Jun 06 2008
Breaking news: UAL to add over 7K seats daily to Hawaii
The airlines are not cutting seats to every destination. In fact, in a not altogether surprising move, Pacific Business News just announced that United Airlines will be adding 10 daily flights this summer from the U.S. mainland to Hawaii.
Starting on June 15 United will add:
- Three flights to Honolulu, Oahu
- Four flights to Kahalui, Maui
- Two flights to Lihue, Kauai
- One flight to Kona, Hawaii
We’ll update our information as soon as more details are available. Right now we still haven’t seen where these flights will be originating or the types of aircraft. Stay tuned for news on the possible beneficial impact on Hawaii summer airfares.
We continue to believe that United stands poised to move into Hawaii in a much bigger way in the event of Go!’s demise.
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That is good news for me. Hopefully these will depart the mainland from Denver or Chicago, since that will speed my flights by allowing me to take two, rather than three flights to get to Maui.
Thanks for sharing this good news with our Hawaii travelers. Everybody who plans a Hawaii vacation sooner or later this year will be glad to hear that.
Actually, it makes sense for United to pick up the business where the other airlines left the big gap.
The UA announcement of increased flights to/from Hawaii was made by their Hawaii General Manager, Mike Navares. We’re still waiting for an official press release from United. It seems odd that nothing has happened yet since the seats are scheduled to be available on June 15. With so many seats to fill, in such a short period of time, I’m wondering what their strategy is.
Rob
Beat of Hawaii