Delta Airlines Restores Service to Hawaii in October

That is the message fromHawaii tourism officials concerned over misinformation in some media that the number of air seats between the U.S. Mainland andHawaii has dropped in excess of 25 percent since the two carriers ceased operations in April.

"That simply is not the case," said John Monahan, president and CEO of the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau (HVCB) (http://www.gohawaii.com/). "There were ample seats on flights from the U.S. Mainland toHawaii during summer and the same is true going forward into the fall."

Airline schedule data provided by Sabre Airport Consulting Services, a leading airline industry research firm, shows that transpacific capacity dropped about 15 percent following the closure of the two airlines and has remained stable in the five months since.

"That number carries even less impact because when those carriers were flying, there was an oversupply of capacity from the U.S. Mainland," says Monahan. "Getting to and fromHawaii is not an issue."

In fact, even more seats toHawaii will be available October 1 when Delta Airlines resumes several flights to the Hawaiian Islands that had been cancelled earlier in the year. The flights fromLos Angeles toKauai and Hawaii's Big Island, and fromAtlanta toHonolulu, contributed to an 8 percent year-over-year increase in Delta'sHawaii schedules and are being reinstated because of increased demand.

HVCB also reports that Hawaiian Airlines (http://www.hawaiianair.com), go! Airlines (http://www.iflygo.com/), and Island Air (http://www.islandair.com/) have added service and aircraft to replace the interisland seats lost as a result of Aloha's closure. Travel around the islands will become even more convenient in the next few months as Hawaiian Airlines adds 36 percent more seats to its fleet with the purchase of four more 123-passenger Boeing 717 aircraft. The aircraft will be introduced into service at the rate of one a month beginning October 1.

For information aboutHawaii, the Islands of Aloha, visit http://www.GoHawaii.com.

ForHawaii images, please visit the HVCB Knowledge Bank at http://www.HVCB.org.

SOURCE Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau

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