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(01-09-2024, 07:07 PM)Obie Wrote: OMG people had to go to the airport 2 hours early, it's not the end of the world and it doesn't justifiy having a multimillion dollar machine on standby in case of an outage.
Perhaps the title of the thread should be changed. It currently says "Airport Delays". That's why people have brought in other things that create delays at an airport. This was brought about by the OP who now complains about responses.
The airport is working. There have been delays and there will always be delays but in this case, the delays to passengers were minimal. Maybe it took over three days to replace equipment but passengers continued to leave and arrive. Try going to a small airport elsewhere and find your flight canceled because the airplane is broken. Your delay will be much longer than anything a broken baggage scanner will create.
And again, who will pay to have every spare part available everywhere, all of the time, plus the technicians, to be at every airport? You will, the passenger, and flying will no longer be affordable.
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Maybe the problem is the security equipment costing millions. How much did it cost to develop and manufacturer? How much is pure profit? Are we getting bilked? Surely the company could provide spare parts at cost, or loan them, instead of prohibitive "screw the taxpayer" rates? In the interest of security?
Apologies to the apologists...
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Makes the 2 hour wait for security seem kinda trivial.
KOA travel advisory 1/15/24: the Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole is closed until further notice due to cracks on the runway. Updates will be provided.
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(01-16-2024, 03:06 AM)Obie Wrote: Makes the 2 hour wait for security seem kinda trivial.
KOA travel advisory 1/15/24: the Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole is closed until further notice due to cracks on the runway. Updates will be provided.
Expect the delays at ITO to become more frequent if the KOA closure lasts long!
https://www.khon2.com/local-news/kona-in...er-notice/
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01-16-2024, 03:53 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-16-2024, 03:55 AM by Obie.)
A Southwest flight from LAS to KOA diverted to HNL for fuel and will fly back to KOA.
Hawaiian flights that were holding in HNL are now departing.
They must have called in the crew that does Orchidland Dr at 130 to do an emergency repair.
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As of 6:23PM, United shows:
UA 1723 - SFO to KOA, a 737-900 diverting to OGG
UA 1752 - DEN to KOA 777-200 diverting to HNL
What's wrong with Hilo?
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01-16-2024, 04:59 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-16-2024, 05:05 AM by TomK.)
I would suspect UA is diverting flights to airports where they have services and can handle diversions more easily.
PS. American are doing the same.
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Thatʻs one way of bringing tourists back to Maui. Whether they like it or not.
Certainty will be the death of us.
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This is almost unbelievable !
The problem isn't cracks, it's chunking. They are asking for a company to come to their rescue and rotogrind the crumbling surface.
They have reported to the airlines how much of the runway is available and they need to decide if they can land and takeoff safely.
This takes some time.
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I have a slightly different take on things if what's reported in the KHON2 article is correct: the airport was closed at 4:20 pm so there was no option for airlines to land their aircraft there. Several flights would have already taken off at that time, so the only sensible option is to divert to another airport in Hawaii with the capabilities to handle several diverted planes. Hilo isn't one of them.
