Interesting vision for Hawaiian Airlines’ future after yesterday’s investor call.
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Interesting vision for Hawaiian Airlines’ future after yesterday’s investor call.
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I am wondering where testing positive for antibodies falls within the travel guidelines? Is there additional testing necessary? The results are from the American Red Cross and came from a blood donation.
Thank you for all that you during normal times and for the massive amounts of communication during these “changing by the moment” times even more.
Hi Tom.
Thank you. The information about the testing waiver is contained here: https://beatofhawaii.com/ultimate-guide-to-hawaii-travel-during-covid/. It is valid only if you have recovered within the past 90 days. Hope that helps.
Aloha.
On my previous three trips to Hawaii since October 15 we used Walgreens for testing. We didn’t get our results back for our third trip in December until a few hours before the flight. This was a little stressful. Three of us flew to Maui from LAX on January 18. We decided for this trip to test with Worksite Labs. We live in South Orange county so we made our appointments for the Long Beach site. We got there about 15 minutes before our appointment time and drove right up to the check in person. We were out of there in less than 10 minutes. All three of us got our results back the same day in just seven hours after we took the test. I would highly recommend using Worksite Labs.
It’ll be interesting to see where Hawaiian goes with a MD-95/717 replacement. Right now, the C-Series/A220 is really the only viable modern choice, unless Embraer launches an all new plane or seriously updates its current offerings. Both likely offer more range and weight than a short haul interisland fleet requires, which is why the 717 and the MD-80 and DC-9 before it were such a perfect fits for Hawaiian – the plane’s capabilities nearly perfectly matched precisely what Hawaiian needed. Boeing is talking about dusting off its NSA project yet again – when aren’t they? – and I suppose this might have a chance. The major issue will be the engines, which have to endure multiple heat up and cool downs daily. It’ll be interesting to see what road Hawaiian eventually takes, and it will be equally sad to see the last of the Mad Dogs leaving Hawaii’s skies.
Hawaii, and it’s economy, is 100% tied to the mess the governors and mayors have created with ass backward rules, policies, changes in rules, different islands playing politics..
Traffic was increasing nicely, reduced but gradually building, right up to the point of Kawakami going rogue, and Ige changing the pre test rules….. again….
What went from roughly 100 passengers on an airplane, reduced back to 30. And it coincided directly with various changes in rules.
Victorino requiring an app, because nobody was downloading it voluntarily.
In 2 years, as locals are losing their homes to mainland investors, they’ll have roughly 6 people to blame. And 3 of them will be running for Governor.
Quite frankly Hawaiian could do a better job of marketing Hawaii then the HTA……..let them do it and don’t worry about the State funding.
State could pay Hawaiian way less then they have been spending on HTA and get better results .
Hawaiian has a much better handle on the market then anyone else and as Hawaii’s flagship airline they are an asset the state should use.
true, but then the good ‘Ole boy system would be cast aside. Ige, or whoever is governor, wouldn’t have a place for their pals to collect paychecks, retirement, medical and the rest.
Mahalo Beat of Hawai’i for taking the time to update us on the call with Mr. Ingram.
I think his numbers on travel are very interesting, if not wishful thinking, while playing to his main audience Hawai’ian Airline’s shareholders.
Here’s to a hopeful year ahead, with COVID-19 numbers falling soon.
Stay safe and blessed.
Much Aloha to you both 🌺
Hi Pam.
Thanks for going on this ride with us. We concur that better news ahead is needed.
Aloha.
You are interested in knowing how your trusted travel partners are working. Well, to be honest, Hawaii doesn’t leave many options for those traveling from the East Coast. We only have CVS and Walgreens in this region and they are tremendously backed up. Not enough locations are authorized to do the testing. We recently travelled to Hawaii and our tests came in 5 hours after landing. We were not allowed to upload the results at that time – even though there is a 5 hour time difference to take into consideration. We had to quarantine 10 days out of a 14 day trip. We were there for my son’s graduation from UH Manoa. It was not the trip we had hoped for. Fortunately we have lived in Hawaii twice before and so had less sightseeing to do than most who choose to travel to the beautiful island. My suggestion would be to authorize more trusted partners on the East Coast. You have so so many options for west coast folks. Not everyone changes planes on the west coast either. Mahalo.
Hi Melinda.
Thanks for the feedback.
Aloha.
Almost everyone in the US that wants to be should be vaccinated by the end of the Summer 2021. At that point people will want to get out of their cities, use all of the time off that they have saved up for 1.5 years, and get together with their families. 75% is a *conservative* estimate for the return of tourism to Hawaii by the end of the summer. There’s a real scenario in which August 2021 ends up with far greater travel demand than August 2019.
I’m aware that this contradicts the Hawaii Tourism Authority, but they have shown very little grasp of the dynamics happening right now in the travel industry.
I love receiving and reading your emails. I love the updates, but I’m really disappointed in the likelihood that traveling by plane may be restricted to people that have been vaccinated. I refuse to be vaccinated, which means my wife and I won’t be going to Hawaii anytime soon. We are so bummed.
We love you guys.
Thanks for keeping us informed.
Jay & Marsha in Odessa, Texas
Hi Jay.
Thank you! It is so unclear at the moment how this will evolve as far as air travel goes, not just to Hawaii of course. Don’t give up hope. And please let us know how it goes.
Aloha.
Same here. NO vaccine for us either. So, We banked our timeshare and will travel elsewhere. Doesn’t look like Hawaii is in our future. Too bad. We do have many fond memories of the islands. Were so looking forward to another visit.