With 150 or more new planes arriving and upgrades rolling out to its existing fleet, Alaska Airlines Hawaii flights are looking up.
With 150 or more new planes arriving and upgrades rolling out to its existing fleet, Alaska Airlines Hawaii flights are looking up.
Now please return to Sacramento iNternationl with direct flights to maui. You left us high and dry. We do not want to layover in Honolulu. We want direct!!
Come Back Alaska to Sacramento!! I hate Southwest!!
Hi,
We’re flying to Kauai in January 2023, will these seats be available in the main area of the plane? We always fly Alaska when available.
Thank you,
Geri
Hi Geri.
That project is just getting going, so it isn’t likely to happen in time for your January trip.
Aloha.
I’m never going to fly the max, a plane that killed 347 people due to outsourcing to programmers with zero fight experience. Then was recertified using a max variant that presently is looking not to meet a 2 yrs deadline improved safety stds.
As for the seats after flying 10 hrs koa bos I had to seek medical attention for joint pain. There is way too lil cushioning in the seats. But I get it these weigh a lot less so less fuel consumed more = more $ for CEO pay.
Just a shame they are getting rid of the safe and reliable Airbus aircraft. They will regret the decision when the Max is grounded again
Can’t wait to check out one of these new planes of Alaska Airlines. Just hope the consumer won’t have to pay for them by higher ticket prices. Prices are ridiculous enough to travel.
I too noticed the Alaska announcement. I know that no one is going to get their Max aircraft very soon. As far as I’m concerned that is a good thing. The retrofitting of the 800 looks to be very nice. Our flight on Southwest, from Oakland to Maui, was a completely sold out flight. They held our flight in Oakland for about 25 minutes awaiting a Delta flight from the east coast. I ended up sitting next to a very large guy and got to have an elbow in my rib cage most of the way over to Maui. I am surely not a fan of the Max aircraft as it is very tight. However, we are enjoying our stay in Maui.
The Max interiors are no different than a regular 737.
I fly frequently from Sacramento to Kauai and when possible I try and fly on the Hawaiian A330 wide body. Extra comfort coach seats are comfortable enough. The problem is they don’t always use that plane to and from Sacramento. The A321 I try and fly first class because coach extra comfortable is not very comfortable. I fly out of Sacramento or Oakland and I look for what I consider to be reasonably first class seats.
I sat in Recaro seats this year,SD to Boston and back on Alaska in economy and both me and my friend ( both 6 feet tall ) thought they were very uncomfortable seats. They lacked padding and felt narrow.
Anything has to be better than the current economy seats. We flew home from Maui 4 years ago and the seats were so uncomfortable I swore I would never fly Alaska again. We flew United there and had good seats . But our last trip to the Islands this February we flew United direct out of Chicago. I had paid extra for Bulkhead seats, But on our way home United switched the type of plane from a 777 to a 787 and reassigned our seats without our knowledge and was given a sardine seat across from the bathroom. I was furious and was starting to understand why there is air rage. I protested and demanded to be seated elsewhere but was told the flight was full.I asked to have a supervisor meet us at the gate in Chicago.Promised refunds and failed.
I watched both documentaries on the Max and won’t fly on them. I’ll never forget the daughter who lost her father saying the CEO of Boeing retired rich on the blood of her father. Heartbreaking.
I really like Alaska and being from Seattle they go to a lot of my destinations. But not on the Max.
I certainly hope the new seats will be more comfortable because the present seats are anything but. Even with my seat pad and lumbar support, I was extremely uncomfortable.