Hawaii is on a tear and today, an unexpected airline jumped to the front of new route news, which will have a big impact on visitors and those of us in Hawaii. Competition is heating up further which is always great news for Cheap Flights to Hawaii.
Air Canada announced what will be the first-ever non-stop between Montreal and Honolulu. That will be one the longest Hawaii routes from North America at 4,914 miles, which is complemented in long-distance by flights from Boston (5,095 miles), New York (4,983 miles), and Orlando (4,757 miles). The new service starts December 12, 2021. And those of us here in the islands have a chance to be there for the Fete des Neiges Montreal Snow Festival in January and February. We’re feeling a strong Canadian “Eh.”
We’ll see how all of this plays out. For a long time, we’ve expected Hawaiian Airlines to try at least one Canada route. Will this be the end of that prospect?
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner will be deployed on the routes from both Toronto and Montreal.
Another new non-stop flight announced by the airline is between Toronto and Maui. That service starts on December 18, 2021. Also from Toronto, their prior Honolulu non-stop flights will resume on December 17, 2021.
And yet another new fight is from Calgary to Honolulu. In addition to that, their prior Calgary to Maui service resumes on December 18, 2021. That also opens up Banff and Jasper National Parks to those of us in Hawaii.
Vancouver flights to Honolulu, Maui, and Kona, are all restarting.
These flights not only are a boon to Canadian snowbirds. Those in some parts of the US nearby Canada also benefit. Air Canada plans to provide great connections between Europe and Hawaii too. For example, the Toronto and Montreal flights will connect in both directions with London, Frankfurt, Brussels, and Vienna.
“We know people will be excited to travel this winter, and we look forward to welcoming our customers onboard,” — Mark Galardo, Sr. VP, Air Canada.
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Aloha, have you heard anything about a possible West Maui JHM Kapalua Airport re-opening? Mahalo
Hi Jesse.
If you mean for Hawaiian, no we have not.
Aloha.
It doesn’t matter how many great deals there are on flights to Hawaii. Until they can bring down the price of renting a car we won’t be coming to Hawaii.
Gregory – 10-4 on your comment regarding the rental cars! We’ve been travelling to Hawaii for the past 18 years (including all the “hoops” to get there this past January.) Unless something changes we will NOT be returning – paid $850 for a 7 week car rental 3 months ago – latest quote is $3700! If something doesn’t change (and soon due to time share commitments) we will take the car rental cost plus airfare and time share and spend 3 months in Florida! This is getting ridiculous! Hawaii is really nice in the winter – but not THAT nice!
Love your sight and email updates. I searched the entire article for dreamliner and only saw it in the title. Can you fill us in on what routes will use the dreamliner?
Hi Chris.
Thanks. That’s been updated now.
Aloha.
What good do all these direct flights do if they can’t even figure out how to get the vaccine passport implemented in a timely manner. And Maui is actually going backwards. Instead of making progress towards freedom they are determined to foster tyranny by requiring an additional test on arrival. It has now come to the point where humans have more hurdles to cross than dogs trying to get released from quarantine.
I just hope the car rental situation clears up soon or those Canadians will be walking to their condos and hotels.
Thanks for the update!
Hi Joan.
Thanks for your many comments and the levity. Car rental in inventory and pricing will be improving.
Aloha.
There’s alway the surf board option too! 🙂
We live in Northern Vermont, about an hour from Montreal. Right now, it takes minimum 16 hours and 2-3 connections to get to HNL. This will be wonderful. As soon as the border opens, that is. For now we’ve booked our flight through Chicago, with an overnight layover. I won’t plan this trip for this year, but maybe next! Mahalo BOH for keeping everyone in the loop!
Hi Betty.
Thanks. We appreciate you letting us know that this new flight will be helpful to you in the future.
Aloha.
Hmmm… anybody worried about carbon output per passenger? If you believe in global warming and a future for our children, then putting people in the air for 10+ hours for purposes of a tropical vacation … after all, airliner carbon output per passenger on that kind of distance is astronomical.
How do you propose people get to and from Hawaiʻi?
Maybe if you have to fly, there are closer spots to go to for an escape?
At the end, everybody’s gotta live with their own conscience. Those of us kamaaina who like go Vegas for gambling have the same issue.
Biking to the coast, rowing to the islands, biking once there would be the ultimate ironhuman endeavor. Thanks
Good point
What’s going on with the 5K routes? Did I somehow miss that info?
Thanks
Hi Lonnell.
There will now be many Hawaii routes of about 5k miles including Montreal, Toronto, Boston, New York and Orlando.
Aloha.