6 thoughts on “Hawaii Workhorse A321neo Launched Today”
Diane
I really miss Hawaiian Airlines direct flight to Maui from Portland. Makes me want to fly the non stop on Alaska. Any chance they will offer the nonstop again on Hawaiian?
Nick
I thought Hawaiian controls Ohana Air, and that takes care of short neighbor-island hops with them?
What I look for is Southwest plying the non-stop Houston or Dallas routes. We have in the past had no trouble booking AA non-stop from DFW to HNL, or Continental non-stop from IAH, so what’s new here?
And without an anti-trust re-regulation of the 4 or 5 Legacy carriers to which routes have been winnowed down, how can you expect fare “deals” to return? Overbooked, packed sardine cans with coin-op overhead baggage compartments is what I’ve come to expect.
Sal
Hello Nick.
Just my views on your thoughts from my experience. Hope they help you book a deal and get some sun.
-Hawaiian already dominates inter-island with their Hawaiian Airlines 717’s. Almost everyone else transfers to them inter I. Some minor competition, it is Hawaiian’s to lose if they really screw up. (Don’t wait for that).
-Ohana serves Molokai, Lanai and some West Maui flights. Small markets for small planes. Same great service and fly through capability!
-Southwest will be limited to Bay Area / San Diego / LAX due to 737 Max capabilities. (Your mentioned AA routes are larger aircraft).
-Fares are coming down due to the incredible fuel savings from new plane technologies / materials. Competition helps and various Airport Authorities waving fees to generate business and develop new routes for years to come.
-Maximize miles and status from credit cards and don’t be afraid to act when your price point shows up.
Hope you enjoy looking as much as us!
Scott C
Hopefully this will let Hawaiian run out of Ontario CA. We hate LAX with a passion.
Kilo
Hawaiian previously operated to Ontario, and it was not profitable. I wouldn’t expect a return, but SNA is always possible when the 321s arrive.
Stan F
Hawaiian Air has used single aisle long-distance airplanes in the past. You have to go back, but until 1993, HAL had a fleet of DC-8-62 and 63 models along with their L-1011 product for long distance flights. They used these planes initially on the HNL-LAX/SFO runs in the 80’s, but converted most of them to wide body service when the L-1011s came in, relegating the DC-8s to south pacific operations for years.
This all got changed when HAL took possession of leased AA DC-10s in 1994 and dumped the L-1011 and DC-8 ops all together.
With all that said, the on-boarding of A321’s is Hawaiian’s answer to what to do about the 767’s, while also addressing how to expand to secondary mainland west coast markets. This also resolves an issue of what to do about the south pacific operations as the 767’s still ply the PPG run, and the A-330 is probably overkill on the PPT runs as it stands currently.
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I really miss Hawaiian Airlines direct flight to Maui from Portland. Makes me want to fly the non stop on Alaska. Any chance they will offer the nonstop again on Hawaiian?
I thought Hawaiian controls Ohana Air, and that takes care of short neighbor-island hops with them?
What I look for is Southwest plying the non-stop Houston or Dallas routes. We have in the past had no trouble booking AA non-stop from DFW to HNL, or Continental non-stop from IAH, so what’s new here?
And without an anti-trust re-regulation of the 4 or 5 Legacy carriers to which routes have been winnowed down, how can you expect fare “deals” to return? Overbooked, packed sardine cans with coin-op overhead baggage compartments is what I’ve come to expect.
Hello Nick.
Just my views on your thoughts from my experience. Hope they help you book a deal and get some sun.
-Hawaiian already dominates inter-island with their Hawaiian Airlines 717’s. Almost everyone else transfers to them inter I. Some minor competition, it is Hawaiian’s to lose if they really screw up. (Don’t wait for that).
-Ohana serves Molokai, Lanai and some West Maui flights. Small markets for small planes. Same great service and fly through capability!
-Southwest will be limited to Bay Area / San Diego / LAX due to 737 Max capabilities. (Your mentioned AA routes are larger aircraft).
-Fares are coming down due to the incredible fuel savings from new plane technologies / materials. Competition helps and various Airport Authorities waving fees to generate business and develop new routes for years to come.
-Maximize miles and status from credit cards and don’t be afraid to act when your price point shows up.
Hope you enjoy looking as much as us!
Hopefully this will let Hawaiian run out of Ontario CA. We hate LAX with a passion.
Hawaiian previously operated to Ontario, and it was not profitable. I wouldn’t expect a return, but SNA is always possible when the 321s arrive.
Hawaiian Air has used single aisle long-distance airplanes in the past. You have to go back, but until 1993, HAL had a fleet of DC-8-62 and 63 models along with their L-1011 product for long distance flights. They used these planes initially on the HNL-LAX/SFO runs in the 80’s, but converted most of them to wide body service when the L-1011s came in, relegating the DC-8s to south pacific operations for years.
This all got changed when HAL took possession of leased AA DC-10s in 1994 and dumped the L-1011 and DC-8 ops all together.
With all that said, the on-boarding of A321’s is Hawaiian’s answer to what to do about the 767’s, while also addressing how to expand to secondary mainland west coast markets. This also resolves an issue of what to do about the south pacific operations as the 767’s still ply the PPG run, and the A-330 is probably overkill on the PPT runs as it stands currently.