Hawaiian Airlines Continues Network Growth

Hawaiian Airlines has announced plans to boost its services between Los Angeles and Honolulu as it continues to expand its domestic network. The carrier has revealed that it will introduce a third daily rotation on the route from June 7, 2012, confirming what had been a seasonal capacity increase into a year-round service.

“The growth of our long-haul fleet allows us to add this third daily flight on a permanent basis to better accommodate the strong demand for our service in southern California year-round and provide our customers with more schedule options,” said Mark Dunkerley, Chief Executive Officer, Hawaiian Airlines.

The Honolulu – Los Angeles route is also served by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Continental Holdings partners Continental Airlines and United Airlines and Philippine Airlines, the latter as an extension of its Hawaiian flights from Manila. Together these operators provide more than 100 weekly rotations providing over 20,000 seats in each direction. According to Hawaiian, increasing the seasonal flight to a year-round service will add more than 70,000 air seats annually between the two cities.

In the past year an estimated 1.12 million O&D passengers travelled between Honolulu and Los Angeles, up 1.8 per cent on the previous 12 month period. Average one-way air fares on the route have also strengthened from $313 to $345. Hawaiian Airlines currently dominates the market with a 25 per cent share of the traffic, up slightly on last year.