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Hawaiian Airlines
is planning to launch flights between Honolulu and Manila in the Philippines in
March 2008. The flights are subject to U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) approval.
Mark
Dunkerley, Hawaiian’s president and CEO, said, “We see tremendous opportunity to increase travel on
this route in light of the deep historical and cultural ties Hawaii has to the Philippines, Manila’s
large population of over 10 million people, its growing international business sector and
substantial middle class with the inclination and means to travel.”
Hawaiian plans to start service with four or more flights per week, which will more than
double current capacity on the nonstop route and enable significant growth in traffic. Hawaiian’s
research shows that approximately 170,000 people traveled between Manila and Hawaii
during the past year.
Hawaiian will operate the new route using its wide-body, twin-aisle Boeing 767-300ER
aircraft that seat up to 264 passengers. Earlier this year, Hawaiian added four
Boeing 767 aircraft to its
transpacific fleet.
“Hawaiian has grown in 2007 faster than any other airline in the U.S.
We serve more mainland destinations on a nonstop basis than any other airline, and we’re thrilled
to be expanding our international operations into Asia with new nonstop service to
Manila,” Dunkerley
added.
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