)
* [[Korean Air]] (Seoul-Incheon)
* [[Philippine Airlines]] (Manila)
* [[Qantas]] (Sydney)
** [[Jetstar Airways]] (Melbourne, Sydney)
*[[WestJet]] (Vancouver)


Author J. K. Rowling also has attributed Draco's popularity to the "bad boy" persona he has on film: "The trouble is, of course, that girls fancy Tom Felton, but Draco is NOT Tom Felton!" Rowling said in an interview<ref>[http://veritaserum.com/media/mar/rowlingtranscript.shtml World Day Chat (March 2004 Interview)]</ref>.
====Lobby 5====
Most people familiar with the fandom dismiss this notion, however, because he was already a very popular character before Tom Felton was even cast.{{Fact|date=March 2007}}
* [[Japan Airlines]] (Osaka-Kansai, Sapporo-Chitose, Tokyo-Narita)
** [[JALways]] (Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Narita)


==J. K. Rowling on Draco Malfoy==
====Lobby 6====
* [[ATA Airlines]] (Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Oakland, Ontario (CA), Phoenix)
* [[China Airlines]] (Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan, Tokyo-Narita)
* [[Omni Air International]] (Las Vegas)
* [[US Airways]]
** [[US Airways]] operated by [[America West Airlines]] (Phoenix)


Below are the author's quotes about her character from the Connection Interview (October 1999, transcribed by Catwoman at SQ) and the Leaky Cauldron/Mugglenet Interview 2005.
====Lobby 7====
* [[American Airlines]] (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, San Francisco)
* [[Continental Airlines]] (Houston-Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Newark)
** [[Continental Airlines]] operated by [[Continental Micronesia]] (Chuuk, Guam, Kosrae, Kwajalein, Majuro, Nagoya-Centrair, Pohnpei)
* [[Northwest Airlines]] (Anchorage [seasonal], Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Osaka-Kansai, Portland (OR), San Francisco, Seattle/Tacoma, Tokyo-Narita)


"He is the bully of the most refined type in that, unlike Dudley, Harry's cousin, who is a physical bully, but really not bright enough to access all of your weak points, Draco is . . . a snob. He's a bigot and he's a bully, and as I say, in the most refined sense, he knows exactly what will hurt people."
====Lobby 8====
* [[United Airlines]] (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Los Angeles, Osaka-Kansai, San Diego [Saturday Only], San Francisco, Seattle/Tacoma [Saturday Only], Tokyo-Narita)


"I think Draco would be very gifted in [[Occlumency]], unlike Harry. I thought of Draco as someone who is very capable of compartmentalising his life and his emotions, and always has done. So he's shut down his pity, enabling him to bully effectively. He's shut down compassion — how else would you become a Death Eater? So he suppresses virtually all of the good side of himself."
==Disasters==
There have been four major air traffic incidents that caused air traffic controllers and federal emergency officials at Honolulu International Airport to be placed on emergency alert. All four were disasters that resulted in fatalities, and one involved a global terrorist plot that some arguably consider a precursor to the [[September 11, 2001 Attacks|September 11, 2001]] attacks on the United States.


"But then he's playing with the big boys, as the phrase has it, and suddenly, having talked the talk he's asked to walk it for the first time and it is absolutely terrifying. And I think that that is an accurate depiction of how some people fall into that kind of way of life and they realise what they're in for. I felt sorry for Draco. Well, I’ve always known this was coming for Draco, obviously, however nasty he was."
===Pan Am, 1982===
{{main|Pan Am Flight 830}}
On [[August 11]], [[1982]], a bomb exploded aboard [[Pan American World Airways]] Flight 830, as it was preparing to approach Honolulu International Airport from [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]. One teenager was killed and 15 others were injured. The aircraft, however was not disintegrated and made a safe emergency landing in Honolulu.


"Harry is correct in believing that Draco would not have killed Dumbledore, which I think is clear when he starts to lower his wand, when the matter is taken out of his hands."
===Aloha Airlines, 1988===
[[Image:alohaairlinesdisaster.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Aloha Airlines Flight 243]] after landing at Kahului Airport, 1988.]]
{{main|Aloha Airlines Flight 243}}
On [[April 28]], [[1988]], [[Aloha Airlines]] Flight 243, flying from Hilo to Honolulu International Airport experienced a rapid decompression. An 18 feet (5 m) section of the fuselage roof and sides were torn from the airplane, due to metal fatigue. Out of the 89 passengers and 6 crew members, the only fatality was a flight attendant blown out of the airplane. Several passengers sustained life-threatening injuries. The aircraft diverted to [[Kahului Airport]] with slight difficulty.


