10 thoughts on “United Hawaii Flights Pruned | Airlines Problems Complicate Summer Travel”
John H
There was the recent United 777 flight from San Francisco to Hawaii with a blown engine which aborted it’s takeoff on the runway. Presumably, that plane will be out of service for a while and need to be replaced on that leg until repaired. There is so little slack in airplane availability that something has to give. The plane on the Newark-Hawaii may have fed into the replacement plans, even if it wasn’t the same type.
While there are nonstop flights from Chicago-O’Hare (ORD) to HNL we intentionally selected flights with a layover of a couple hours.
The idea of 11 straight hours on a plane is not appealing, & while a layover does make the travel time longer we really need a break to walk around & use a restroom without waiting in a long line.
awwww …sigh…I have my reservation with American, but it is on a 320 neo which is already a painful thought. But, if a breakdown happens and a part is difficult to find ….amiss, I wonder really how long a flight it will end up to be in an already expensive paradise trip. It is really getting too stressful with all this news anymore. Social media scares me with local “hate us” stories, and the expense of hotels, airs, cars, ..and the madhouse of tourists..I am getting a really tired feeling about my …last walk on the islands..
Yes (the airlines had no money and were bailed out), and were parts, mechanics, and inspectors even available?
Now, after peak COVID, people’s short memories become apparent.
The crowds of “we didn’t need to do anything” should look back at the news stories of overflowing hospitals, “morgue trailers” and other atrocities (including very slow response from the federal government).
Very few argued “we didn’t need to do anything”, you are creating a straw man. We needed to do the right thing by protecting the elderly and vulnerable. 2024- Presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. is calling for an investigation of the NIH funding of research in Wuhan and Dr.Fauci involvement. Let’s all seek the truth, wherever it leads us, or we will be destined to repeat the failures of the last three years.
There was the recent United 777 flight from San Francisco to Hawaii with a blown engine which aborted it’s takeoff on the runway. Presumably, that plane will be out of service for a while and need to be replaced on that leg until repaired. There is so little slack in airplane availability that something has to give. The plane on the Newark-Hawaii may have fed into the replacement plans, even if it wasn’t the same type.
United, get yourself an A 380 somewhere and fly them to Hawaii…
While there are nonstop flights from Chicago-O’Hare (ORD) to HNL we intentionally selected flights with a layover of a couple hours.
The idea of 11 straight hours on a plane is not appealing, & while a layover does make the travel time longer we really need a break to walk around & use a restroom without waiting in a long line.
awwww …sigh…I have my reservation with American, but it is on a 320 neo which is already a painful thought. But, if a breakdown happens and a part is difficult to find ….amiss, I wonder really how long a flight it will end up to be in an already expensive paradise trip. It is really getting too stressful with all this news anymore. Social media scares me with local “hate us” stories, and the expense of hotels, airs, cars, ..and the madhouse of tourists..I am getting a really tired feeling about my …last walk on the islands..
During Covid these airlines should have been doing maintenance on there aircraft preparing for covid to end.
But they just stored planes.
20:20 hindsight. The airlines were trying to just survive, and might not have without government handouts.
Because they had no money to repair them during covid and no crystal ball.
Yes (the airlines had no money and were bailed out), and were parts, mechanics, and inspectors even available?
Now, after peak COVID, people’s short memories become apparent.
The crowds of “we didn’t need to do anything” should look back at the news stories of overflowing hospitals, “morgue trailers” and other atrocities (including very slow response from the federal government).
Very few argued “we didn’t need to do anything”, you are creating a straw man. We needed to do the right thing by protecting the elderly and vulnerable. 2024- Presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. is calling for an investigation of the NIH funding of research in Wuhan and Dr.Fauci involvement. Let’s all seek the truth, wherever it leads us, or we will be destined to repeat the failures of the last three years.
Absolutely!