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New jet starts service as Hawaiian Air expands flight plans
STORY SUMMARY | READ THE FULL STORYThe first of four new Hawaiian Airlines aircraft flew its inaugural flight yesterday from Honolulu to Maui following a blessing ceremony marking the carrier's fleet expansion.
The company plans to add the other three Boeing 717-200 jets by January.
The additions come as carriers nationwide have trimmed flights and raised fares to combat rising fuel prices. Mark Dunkerley, Hawaiian's president and chief executive, said the company could pay up to $200 million more this year for fuel than last year.
After the shutdown of Aloha Airlines in April, the airline expanded its flight schedule and started flying its spare long-range Boeing 767-300 between Honolulu and Maui.
"People would generally prefer not to fly as early as our earliest flight or as late as our latest flight, and in order to do that, we needed to bring some additional aircraft in," Dunkerley said.
From Honolulu, 39 round trips will be added to Lihue, 27 to Kahului, 25 to Kona and 18 to Hilo. Flights will be added primarily at high-demand times of the day, which include the morning and afternoons for commuter passengers.
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POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 03, 2008
Hawaiian Airlines said yesterday it will add 109 interisland round-trip flights a week by the end of the year as it brings in four new Boeing 717-200 jets to increase operating efficiency and improve its flight schedule.
Expanding its wingsHawaiian Airlines' weekly increases for flights and seats with its planned fleet expansion:
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"When Aloha collapsed in early April, Hawaiian Airlines basically did a couple of things to try to meet the demands of people who wanted to travel," said Mark Dunkerley, Hawaiian's president and chief executive. "We increased the length of the flying day - we started some flights leaving earlier in the morning and finishing later in the evening than we did before."
Dunkerley said this was a measure to provide seats in the short term but that the new aircraft will allow more people to fly in higher-demand hours later in the morning or earlier in the evening.
The additions come as carriers nationwide have trimmed flights and raised fares to combat rising fuel prices. Hawaiian said in July it posted a second-quarter profit of $1.8 million, or 4 cents a share, excluding a one-time $52.5 million gain from a settlement with Mesa Air Group, which operates interisland carrier go!. Hawaiian's mainland fuel surcharge is $120 each way.
"Fuel has gone from being sort of exorbitantly high to being outrageously high," Dunkerley said. "We are still having to recoup much higher costs in fuel."
Hawaiian could pay as much as $200 million more this year for fuel than last year, he said.
From Honolulu, 39 round trips will be added to Lihue, 27 to Kahului, 25 to Kona and 18 to Hilo. Flights will be added primarily at high-demand times of the day, which include the morning and afternoons for commuter passengers. Prices have reached $134 for a one-way interisland ticket, with lows at $69.
The new jets also will allow Hawaiian to replace a wide-body Boeing 767-300 in November. The plane is typically used as a spare aircraft, and has flown between Honolulu and Maui since the shutdown of Aloha.
"I don't think that there is anywhere else in the world where a 767 is operated on a flight time of less than an hour," Dunkerley said. "We are really doing it to try and take care of the local community. What we are doing now is to put in airplanes that are much more suitable."
The Boeing 717 aircraft were acquired on long-term leases from Boeing Capital Corp. and seat from 118 to 123 passengers, with eight seats in first class. When the additions were first announced in June, two of the aircraft were scheduled to enter service in September, with the other two starting in November and December.
Hawaiian Airlines said yesterday it will add 109 interisland round-trip flights a week by the end of the year as it brings in four new Boeing 717-200 jets to increase operating efficiency and improve its flight schedule.
Expanding its wingsHawaiian Airlines' weekly increases for flights and seats with its planned fleet expansion:
|
"When Aloha collapsed in early April, Hawaiian Airlines basically did a couple of things to try to meet the demands of people who wanted to travel," said Mark Dunkerley, Hawaiian's president and chief executive. "We increased the length of the flying day - we started some flights leaving earlier in the morning and finishing later in the evening than we did before."
Dunkerley said this was a measure to provide seats in the short term but that the new aircraft will allow more people to fly in higher-demand hours later in the morning or earlier in the evening.
The additions come as carriers nationwide have trimmed flights and raised fares to combat rising fuel prices. Hawaiian said in July it posted a second-quarter profit of $1.8 million, or 4 cents a share, excluding a one-time $52.5 million gain from a settlement with Mesa Air Group, which operates interisland carrier go!. Hawaiian's mainland fuel surcharge is $120 each way.
"Fuel has gone from being sort of exorbitantly high to being outrageously high," Dunkerley said. "We are still having to recoup much higher costs in fuel."
Hawaiian could pay as much as $200 million more this year for fuel than last year, he said.
From Honolulu, 39 round trips will be added to Lihue, 27 to Kahului, 25 to Kona and 18 to Hilo. Flights will be added primarily at high-demand times of the day, which include the morning and afternoons for commuter passengers. Prices have reached $134 for a one-way interisland ticket, with lows at $69.
The new jets also will allow Hawaiian to replace a wide-body Boeing 767-300 in November. The plane is typically used as a spare aircraft, and has flown between Honolulu and Maui since the shutdown of Aloha.
"I don't think that there is anywhere else in the world where a 767 is operated on a flight time of less than an hour," Dunkerley said. "We are really doing it to try and take care of the local community. What we are doing now is to put in airplanes that are much more suitable."
The Boeing 717 aircraft were acquired on long-term leases from Boeing Capital Corp. and seat from 118 to 123 passengers, with eight seats in first class. When the additions were first announced in June, two of the aircraft were scheduled to enter service in September, with the other two starting in November and December.
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