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===United Airlines, 1989===
[[Image:unitedairlinesdisasterhonolulu.jpg|thumb|200px|[[United Airlines Flight 811]], the day after it made an emergency landing in Honolulu, 1989.]]
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On [[February 24]], [[1989]], [[United Airlines]] Flight 811, a [[Boeing 747]] carrying 3 flight crew, 15 cabin crew and 337 passengers from [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] to [[Sydney]], [[Australia]], stopping in [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]] and [[Honolulu]] suffered [[explosive decompression]] when a [[cargo]] door separated from the aircraft after takeoff from the Reef Runway. Nine passengers were swept from the aircraft and lost at sea. The plane returned to Honolulu.


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===Operation Bojinka, 1995===
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In 1995, United States and [[Philippines]] intelligence authorities discovered an [[al-Qaeda]] terrorism plot called "Operation Bojinka" after a fire on an American carrier at [[Ninoy Aquino International Airport]] in [[Manila]]. Related to an assassination attempt on [[Pope John Paul II]], the first phase of Operation Bojinka included the planned explosion of several American carriers over the [[Pacific Ocean]] upon takeoff from or en route to Honolulu International Airport on [[January 21]] of that year.


== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.hp-lexicon.org/wizards/draco.html Lexicon: Draco's Profile]
*[http://www.hawaii.gov/dot/airports/hnl/ Hawaii DOT page for Honolulu International Airport]
*[http://www.mugglenet.com/infosection/characters/bios/draco.shtml Mugglenet: Role in the Books]
*[http://www.ehawaiigov.org/hnlflights/ Honolulu International Airport Flight Information]
*[http://www.madamscoop.org/themes/malfoys.htm MadamScoop's Index on the Malfoys]
*[http://www2.hickam.af.mil/ Hickam Air Force Base]
*[http://creative-escape.org/draco/ Dracofans.com - A comprehensive Draco Malfoy website]
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*[http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/2005/0705-tlc_mugglenet-anelli-2.htm The Leaky Cauldron and MuggleNet interview Joanne Kathleen Rowling: Part II]
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*[http://www.sugarquill.net/index.php?action=gringotts&st=quotesyounggen JKR's Quotes: The Younger Generation]
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* {{hpw|Draco Malfoy}}


==See also==
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{{Harry Potter characters}}


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Draco Malfoy (born 5 June 1980[1]) is an antagonist in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter books and Harry Potter's principal rival at Hogwarts where his enemies know him simply as Malfoy.

Tall and slender, Draco has a pale, sharp-featured face, sleek white-blond hair, and cold, light grey eyes. His family is wealthy, and Harry considers him spoiled, arrogant, and selfish. Draco frequently taunts Ron Weasley about his family's poor financial standing and treats Hermione Granger with disdain for being Muggle-born, frequently calling her by the derogatory epithet "Mudblood". He and his family believe training in magic should be limited to students from pure-blooded wizarding families, and that wizards should shun those they consider "unworthy" to study magic.

Tom Felton plays Draco Malfoy in the first four Harry Potter films and will appear in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

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Background

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Draco Malfoy Manipulated Image

Draco is the only child of Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy and is related to the Black family by his mother, who is a cousin of Sirius Black. He is the scion of two old magical families. Three of Draco's grandparents are known (more than are known of any other character besides Sirius and Regulus Black): Abraxas Malfoy, Cygnus Black, and Druella Rosier.

Malfoy is Harry's antagonistic rival at school, gradually growing more sinister and eventually serving Lord Voldemort. He is also the inheritor of generational racism. His father, Lucius, is a supporter of Voldemort, although to avoid being thrown into Azkaban after the Dark Lord's downfall, he claimed to have been under the Imperius Curse. He returns to the Dark Lord's service when Voldemort acquires a new body. Draco's mother, Narcissa, supports her husband and Voldemort's goals.

