Airlines that fly to Hawaii are important to us and to you. See other rankings, plus our thoughts. Criteria include reliability, comfort, fewest complaints, safety, and baggage handling.
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This list is very true. The overall rankings in the opinion of mines or the United States Department of Transportation Website. These U.S Airlines on how they rank in on-time performance, safety Index, staff service, and experience. On behalf of 5 US Carriers, here’s how I ranked them.
#1: Delta Airlines [USA]
Delta Air Lines was named the top U.S Airline for the fourth year in a row, by Wall Street Journal in its annual airline scorecard rankings released by Wednesday Afternoon.
They took the number one spot for the best overall ranking 2022 – 2023.
PRO: Staff Service, Cabin Features,
Cancelation Rate
CON: Affordability
#2: Hawaiian Airlines [USA]
#3: Alaska Airlines [USA]
#4: Envoy Air [USA]
#5: United Airlines…
Our favorite is American Air. It leaves every morning, about 10:30 AM, non-stop to Kauai. Returns, about 10:30 PM, non-stop to Phoenix. Never had a problem.
Hawaiian Air nicer plane, but changing planes in Honolulu to Kauai..
Hawaiian changed planes a night before leaving and lost our seats that we paid extra. Refund took sometime..
We do Kauai again in 15 days for 3 weeks….
So glad to see Alaska Airlines ranked #1 on safety. We fly Alaska everywhere we go and this will be my daughter’s first flight to Hawaii. She is petrified to fly over an ocean but after hearing they are #1 in safety she feels somewhat better. Thank you for your information, Pam
Hi Pam.
Thanks for the feedback and we hope you all have a great time in Hawaii.
Aloha.
Good analysis. safe to say some SWA people are going to pipe in and promote their product, however, SWA has used their “SWA effect” of adding many flights to break into a market and has shown little regard for the impact on the state. Have to wonder if the renewed crackdown on illegal vacation rentals will undermine them. It seems the same travelers that book their SWA flights go hand in hand with the people booking airbnb’s. Hawaii cannot sustain being treated like Las Vegas or Orlando were SWA pumps in as many budget tourists as they can.
I will always fly a wide body (Hawaiian)! Five years ago I chose Alaska for my yearly trip. Terrifying!! First we were postponed one hour, then pilot told us we were flying into Portland from Seattle (200 miles away) to add fuel. We then bounced our way across the pacific, arriving almost 7.5 hours after leaving Seattle! It was almost midnight! But it was the sheer terror I felt during the endless storm that was worst!
And yes, one of my Hawn flights was delayed 12 hours due to a missing part they said, had to be brought in from Honolulu. But the flight was amazingly smooth and pleasant.
You’ve got to be kidding me that you place Southwest Airlines in last place? New aircraft, free bags, and some of the kindest & warmest cabin crews in the business (and no, I don’t work for Southwest). I certainly appreciate your point of view, however the value proposition that Southwest offers on transpacific and interisland flights is simply hard to beat. Aloha!
I booked my family of 6 on Southwest from Chicago(MDW) to HNL this June. When the smoke cleared it was still $4000 cheaper than Both AA and DL ,$3200 than UA which offers a nonstop from ORD and $2300 cheaper than AlaskaAir.
Going is a one stop 3hr connection in LAX. Returning a One stop same plane Thru flight to MDW via OAK.
When you add in the checked luggage and other fees everyone else changes or require you to bump up to next fare from seat assignments. Southwest with its free baggage and liberal/flexible family boarding policies it’s really not a problem getting seats together.
Our experiences with Alaska and Hawaiian would reverse your rating. Two weeks ago we arrived Honolulu 10 minutes early but waited on the tarmac 28 minutes for an open gate. Once disembarked, we waited 1 hour and 14 minutes for bags. Horrid!! We had family waiting for us. On return to Seattle we arrived on time but again waited 25 minutes for an open gate on the southern satellite. Bags were more prompt. So, blame the airport for slow bags. Only problem with that is Hawaiian has their own terminal in Honolulu. We shall be staying with Alaska from now on.