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I am curious, if Southwest will enter smaller market like Sioux Fall, SD and/or Moline, Il. If I am not mistaken both those were destination from Airline that SW took over.
i am 6 foot 5 inch its hard 4 tall guy sit in airplane for certain hours of flight
especially on 757 plane just need more leg room i wish every airline had airbus
My husband I have traveled to Hawaii several to Maui several times. Now I am very disappointed that Hawaiian Airlines does not fly non-stop to Maui. I will not fly American Airlines to go to Hawaii. I love Hawaiian Airlines and now I guess I won’t be going to Hawaii anymore for that reason. Hope Hawaii Airlines will go back to the way it was NON-STOP. Please come back that way.
It does out of Oakland and has been doing this for many years.
I miss the nonstop from Portland to Maui as well, however we went in January and flew nonstop from Seattle to Maui it was great and only a short drive up the road, well 2hrs but it saved us tons of money and we flew Hawaiian.
Hawaiian Airlines DOES fly nonstop to Maui. At least from LAX the do.
When is most likely time period for Southwest to begin flights to Hawaii?
Hi Mike,
Please stand by for this. We will reveal more shortly.
Thanks.
I would never put myself on a 737 to Hawaii.. Would be nice to SWA put a real long haul plane on the Hawaii route. 767/777/787. I prefer Hawaiian airlines. They have a great priced first class seat to the islands
I’ve flown to HI on a narrowbody 757, and the newer 737s have the same flight profile and range as the 757. So what?
The 737-800 is comfortable enough for a Hawaii flight. If Southwest used the 737-700 or below, I agree it would not be comfortable. The 800 definitely have more leg room than the 700. I just flew on the 800 from Dallas Love to Phoenix. It’s a mute point on the 700, because it doesn’t have the over water certification, or at least I assume it doesn’t based on the readings on this website. The bottom line, Southwest flying to Hawaii would help keep the other airline companies in check on their prices. Competition is a good thing.
Alligant airlines was great. The only hard part was trying to get to Oahu from the outer islands. Hawaiian air made sure their prices were highest around the time you needed to get in to Oahu for your connecting flight. Not to mention getting your bags then having to lug your bags to mainland departures, check in again then doing the same thing on your way back home. With that being said SWA will need an interisland flight.
Please do a Kahului, Maui to Seattle flight!!! Hawaiian and Alaska are both extremely expensive 90% of the time!! Please consider! Hope it’s not only Hawaii and California flights :(. Please fly to Seattle!!!
Unfortunately, they wont fly to Seattle as Southwest has minimal presence there (Alaska and Delta own that market). However, flights connecting through Oakland or LAX might be cheaper than the direct flight.
Another vote for flights from Seattle, please! Trevor isn’t wrong in that Alaska (and Delta, in the case of flights to Hawaii) are most prominent, but there is definitely room for Southwest. SWA has a plethora of dedicated customers in the Seattle area who would love to show continued loyalty by flying SWA to the islands. We love SWA’s business model–profit for company, value for customer–and its ability to implement the model with excellent customer service. (Allegiant failed because Allegiant lacks all of these things, simple as that.)
PLEASE consider service from Seattle… or Everett, when Paine Field opens for commercial flights!
Oh, yeah! Everett to Kauai!!! I live in Snohomish and it would be so nice not to have to do that crazy drive to Seatac airport. You never know what the freaking traffic is going to be like- makes me a nervous wreck by the time I get to the airport, or else I go hours early.
What about Portland? How’s the market here I’m consistently seeing SW fly in and out.
Allegiant didn’t do well because their service sucks and their planes are so uncomfortable. They aren’t even in the same class as Skywest. Hawaiian Air has routed all their reservations to the Phillipines and has been hell since. Skywest please do a Vegas to Honolulu route. Hawaiian Air is raping the customers with outrageous prices.
Sorry I meant to say Southwest not Skywest
When SWA added the west coast cities to it’s destinations in 1982 expansion, there was serious talks of purchasing then defunct Braniff’s 727s for shuttle service to Hawaii from Los Angeles and San Diego. We came within a wisker of implementing, and then blinked and backed out. Right call at the right time. So here we are over 30 years later. Is the market saturated, are fares suppressed, maintaining a station cost in Hawaii……. can it be profitable now or as profitable as utilizing those aircraft in the Caribbean? I won’t hold my breath. I can tell you this is “all or none” if SWA enters that market…..minimum of 8 flights daily to start from mainland to Hawaii, most likely Oakland and Los Angeles……possibly San Diego too. My guess is they will hold off for financials from the Caribbean expansion and if SWA is health after expansion, then maybe Hawaii in 2017.
I would love for Southwest to offer flights from RDU to Hawaii as a straight flight, but I know that maybe asking too much. I was on a southwest airline about 2 years ago and I asked if they had flights to Hawaii; the sturdiest replied it was something southwest was working on. I’m glad to see that happening, but don’t think it will be before I plan to visit (May 2016). I’m praying that it will be announced early next year with flights leaving RDU.
Hopeful
Southwest does not have the aircraft to offer RDU-HNL service. The only type of aircraft that Southwest operates is the Boeing 737, and that aircraft doesn’t even come close to the range required for a RDU-HNL flight.
You can fly Alaska from RDU to Seattle and then to all major island airports. Great service and easy routing!