Draco frequently serves as a foil for Harry, as they are often portrayed as reverse images of each other. He is Slytherin House's most visible adolescent representative and sometimes acts as a conduit for information, and, more rarely, provides comic relief. Although Draco often employs bullying tactics to obtain what he wants, he is an intelligent and powerful wizard who cunningly wields magic to attain his objectives. He has two friends named Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle, who accompany him as he bullies the other students. Pansy Parkinson seems to be his girlfriend but this is not revealed to be true or not.

Role in the series

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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Tom Felton portrays Draco in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Eleven-year-old Malfoy makes his first appearance in Diagon Alley at Madam Malkin's robe shop, in contrast to the film where Harry first meets him when arriving at school. Malfoy, remarkably, is the only magical person to attempt to befriend Harry without knowing who he is, although he immediately alienates Harry with his arrogant conversation. When he says he is planning to persuade his father to buy him a new racing broom, it strongly reminds Harry of his spoiled cousin Dudley Dursley. Draco also disparages Hagrid, whom Harry has already befriended. Finally, Malfoy asks if Harry's parents are "our kind" (wizards), then tells him that he thinks "the other sort" (Muggleborns) shouldn't be allowed at Hogwarts because "they've never been brought up to know our ways." Unknown to Malfoy, Harry, although the son of two magical parents, is such a person. They part without introductions, but meet again on the Hogwarts Express. After Malfoy ridicules Ron Weasley's family, Harry rejects his offer of friendship and their mutual dislike is born.

Draco is portrayed as a rather cowardly bully who uses psychological manipulation and verbal taunts to denigrate his victims. He is frequently accompanied by two Slytherins, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle, who are often compared to bodyguards and follow his every order.

Despite his cockiness, Malfoy is physically nonviolent, and his sharp tongue often gets him into trouble when Crabbe and Goyle are not around to protect him.

Malfoy is the favourite of Severus Snape, the Potions Master and Head of Slytherin House. As such, Draco often gets away with behaviour in Potions class that would land Harry in detention.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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Draco in Slytherin Quidditch attire

Draco is now 12 years old and is the new Seeker for the Slytherin Quidditch team. Hermione speculates that his father bought his way in by donating high-quality Nimbus 2001 brooms to the Slytherin team - to which Malfoy then retorts with a snide jibe which reduces Hermione to tears. The new brooms allow the Slytherin team to outscore the Gryffindor chasers in the year's first match, but ultimately Harry beats Malfoy to the Snitch, winning the match for Gryffindor.

Malfoy introduces open prejudice against Muggle-born wizards by calling Hermione Granger a Mudblood, which is the word's first appearance in the series. Because of his expressed contempt for Muggle-borns, Harry and his friends suspect Malfoy is the Heir of Slytherin who opened the Chamber of Secrets. Harry and Ron, using Polyjuice Potion to assume the forms of Crabbe and Goyle, discern that Malfoy is not the Heir, though he does admit that he would like to know who the Heir was so that he could help him.

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From left to right, Goyle, Malfoy, Crabbe, and Pansy Parkinson.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

At the start of Book 3, Malfoy has turned 13 years old. During new instructor Hagrid's first Care of Magical Creatures class, the hippogriff Buckbeak attacks Malfoy after he deliberately insults it. Malfoy milks the "injury," giving Slytherin a chance to postpone their match against Gryffindor until later in the year. He and his father also use the incident in an attempt to get Hagrid fired. Although Hagrid is cleared, Buckbeak is sentenced to death (but is later rescued by Harry and Hermione). Hermione slaps[2] Malfoy when he mocks Hagrid for crying over Buckbeak's sentence.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

14-year-old Draco Malfoy meets Harry Potter on the train to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and asks if Harry is going to take advantage of this latest opportunity to show off. Realising that Harry and his friends are unaware of the impending Triwizard Tournament, Draco then makes disparaging remarks regarding Ron's father, suggesting that the Ministry does not discuss important affairs in the presence of their minor staff members.

