Hawaiian adds special Brisbane flights
Hawaiian Airlines will operate 18 special flights from Brisbane to Honolulu between March and May next year, in addition to its new scheduled services on the route, departing three times a week from next month.
The flights also will provide connections to Brisbane from a range of U.S. mainland cities including San Francisco, Las Vegas, Seattle, Sacramento and Phoenix.
Hawaiian will commence Brisbane-Honolulu flights from November 28, departing every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday evening. In doing so, the airline will become the only U.S. carrier to serve the Queensland capital.
Of the 18 additional flights, which will add more than 4700 extra seats to the route, nine services will operate in March, five in April and four in May.
Most of the extra flights will operate on Mondays to target the honeymoon market.
The schedule changes also coincide with the delivery of additional Airbus A330 aircraft into the Hawaiian Airlines fleet, releasing existing Boeing 767 aircraft to fly more sectors during this period.
Peter Ingram, chief commercial officer of Hawaiian Airlines, said the decision to launch flights from Brisbane was in response to strong demand for additional flights from Australia, "in particular from the Queensland market".
Ian Jarrett
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