Monday, January 03, 2005

Timeshare Resales : Hawaii Airline Information pt2

Northwest Airline (tel. 800/225-2525; www.nwa.com) has joined Hawaiian Airlines in direct flights from Portland to Honolulu. Delta (tel. 800/221-1212; www.delta.com) has doubled its flight capacity to Hawaii from both Salt Lake City and Atlanta, two cities where it's the only airline offering direct scheduled service.

Two new airlines have announced plans to provide inter-island air service. Officials of the Phoenix-based Mesa Air (www.mesa-air.com) claim service will begin in the first quarter of 2006, initially using Canadair Regional Jet 200s, which seat 50 passengers. Eventually the new airline will use CRJ 700s and 900s, which seat 70 and 86 passengers. The new airline, which will not use the Mesa name, plans to undercut the fares charged by current inter-island carriers, Aloha and Hawaiian airlines. Service will start with 10 aircraft, with flights from Honolulu to Maui, Kauai, and the Big Island.

The other new airline, FlyHawaii Airlines (tel. 808/599-5588; www.flyhi.com) maintains it's still on target to have its low-cost, inter-island turboprop planes up and running also by the first quarter of 2006. The ATR72 aircrafts, which seats 68, will start with daily flights between Honolulu and Maui, with flights from Honolulu to Kauai, Hilo, and Kona available a few months later. Chris Parsons, FlyHawaii's vice president of administration, says that tickets will cost about $50 one-way (currently Hawaiian and Aloha airlines offer tickets starting at $79 one way).

Good news for budget travelers: United Airlines (tel. 800/225-5825; www.ual.com) and Pleasant Holidays (tel. 800/2-Hawaii or 800/242-9244; www.pleasantholidays.com) announced that they will be partnering in 2006 to provide numerous affordable package deals for travelers to Hawaii.


Larry Hayden

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