When Harry is chosen as one of the Triwizard Tournament Champions, Draco creates the "Support Cedric Diggory" badges for the Triwizard Tournament and shows them to Harry. When the badges are touched, the phrase is replaced with a second phrase, "Potter Stinks." He also gives malicious and often false information about Harry Potter and Hagrid to Rita Skeeter, a journalist and illegal Animagus who uses unethical methods to gain information for her stories, often eavesdropping while in her animagus form, a beetle.

At the Yule Ball, Malfoy is accompanied by Pansy Parkinson and wears dark robes with a high collar, which, in Harry's opinion, makes him look like a vicar.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Draco Malfoy is now 15 years old. He has been selected as a Prefect and joined Headmistress Umbridge's Inquisitorial Squad, which plays an important part in the exposure of Dumbledore's Army, a Defence Against the Dark Arts group led by Harry. Malfoy personally caught Harry, hitting him with a trip jinx and alerting Umbridge, which earned Slytherin fifty house points. He also caught Harry trying to break into Umbridge's office and looks eager to see Harry punished, although he has no way of knowing that Umbridge plans to subject Harry to the Cruciatus Curse. After the events at the Department of Mysteries, during which Malfoy's father and several others are captured and sentenced to Azkaban prison, Malfoy twice attempts to corner Harry to get revenge. In the first instance, he is interrupted by the arrival of Professors Snape and McGonagall; in the second attempt on the Hogwarts Express, he is jinxed by several members of Dumbledore's Army.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Malfoy is 16 years old during his sixth year at Hogwarts. Before school starts, Harry encounters Malfoy in Diagon Alley at Madame Malkin's Robes shop, after which Malfoy and his mother, Narcissa Malfoy, leave, refusing to buy from an establishment serving Muggle-borns and their sympathisers. Harry and his friends, hidden by Harry's Invisibility Cloak, later see Malfoy at Borgin & Burkes, a shop featuring dark artifacts. His activity there leads Harry to suspect Draco has been branded with the "Dark Mark," the Death Eaters' sign. On the Hogwarts Express, Harry uses his Invisibility Cloak to spy on Malfoy and four other Slytherins-Crabbe, Goyle, Pansy Parkinson, and Blaise Zabini and overhears him discussing a task given to him by Lord Voldemort. Malfoy discovers Harry, and after everyone else in the compartment leaves, immobilises him and breaks his nose, leaving Harry stranded on the train to later be saved by Nymphadora Tonks.

Harry spends much of the school year spying on Malfoy using the Invisibility Cloak and the Marauder's map, but finds he is unable to track his movements once Malfoy enters the Room of Requirement. When Katie Bell is nearly killed by a cursed necklace bought from Borgin & Burkes and Ron is poisoned by mead intended for Dumbledore, Harry suspects Draco is behind both attacks. Harry later finds Malfoy sobbing to Moaning Myrtle in her bathroom; when Malfoy sees Harry, the two attempt to jinx each other. As Malfoy attempts to cast the Cruciatus Curse, the quicker Harry uses the obscure Sectumsempra spell on Malfoy, slashing his face and torso and causing him to bleed heavily. Snape arrives almost immediately thereafter and takes him to the infirmary.

When Harry and Dumbledore return to Hogwarts from a journey to find a Horcrux - during which Dumbledore was weakened by the effects of an unnamed potion found at the site of the Horcrux - they find the Dark Mark hovering over the Astronomy Tower. After landing on the tower, Malfoy ambushes and disarms Dumbledore, although Dumbledore had a crucial second to first immobilise Harry under his Invisibility Cloak to keep him safe. Dumbledore calmly converses with Malfoy and gets him to reveal the ways he attempted to murder him during the year. Malfoy explains that Lord Voldemort ordered him to murder Albus Dumbledore, and that he had been mending the broken Vanishing Cabinet in the Room of Requirement to allow Voldemort's Death Eaters to enter through it and invade Hogwarts. Dumbledore correctly surmises that as the school year progressed, Draco believed he would be unable to fix the cabinet. In desperation, he unsuccessfully attempted to curse and then poison the headmaster, nearly killing Katie Bell and Ron Weasley in the process. Finally successful, he tells Dumbledore that several Death Eaters have entered the school and set off the Dark Mark to lure Dumbledore to the tower. Dumbledore tells Draco that he knows that he is unwilling to kill the Headmaster, despite having him cornered and defenseless. Even after he is joined by several older Death Eaters, Malfoy makes no move to kill Dumbledore and lowers his wand. Instead, Snape arrives on the scene and he shoves Malfoy out of the way and kills Dumbledore himself. He and Draco, initially pursued by Harry Potter, escape the school. Harry (correctly) believes Draco would have spared Dumbledore, and even though he still dislikes his rival, Harry feels sympathetic towards Draco and realises he was forced to do Voldemort's bidding or face the potential murder of himself and his family.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

==Name

Draco is a Latin word meaning "dragon and serpent". Like many Black family names, it is also the name of a constellation, in this case the constellation Draco.

