Hawaiian Airlines Cancels Many Flights As A321 Problems Deepen

Hawaiian A321 Deliveries Resume | New Routes + Airfare Sales Next

Hawaiian A321 deliveries have resumed. Last Friday the airline received the first of five additional planes scheduled to arrive between now and July. There will also be two more coming this fall, for a total of 9 in the Hawaiian Airlines fleet. “We have been working hard with Airbus and Pratt & Whitney to firm up our schedule.” –Alex Da Silva, HA Corporate Communications.

New routes can now resume.

These unforeseen delays meant that new routes had to be placed on hold pending resolution. As Hawaiian becomes comfortable that these planes will really arrive as scheduled this time, we will see the announcement of new routes shift into high gear.

Hawaii airfare sales ahead.

New routes will intensify already unprecedented competition on flights to Hawaii. As a reminder, so far this year we’ve already had two rounds of brief $99 Hawaii airfares, one from United and one from Alaska. That we haven’t seen before (other than from Allegiant). We’ve also had very regular $350 round trip United Hawaii and Delta Airlines deals from up and down the Pacific Coast. And Hawaiian bargain priced their nonstop flights between LA and Kauai at about $350 RT this spring (some dates still available).

Look for some of the next new A321 routes being from Southern California and the Pacific Northwest. Stay tuned for more on these very soon.

Two prior A321 delays.

The Hawaiian Airlines A321 narrow-body planes were to have been delivered starting late in 2017. That was twice delayed. The latest problem occurred in February, when an airworthiness directive was issued for many A321 planes. That temporarily grounded one of the two existing planes already at Hawaiian, as well as halting arrival of those that were in the delivery queue. That delay was based on issues with the new engines.

A321 from our experience.

We flew on the Hawaiian Airlines A321neo inaugural flight back in January. While we miss the wide-body, we loved it overall, and plan on many more flights on that plane.

30 thoughts on “Hawaiian A321 Deliveries Resume | New Routes + Airfare Sales Next”

  1. I’m taking my family to Kauai from 3/25/2019-4/01/2019. Their are 15 of us. What’s the best way to do this. Thanks for your help

    1. Hi James.

      First, call the airlines (plural) group travel desks for possible discount (when 10 or more travel together). Then book one or more vacation rentals as soon as possible since that is spring break and the best ones can sell out up to a year in advance. Enjoy!

      Aloha.

  2. Hi I am planning a trip to Kauai, December 20 to Jan 1. We would be leaving from Minneapolis. Would you please give me some advice on where to fly out of to the Island, and what I may expect to pay,approximently, Thank you ever so much, Lisa

    1. Hi Lisa.

      $1,400 with about 11 hours duration or as low as $1,137 with over 17 hours duration each way. On United. Probably won’t improve for your high season dates. Unfortunately price is nearly three times higher than traveling say in late summer.

      Aloha.

  3. Let the people decide for themselves how good the new plans are. Narrow body planes are the pain for long flights. Even the Flight attendants confided to me that the hated the A321’s as well as ground crews for luggage handling reasons. Hawaiian should not have replaced their 767 fleet. Competition is good.

  4. We are flying to HNL from Indianapolis 11/15-11/22 over Thanksgiving. We found a flight on American from for $753 round trip. Should we wait? We were holding out for Southwest but not looking good. We could fly from Chicago too. Thank you!

    1. Hi Lori.

      Reasonable price for dates. There is also the nonstop from Chicago which is also not bad at $872. That save you over 4 hours. Suggest buying.

      Aloha.

  5. We have already purchased our flights to Honolulu and are now looking for a flight from Honolulu to Las Vegas Thanksgiving night (November 22nd). The price has increased from $359 to $389.

    Do you expect fare on this specific route & date to go back down? We’re hopeful they will since it doesn’t appear Southwest will be flying to Hawaii by then.

    Thanks so much!

    1. Hi Lisa.

      Definitely no on Southwest. Hard to say if price will go down or up. Downward potential is only to about $300. Probably better to buy than wait.

      Aloha.

  6. I’m looking for round trip airline tickets from Texas to Maui in June 2019, are there any sales going on yet for June 2019?

  7. Going to Kaui July 14-21 and have a few days to be flexible with the travel dates. Leaving from Denver, although could fly Denver to Ca. first if flight prices to the Hawaii leg would be less expensive than Denver. Thoughts about the best way to arrange travel and airlines?

  8. We are hoping to spend Thanksgiving week in Kauai, traveling
    LAX to LIH. Any chance of some bargain fares during that holiday week, especially 11/16 to 11/23? Or is that week always expensive?

    Thanks so much, and we LOVE your straightforward and useful opinions and analysis!

    1. Hi Rick.

      Thank you! Your exact dates start at $783 nonstop. That’s actually okay a holiday week. If you could travel one day earlier in each direction, then far drops to $528 RT. Those are both on Delta.

      Aloha.

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