Southwest Airlines - announcement coming..

[Obie]

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Originally posted by macuu222

Hmmm... Wonder if that's going to effect Southwests launch to Hawaii Sunday?

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They will cancel flights that aren't full but I doubt they would cancel the inaugural flight .

[macuu222]

Additional Flights to Hawaii delayed because of 737 max grounding.

https://beatofhawaii.com/southwest-hawai...ne-update/

[glinda]

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Originally posted by Obie

What does any of this have to do with Hawaii ??

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[Obie]

Let me put my reply back into context for you :

"In a Rachel Maddow segment that can be seen here:"

What does any of this have to do with Hawaii ??

[macuu222]

First southwest flight arrives in Honolulu. My only question is why are they not using a jetway like all the other transpacific planes that land in Honolulu?


https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/03/1...19a09f485d

[Chunkster]

I seem to recall reading in the SA that Southwest had to use an area at HNL on the end of the Diamondhead terminal that was set up for one of the now defunct interisland commuter carriers. That meant no jetways, but did allow for a relatively quick start. Can you imagine how long it would have taken to build complete facilities in the contracting cesspool that is HNL/Hawaii? 2025 if they were lucky.

[randomq]

Better photo op too, you can see the passengers stepping off of the branded plane, getting lei'd, etc...

[terracore]

"My only question is why are they not using a jetway like all the other transpacific planes that land in Honolulu?"

HNL is full. It's one of the reason why international flights are coming to KOA.

[terracore]

Q&A regarding inter island service and Hilo:

https://youtu.be/tH1bZ0sZJzg

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Hawaiian Airlines is partnering with JetBlue, offering an expanded network of flights across the mainland. They hope this will keep them competitive with Southwest. Hawaiian will fly from Honolulu to Oakland, where passengers can catch a JetBlue red eye for NYC with no overnight stay required between flights:
https://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2019/04/12/hawaiian-airlines-and-jetblue-thwarting-southwests.html?ana=yahoo&yptr=yahoo