"Draco" was the first lawgiver of Athens, who enforced a harsh legal code. The English adjective draconian, meaning "cruel", is inherited from him. Variations on the name "Draco" are also translated to "devil" in some biblical and other ancient texts. The name is related to "Dracula", which means son of the dragon/devil.

"Malfoy" is derived from Old French "mal foi" or "mal foy", which means "bad faith", or "bad trust". The Old French mal foy itself is derived from Latin mala fide, which as a judicial term means intentional mischief, ill will or evil intentions.

Rowling initially intended to name the character Draco Spungen (as evidenced in an old draft of the first Potions Lesson, revealed on the official website). The name Spungen can be found on Rowling's revealed classlist - it has, however, been struck out and replaced with the surname Spinks, whilst Malfoy was added in following the initial writing of the list. It is unclear from the format of the list if Spinks was intended to replace Spungen as Draco's surname, or was the name of a different character. See Students in Harry Potter's Year for more details.

Harry Potter fandom

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A Lego Draco Malfoy from the Harry Potter expansion

Draco Malfoy has developed a large following among many Harry Potter fans as a popular figure in fan fiction, where he is often portrayed as the anti-hero in a romantic relationship with Hermione[3], Ginny, Pansy, Harry (in fics depicting Draco as homosexual), or even the writers' own original characters. Actor Tom Felton escalated the character's claim to fame among fans by giving them a visual portrayal of Harry's nemesis. Felton received more fan mail than the other actors (including the protagonist's actor) yet ironically had never read any Harry Potter books until after the filming of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets[citation needed].

Author J. K. Rowling also has attributed Draco's popularity to the "bad boy" persona he has on film: "The trouble is, of course, that girls fancy Tom Felton, but Draco is NOT Tom Felton!" Rowling said in an interview[4]. Most people familiar with the fandom dismiss this notion, however, because he was already a very popular character before Tom Felton was even cast.[citation needed]

J. K. Rowling on Draco Malfoy

Below are the author's quotes about her character from the Connection Interview (October 1999, transcribed by Catwoman at SQ) and the Leaky Cauldron/Mugglenet Interview 2005.

"He is the bully of the most refined type in that, unlike Dudley, Harry's cousin, who is a physical bully, but really not bright enough to access all of your weak points, Draco is . . . a snob. He's a bigot and he's a bully, and as I say, in the most refined sense, he knows exactly what will hurt people."

"I think Draco would be very gifted in Occlumency, unlike Harry. I thought of Draco as someone who is very capable of compartmentalising his life and his emotions, and always has done. So he's shut down his pity, enabling him to bully effectively. He's shut down compassion — how else would you become a Death Eater? So he suppresses virtually all of the good side of himself."

"But then he's playing with the big boys, as the phrase has it, and suddenly, having talked the talk he's asked to walk it for the first time and it is absolutely terrifying. And I think that that is an accurate depiction of how some people fall into that kind of way of life and they realise what they're in for. I felt sorry for Draco. Well, I’ve always known this was coming for Draco, obviously, however nasty he was."

"Harry is correct in believing that Draco would not have killed Dumbledore, which I think is clear when he starts to lower his wand, when the matter is taken out of his hands."

Preceded by Slytherin Seeker
September, 1992 - 		Succeeded by
Unknown

References

  1. ^ "JKRowling.com Archives: Birthdays" from MuggleNet
  2. ^ "She had slapped Malfoy around the face with all the strength she could muster."
  3. ^ Opposites Attract Why ... do so many passionate shippers still write and read about a possible romance between Harry's best friend and worst enemy?
  4. ^ World Day Chat (March 2004 Interview)

See also

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