With new planes announced for Hawaii, interesting opportunities present themselves for Southwest Hawaii flights.
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With new planes announced for Hawaii, interesting opportunities present themselves for Southwest Hawaii flights.
Why is Hilo the only Hawaii airport without direct non-stop service to Las Vegas?
Southwest’s current flight schedule for Hawaii does not list flights beyond labor day weekend, this despite the fact that it has published flights for all other markets through November. I’m wondering if they are planning to pull out of Hawaii after labor day and are attempting to do it quietly?
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Not sure what flights or routes you are looking at but I can see any day of the week from Point A to Point B in Hawaii all the way up to Nov.
Glad to see SWA is planning more for Hawaii, I always thought when Aloha went out that SWA should have bought up the airline at a bargain, since it was an all 737 airline also.
You don’t want to fly southworst, ever
need to add information on flights from east coast ie RDU to Hawaii. very difficult to do this with current website. thank you
rdu to lih would be nice to know.
Southworst. A predatory company that sets to be an aggressive player and chews more than they can swallow. Supporting them contributes to overtourism. (look up SWA effect).
So eliminate SWA and overtourism goes away? And those low cost inter-island flights that the locals enjoy… you think those will stay is SWA were to disappear?
I think the reason there is so much antagonism towards SWA is for the fact that they came to Hawaii in a very loud, arrogant and predatory fashion. They literally boasted about going after Hawaiian and Alaska with a large ceramic shark painted in SWA colors going after two small fish painted in HA and Alaska colors in their OAK offices. Just one example of their high level of arrogance and self congratulatory behavior. People moving to Hawaii that immediately start trying to speak pidgin and take as much out of Hawaii for themselves as they can are frowned upon. SWA embodies that attitude. Many cases of SWA disrespect out there, not the least being their “SWA effect” approach to the marketplace.
They also do poor maintenance and treat new hire employees like trash. Horrible culture there. If my only option was southworst, I’d walk. In the case of getting to Hawaii, I’d swim. Thank goodness there are much better airlines that provide a better, safer and more comfortable flying experience than the cattle car know as southworst.
SWA leaves an Hawaiian goes back to business as usual. Higher fares the locals can’t afford. SWA is a blessing. If you don’t like them, fly with the other guys
Thanks for your information and insights relating to Hawaii – Mainland connections. When will SWA fly overnight connections to the mainland. Right now if the destination is mid-America the flight will arrive around midnight in Dallas and there are no connections from west coast arrivals. This situation requires overnight accommodations and a following morning resumption. I therefore fly SWA to Hawaii, one way. My return flight is on United or American with overnight flight and morning connecting flight to my final destination.
I enjoy reading your daily blog.
David K
Hi David.
Thanks. Great question. We responded to that a while ago by saying it’s been years since Southwest said it was coming. That’s all that we know unfortunately.
Aloha.
Southwest has zero redeye flights in their entire network for an embarrassing reason: the computer system that still runs the airline was engineered 40+ years ago, and simply cannot handle flights that depart one day and arrive in another.
That is also the most significant reason why their periodic “systemwide meltdowns” continue to occur, despite corporate lip service that changes will be made.
Bill M, I’ve heard the same thing from multiple sources about their red eyes. One thing for sure, they certainly wouldn’t avoid them just because they think their employees wouldn’t like them. SWA was built on maximizing employee productivity. A cushy schedule for all is not something they prioritize, nor does any other airline!
David,
From what I understand, SW has no plans to change their overnight flight operation. They claim to do it for their employees.
I enjoyed the article guys. The new Max 7 is of interest for new flight planning. I’m going to assume that other airlines will get it too.