If you have time for a Maui or Oahu vacation this month, Pleasant Holidays has a sweet last minute deal.  Two things make it most unusual: First, many of Pleasant’s other offerings include hotels that are of much lower quality. Second, this is less than or equal to the price you’d otherwise pay for airfare [...]

Continental Air announced today that it will cease service from Orange County to both Honolulu and Maui effective September 12. The service, which is now to be seasonal, will resume again on December 17 to Maui and on November 21 to Honolulu. The new flights began only last month, but resulted in airfares and loads [...]

Kudos to United Airlines for avoiding a disaster yesterday at HNL. Picture this moment. You’re on HNL’s reef runway (the first of its kind), traveling high speed during takeoff roll, when a loud bang is heard. On the flight are 340 passengers and a great deal of fuel for the 4,250 mile flight to Chicago. [...]

Updated 4/9: Hawaiian and US Air are battling for Phoenix today.  For available dates I used Orbitz flexible date search or Kayak.  Price starts at $118 each way with dates from now well into November. No travel from about mid-June through mid-August. Good Spring and Fall fares from US Airways to Hawaii today, following the [...]

Many of the airlines serving Hawaii have yet to become active on Facebook. That’s about to change. Soon, in addition to finding special deals and airline news and engaging with company representatives there, you’ll be buying tickets directly on the airline Facebook fan pages. If you’re not already on Facebook, this is yet another reason [...]

Updated 4/6:  I spoke with Go! representative Joe Bock for clarification.  The new service offered is using the Mokulele Airlines Grand Caravan 8 passenger prop planes, rather than Go! or IslandAir craft.  Due to contractual restrictions, the fare is only offered on the Mokulele website, and not on the Go! website.  Use the link below. [...]

With the nickname, “funniest show on Kauai, honest!” I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to see the play, The Complete History of America (abridged). The show takes center stage every Tuesday night at the Kauai Aston Aloha Beach Hotel near Kapaa. Be prepared to laugh as the trio of Ross Martineau, Jeff Demma and Nellie [...]

Updated 4/5:  This has now been confirmed by the carrier. The US Airways East Coast to Hawaii non-stop will soon reach the end of the road.  No public announcement has yet been made.  Starting September 8, however, it is no longer possible to book reservations for the flight on the US Airways website.  Apparently, the [...]

Last year while returning to Hawaii, I witnessed close at hand an on-board medical emergency, 1,200 miles from the nearest landfall. Two similar events have recently happened without much press. For those of you interested in aviation incidents, I thought I’d mention them to you. Continental 602.  Sometimes the flight crew has no choice but [...]