Regarding safety, the 2018 roster of safest airlines was recently reported by airlineratings.com. Regarding Hawaii flights, Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines both made the cut.
The other safest airlines are Air New Zealand, All Nippon Airways, British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, Emirates, Etihad Airways, EVA Air, Finnair, Japan Airlines, KLM, Lufthansa, Qantas, Royal Jordanian Airlines, Scandinavian Airline System, Singapore Airlines, Swiss, Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Australia.
“Notably absent from the 2018 list are the US airlines Delta and United. In April 2017, Delta’s enviable record of years of reliable service was blotted by a five-day meltdown in which more than 3,200 flights were canceled in response to storms. — CNN
On-time performance. The US Department of Transportation today released the latest results for January 2018. Of the 18 US airlines studied, Alaska Airlines came in number one, followed by Hawaiian Airlines, number two. That followed by United and Delta. You can see the whole list here.
Bottom line is that is that your Hawaii flights on Alaska and Hawaiian are likely to be on-time.
Beat of Hawaii photo: Kauai sunset.
DIANE says
Hello again. I’m enquiring about Southwest taking their loyal passengers to Hawaii in the future. What is the status of this happening? Is it becoming reality in the near future? My husband and I just returned from Florida on Southwest and it’s the best!
Thank you so very much,
Diane
Beat of Hawaii says
Hi Diane.
We update this whenever there is news. https://beatofhawaii.com/southwest-hawaii-airline-update/.
Aloha.
Gemma H says
Just to add to your comments – WESTJET non-stop service from Vancouver BC (lower mainland BC) is superb – generally on -time when I have flown with this airline and personable, friendly staff make the flights totally enjoyable – big congratulations to WestJet for great service.