Optimism upon a timeline for lifting of restrictions from Hawaiian Airlines CEO.
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Optimism upon a timeline for lifting of restrictions from Hawaiian Airlines CEO.
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Great comments . With the Federal Government’s go ahead for testing all travelers flight bound for Hawaii should greatly improve our level of comfort with the gradual reopening and hopeful reduction in the 14 day quar antine . Hoping our Politicians are taking notice . Let’s establish a plan and not ignore the realty facing our State .
Second wave, third wave. ??? Wouldn’t even consider until 2021 after January. The rocky beaches and crazed vagrants are unfortunate. We have patronized the entertainment and bars with live music for years. We are devistated to hear that many will close for good. Bankrupt And not their fault. Fingers crossed that we will return but mulling over Florida.
Thank you to Beat of Hawaii for staying above the current political gunfight that is hampering our fight against the core navirus. That is one of the reasons that this my favorite Hawaii travel website.
Hawaii is not the only location that is a tourist hotspot. The economy of our area on the central coast of California is about 50% dependent on tourism. With the imminent closing of our nuclear power plant, it will probably be closer to 75%. I never hear negative comments about tourists. Not only do they provide jobs for our friends and families but the locals go to the same concerts and other venues that the tourists do. We wouldn’t have those events if not for the tourists.
I would be interested to see how many of these cases in Hawaii were tourist-related or were locals bringing it in from visits to the mainland.
Hi Curtis.
We very much appreciate the nice words. Thanks too for this and the many other comments left over the past few years.
Aloha.
SLO Town, love it! Yes, count me in as a tourist : )
Will there be the daily direct flight from JFK to HNL in September on Hawaiian Airlines? It is bookable now, but will it fly?
We use Hawaiian Airlines for our annual trips to Hawaii becasue of the direct flight. If there is no direct flight we may as well go with the least expensive airline.
Will there be the daily direct flight from JFK to HNL in September? It is bookable now, but will it fly?
Well I wish the CEO of Hawaiian would start following DOT regulations and issue refunds for cancelled flights. Our flight in May was understandably cancelled but HA refused to issue a refund and said we had to request a refund on-line. We did that 3 weeks ago and never heard back and today I called and said they don’t have to issue a refund since there is still a flight that day (tomorrow) out of the Bay Area (SFO instead of Oakland) despite that the only flight has a layover so its 2.5 hours longer than our original nonstop and SFO being an hour away and we would have to take public transit or pay ridiculous parking fees. She insisted their policies comply with DOT but they clearly don’t. What makes me even angrier is that we have flown HA over 10 times in 5 years and we already re-booked 2 flights with HA later in the year but wanted a refund for this flight because our new flights in October were cheaper but they would not refund the difference only swap the tickets (of course if the new flights were more expensive we would have to pay that). This is likely the last straw and we will change our loyalty over to Southwest. We filed our complaint with the DOT and sent HA a copy.
Here we go again… commercial interests running the safety and health of the residents of Hawaii… its ok if companies go broke… this happens in a capitalistic system… you get to start all over again and hire back the employees to fit the new demand. You can’t force an increase in demand just to cover the costs of a business.
First get a proper plan in place for testing visitors prior to entry and tracing them once they are here to be able to contain infection caused by those visitors, and that will be the source of new infection.
If you can only test 500 people a day then you let in 500 people.
Hawaiin airlines should assist in proposing a solution with them helping and charge each visitor a hundred bucks.
And by way you can plan a trip and then cancel for a later date- up to one year and most airlines are waiving change fees.
Hotels aren’t even booking yet so you can’t make your plans on that basis anyway.
This article is alarmist and used by the rich and powerful managers of corporations to instill fear and need for action
that is not well thought out….
And also all the unemployed are getting paid now… likely through August and likely this will be extended by the FEDS and state
and everyone will be happy going to the beach and getting a good check each month and many who own homes don’t even have to make mortgage payments…. We are all being treated well by our omnipotent and far reaching government.
Its not all that bad as its made out to be and if you can’t survive without business for a month or two, then perhaps the management and model of the business is flawed…. airline workers protected through end September… who gets that kind
of assurance in any business ?
What is the panic here all about- making a minority rich or keep them from getting poorer… no sympathies from most people in Hawaii for that viewpoint I would think.
And by the way Hawaiin Airlines has been near the brink of bankruptcy before… Boeing had to bail them out… they are not
so innocent and helpless as they make out to be….
Maybe people will start thinking of rainy day funds more often now… some good will come of this perhaps.
I think we all need to realize that everyone is on edge. When we went on SIP here in Bay Area Ca people immediately hot on planes and figured they would ride it out there. That’s irresponsible as we all know Hawai’i has so many multi-generational families living together! Personally, I don’t want anyone from (let’s say) NY here right now. We r doing ok. Hawaii has been ok so far. Their health care system is not like here. This could devastate paradise! None of us want that. We need to respect and realize this is not a hoax! Economically it’s going to be bad for all of us. I’m sure aloha feelings will return but let’s all respect everyone’s feelings during this trying time and keep paradise just that…mahalo
Hi Ciana
Thanks.
Aloha.
We must always remember as tourists it is a privilege to enjoy these islands and I have also received some not so nice comments from locals, usually transplants themselves. I also have friends who live there and honestly the only reason locals put up with us tourists is because the state was turned into a tourist industry.
I totally understand because I see so many tourists before being such unaware pieces of %$&* so often even I feel embarrassed when I say I’m a tourist over there.
Don’t think you are entitled to go visit. This is a new world and the more aware of this you are, the more you can see from their perspective. So many tourists do absolutely stupid things on the daily.
Hawaii ain’t going anywhere so chill out and don’t worry, everything will work out in its own way and time 🙏🏽🤙🏽🙏🏽
Thanks for the article. I have to agree with you regarding the demand in customers wanting to come to your beautiful islands. We were to leave next week after having booked our trip in January. We were disappointed that the flights were cancelled, but understood the reason for it. We are certainly planning on re-booking, but not until the State of Hawaii removes all restrictions and we are free to travel.
Hi Will.
Thanks.
Aloha.