As the competition boils between Hawaiian and Southwest, here’s how passengers benefit. SWA learned every trick in the Hawaii playbook directly from Hawaiian.
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58 thoughts on “Hawaiian, Southwest Warring On Everything: Flights, Pilots, Fuel, More”
This frenzy has to stop! Overrun facilities, shortage of employees, scarcity of car rentals and everpresent covid cannot support this onslaught on the islands. Both carriers are guilty of greed and lack of respect to all the islands as they have to deal with this madness. Better to raise prices (better for carriers) and get tourism back to sustainable levels. State government is guilty in allowing this to continue. Aloha!
Hawaiian air no comparison aloha spirit!
Well Hawaiian is our hometown, local carrier whose corporate office is here. They are a huge part of our local economy and I support local.when and wherever I can. $39 tickets are sweet, but Hawaiian has a way better safety record. I also think the open cups of water (no pog) they give out on swa is nasty… far from sanitary. Competition is good for the marketplace. Ha should bring reservations back to the US.
Competition is great for Hawaii. Hawaiian has had the market and Hawaii paid dearly for inter island travel after Aloha went out charging 200$ + round trip. So I think having competition from more carriers would be wonderful
And great for travel anywhere from Hawaii and back. Thank you for listening! Aloha
Southwest should have a direct flight from Kona to Lihue Kaua’i and back
Coming from a different perspective (living in the mainland), I made the decision to switch to SWA as my Alrline, as I’ve also been traveling across the country over the last couple years, including Hawaii…it just made sense. I have nothing bad to say about either HAL or SWA, but there are some trade offs between the two companies, and that’s something that had to be weighed in on for me to make the switch. Hawaiian’s food service is far better, but SWA’s customer service is also far better. The kicker for me was the FF mileage program, I clearly get a better program, with SWA, based on where I travel. I preboard, so ther is never an issue ther.
Hope you both are doing well? Kauai may finally happen next spring, guys. I’ll let you know.
Hi Jim.
Yes, it is interesting to contrast the offerings of the different airlines flying to and from Hawaii. Watch for some interesting input from us in that area this week, as we are busy flying around the country in order to share some first-hand experiences. Regards.
Aloha.
I fly the LAX-OGG route at least every other month. Hawaiian is my pick hands-down. I can pick my seat, and on flight 33 outbound and 34 return, the seating configuration is 2-4-2, which allows for me and my son to have our own little area. Because I have Puualani status, I avoid any baggage charges as well.
Mother daughter pilots is a bit frightening. Have they passed all of the standard qualifications? Or thrusted to the fore to satisfy the insatiable appetite of the diversity god? If I am having heart surgery I want the best. I don’t care what race, gender, family, whatever. Just want the best. If they happen to be a mother and daughter great.
Do you seriously think that HA or SWA would let them fly if they didn’t pass all their qualifications? SMH SAD
No Patrick they have not passed any pilot exams or training. Both HAL and SWA thought it would be a good photo op to allow to unqualified pilots fly a few hundred people around in a jet. They considered the possible crash and death of 100’s was worth the risk of a good “mother/daughter story”. Would it have made a difference if it was a father/son, mother/son, etc?
Come on man, think. My guess is you also believe the Earth is flat?
Doesn’t anyone see the sexist ____ in promoting a mother and daughter pilot team? This article mentioning that the aviation industry is “dominated” by men? That word alone is sexist! Noone says that the nursing Industry or the Hr department is “dominated” by women, even though it is. Has Southwest or any airline promoted a father and son pilot crew?