Thursday, November 17, 2011

Hawaiian Airlines Launches Daily Direct Flights New York to Honolulu~Introductory Rates As Low As $212 Each Way

Hawaiian Launches Nonstop Daily New York To Honolulu
Hawaiian Airlines will operate the its newest and largest aircraft, the Airbus A330-200, seating 294 passengers, 
on its new Honolulu to New York daily nonstop service.
By Sonia Isotov
Article From:Mauinow.com
Hawaiian Airlines announced today that it will launch a daily nonstop service between New York City’s John F. 
Kennedy International Airport and Honolulu starting June 4, 2012, and is promoting the new service with 
introductory fares.
Starting June 5, 2012, Hawaiian Flight 51 will depart JFK daily at 10:00 a.m. and arrive at Honolulu International 
Airport at 3:00 p.m.
The new route will be inaugurated from Honolulu the day before on June 4, with the departure of Flight 50, 
familiarly known as “Hawaiian 5-0″. Flight 50 will depart Honolulu daily at 3:05 p.m. and arrive in New York 
City at 6:55 a.m. the following morning.
Hawaiian’s new flights from New York will add more than 107,000 new air seats annually to Hawaii’s tourism 
industry from the Eastern US, the state’s second-largest geographic source market for visitors.
“New York is an important part of our growth strategy. Hawaiian is the leading airline in Hawaii’s largest 
tourism market, the US West Coast, and we are expanding in Hawaii’s third largest market, Asia. Adding 
service to the largest market in the Eastern US, Hawaii’s second largest tourism market, was a logical step,” 
said Mark Dunkerley, Hawaiian’s president and chief executive officer, in a written statement.
“Hawaiian’s new service will generate an estimated $156 million in direct visitor spending and $17 million in 
state tax revenue annually for our tourism economy and will provide much desired direct air service to New 
York City making it more convenient and accessible for travelers from the East Coast. This flight is of strategic 
importance to promoting the Hawaiian Islands brand to our second largest market, and we look forward to 
welcoming our guests,” added McCartney.
Hawaiian will operate its New York-Honolulu route using its growing fleet of new Airbus A330-200 aircraft 
that seat 294 passengers, with 18 seats in First Class and the remainder in Economy Class.
In celebration of its new service, Hawaiian is offering special introductory fares of $212 each way in Economy 
Class and $808 each way in First Class (212 and 808 being the area codes of New York City and Honolulu, 
respectively). The introductory fares are available for purchase from today through November 20, 2011 and 
are valid for travel between June 4 and June 30, 2012.