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Southwest Airlines Secures Honolulu Airport Space
Southwest Airlines is inching ever closer to launching Hawaii service. The carrier has already confirmed its intent to fly to the state, though the start date for the service remains up in the air. Southwest CEO Gary Kelly has said that could come this year, though he cautioned that the first flights might slip into 2019 as the airline awaits federal certification to operate its Boeing 737 planes on the long over-water routes to the state. (www.usatoday.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
This is great news I remember When Aloha and Hawaiian Airlines were here and there was competition for fare prices. You could get an inter-Island Flight for $29.00. Now With Hawaiian monopolizing the Market, there is no need for them to lower rates. hopefully with SWA there will be competition, and rates will drop
Ha! Southwest has been sayin that for over six years.
It doesn’t matter the a/c type... it’s the seat pitch that matters. I just flew 12 1/2 hours from Australia on a United 787 and it sucked. The aircraft size didn’t matter, the seats were just to close from row to row... how often do you really stand up.. my$.02
Flying a 737 from the west coast to ANY of the islands would be VERY uncomfortable, and tough to put up with...unless the flights were $99 one way, which is not likely in this century! I'll take the 767's from Phx to HNL any time! Even the 757's many fly from the west coast feel like cattle cars! As Amy once said: No! No! No!
I have to agree with Hawaiian! Been flying them and their 767's to and from Phx to HNL for 10 years now, and they are always comfortable flights,passengers well fed and well taken care of! This is a 5-6 hour flight, folks. On a 737, better que up in front of the bathrooms right after take off! SWA may try to horn in on Hawaiians interisland biz, since that goes from $75.. One way! Hawaiian is now using 717's for those. Could use some competition in the interisland market, since there currently is none!
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