01-22-2024, 08:34 PM
I was going to correct something Terracore posted about ITO not being capable of supporting wide body ops.
The jetways and parking pads are all there and in operation.
Tom pointed out that ITO wasn't used because of all of the other equipment that's not available.
I was concentrating on just the ETOPS problems.
Multi engine airplanes aren't subject to ETOPS and a 747 could land and depart without any problems. A 777 would have to be ferried to a suitable airport or the personnel and equipment needed to serice it would have to be brought in.
On a side note I had friends on the United 777 that diverted to HNL. They had to get a hotel room in HNL and then had to buy a ticket on Hawaiian. Another friend who is a Hawaiian frequent flier helped them get a ticket and they flew into ITO and rented a car. They cancelled their rental car in Kona. The following day they had to drive to Kona to retrieve their bags that eventually ended up there.
3 days without a change of clothes and this was all on their dime.
The airlines aren't liable when a flight diverts because the only runway at the destination airport is closed because of damage.
FYI. If the longer runway were closed at ITO, Hawaiian could still operate their interisland flights because their 717's can takeoff from the shorter runway. Long haul flights would be out of luck and I'm pretty sure Southwest's 737's would be unable to use the shorter runway.
The jetways and parking pads are all there and in operation.
Tom pointed out that ITO wasn't used because of all of the other equipment that's not available.
I was concentrating on just the ETOPS problems.
Multi engine airplanes aren't subject to ETOPS and a 747 could land and depart without any problems. A 777 would have to be ferried to a suitable airport or the personnel and equipment needed to serice it would have to be brought in.
On a side note I had friends on the United 777 that diverted to HNL. They had to get a hotel room in HNL and then had to buy a ticket on Hawaiian. Another friend who is a Hawaiian frequent flier helped them get a ticket and they flew into ITO and rented a car. They cancelled their rental car in Kona. The following day they had to drive to Kona to retrieve their bags that eventually ended up there.
3 days without a change of clothes and this was all on their dime.
The airlines aren't liable when a flight diverts because the only runway at the destination airport is closed because of damage.
FYI. If the longer runway were closed at ITO, Hawaiian could still operate their interisland flights because their 717's can takeoff from the shorter runway. Long haul flights would be out of luck and I'm pretty sure Southwest's 737's would be unable to use the shorter runway.