114 thoughts on “It’s Back: Boeing 737 Max Flights to Hawaii Have Resumed”

  1. When will flights from LAX to Lihue begin?
    I believe an announcement in planned around March 14th?

  2. Please let me know when Southwest will be flying from Atlanta to Maui. I
    My family of 9 will be leaving for Maui on June 15th.

  3. At this point, all “Max” type variants, including the Max 9. The designs of all Max types have the same inherent aerodynamical instabilities paired with a fragile mechanism of sensors and computer trim to compensate (“MCAS”)

  4. We are travelling from Toronto, ON to The Big Island in August. Then from The Big Island to Oahu and from Oahu to Maui. Our travel agent is getting us flights leaving from each Island. Is it possible to just get a flight to Hilo (where we’re heading to) and then catch an Island Flight to Oahu and then the same for Maui and then just book a regular flight from Maui back home to Toronto? Confused….but thanks for any suggestions!!

    1. Hi Brenda.

      Definitely. Easy and choice of Hawaiian or Southwest. If flights are at a peak travel period or weekends especially, book well in advance.

      Aloha.

    2. Hi Brenda. We flew TO to Maui and Oahu back to TO through United. Separately I booked the island hopping with Hawaiian Airlines (very resonable $$). Download their app. Very positive experience.

  5. Are there any concerns on the other 737 MAX planes? We are flying a 737 MAX9 from OGG to LAX end of this month. Thanks!

    1. Hi AO.

      We don’t honestly know the answer to that, and since we aren’t airplane design experts, feel hesitant to comment.

      Aloha.

    2. As far as I understand, Boeing implemented a new anti-stall feature on ALL of it’s MAX airplanes, including the Max 9. Basically, sensors may think the plane is at risk of a stall if the tip is too high, etc. Rather than just send a warning message to the pilots, the new anti-stall feature will automatically move the stabilizing trim to push the nose down.

      Both crashes happened shortly after take off and many believe the anti-stall feature erroneously forced the tip of the plane straight down to the ground. Obviously when a plane is taking off, the tip of the nose is up as it gains altitude. The issue here is a bad or incorrect sensor could force panic among the pilots and/or make the plane uncontrollable.

      I know Southwest has said they plan to fly the 737 Max 8 to Hawaii, so I am getting worried this may delay their flights from San Diego, Sacramento, Lihue, etc.

      1. When will Southwest flights be available from Atlanta to Maui. We want to fly on June 15th to Maui.

  6. Thanks so much for the Max 8 update. I know I am not the only ‘concerned’ flyer out there.

    Would prefer to fly on a plane with ZERO incidents. It is a worry.

    I did sort of play with a few flights on SWA and then used Seatguru to check which plane the flight used and was relieved to see that no Max 8s came up in my ‘very limited searches.’

    Was almost considering booking on Hawaiian again. Really want to try SWA for our next trip later this year. Anxiously waiting for the schedule to appear online for our flights. I notice that the SWA pricing is pretty much the same as other airlines now. Sure hoping for another round of ‘fare wars’ in time for our booking later this Spring/Summer.

    Thanks again for staying on top of all things Hawaiian. Love Beat of Hawaii!!

    1. Hi Colleen.

      We love you too! Thanks for all your thoughtful insight, and your email this morning was the impedes for this discussion.

      As for airfare sales, these will keep happening and they will be good. There is no way this has come and gone. It’s just that the first round was so limited in dates and was consumed so quickly that the other airlines didn’t need to even respond. That won’t continue to be the case.

      Take care and talk soon.

      Aloha, R/J

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