With the first plane arriving, things didn’t quite work out as we had envisioned. Here’s why.
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20 thoughts on “Pros and Cons | How Hawaiian Airlines Dreamliners Are Turning Out”
With the first plane arriving, things didn’t quite work out as we had envisioned. Here’s why.
Amazing how the majors studiously avoid the one thing passengers want most: wider, more comforable seats. And please…. put some padding on the armrests.
We fly American and usually opt for the extra legroom seats when we can’t afford business class and the extra legroom makes the flight better, no doubt about it. But the seats are still too narrow and are, frankly, uncomfortable. I’m 6’3″ and my back always aches after riding in those lousy coach seats. I can’t think of a better way for an airline to disrespect passengers.
Dreamliners so much better than the A330. The seats are very uncomfortable on the A330. Flights from mainland into Hawaii are tough with the seats on A330 so I choose now not to fly on Hawaiian.
I wish Hawaiian would have picked the A350, which – at some time under Mark Dunkerly – they were looking at. Same low cabin altitude as the 787, but quieter, no checkered production history, and much less pretentious.
Got plenty of airtime in the 787 between Japan and Europe. Was a Dreamliner fan when the idea was under development. Actual flying practice later left less satisfied. Just got of a 14+ hours redeye on Lufthansa’s A350-900 yesterday and felt refreshed and able to tackly my day. Can’t say the same with my previous quarterly flights in JAL’s 787 on the same route. Engine noise and poor cabin configuration left me a bit unsatisfied every time. And the LCD-type window shades always seemed over engineered to me.
I 100% agree!!! The a350 is superior all the way
I would even take the A330-900 (the “neo”) over the 787 because it retains the superior 2-4-4 seating layout in economy and is even less noisy then the current A330ies Hawaiian flies. (Which I find very quiet.) Hawaiian had originally chosen the A330 neo after Airbus gave up their plans for a smaller version of the A350, but then relented and went with the 787. They must have gotten a really sweat deal from Boeing?
Not looking forward to single window seats. My wife prefers window seats, she also prefer we sit next to each other.
If HA is such a couples airline, then ir should be couple at the windows.
Are you speaking of Business Class? If so…having two window seats works great for us when we fly…. Love the extra space and privacy