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Continental Airlines boosting service to Hawaii
By Star-Bulletin staff
POSTED: 11:51 a.m. HST, Oct 07, 2009
Continental Airlines is expanding flights between Honolulu and California, Hawaii's top visitor market.
"We've been meeting with Continental Airlines as well as other carriers in order to regain seat inventory lost with the closures of Aloha Airlines and ATA," said Mike McCartney, president and chief executive officer of the Hawaii Tourism Authority.
The carrier will add four weekly flights from Honolulu to Orange County in March. Continental will use a Boeing 737-700 on the new route with 124 seats, and plans to increase the service to daily during the summer.
"We are especially pleased that Continental will add a direct Honolulu-Orange County flight, a popular route for travelers to Hawaii," McCartney said.
Continental also announced today that it would use a 160-seat Boeing 737-800 to offer daily service from Maui to Los Angeles and a 173-seat Boeing 737-900 to carry customers on a second-daily flight between Honolulu and Los Angeles. Both new flights will begin in March.
"Hawaii continues to be a popular travel destination for our customers," Jeff Moken, Continental's Honolulu general manager, said in a news release today. "We continue to see good demand for travel between Hawaii and the U.S. mainland and are pleased to offer expanded travel options to the islands."
On Dec. 18, Continental will also operate twice-weekly service between Honolulu and Nadi, Fiji.
Continental Airlines is expanding flights between Honolulu and California, Hawaii's top visitor market.
"We've been meeting with Continental Airlines as well as other carriers in order to regain seat inventory lost with the closures of Aloha Airlines and ATA," said Mike McCartney, president and chief executive officer of the Hawaii Tourism Authority.
The carrier will add four weekly flights from Honolulu to Orange County in March. Continental will use a Boeing 737-700 on the new route with 124 seats, and plans to increase the service to daily during the summer.
"We are especially pleased that Continental will add a direct Honolulu-Orange County flight, a popular route for travelers to Hawaii," McCartney said.
Continental also announced today that it would use a 160-seat Boeing 737-800 to offer daily service from Maui to Los Angeles and a 173-seat Boeing 737-900 to carry customers on a second-daily flight between Honolulu and Los Angeles. Both new flights will begin in March.
"Hawaii continues to be a popular travel destination for our customers," Jeff Moken, Continental's Honolulu general manager, said in a news release today. "We continue to see good demand for travel between Hawaii and the U.S. mainland and are pleased to offer expanded travel options to the islands."
On Dec. 18, Continental will also operate twice-weekly service between Honolulu and Nadi, Fiji.
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