Continental Airlines to launch New Services to Hawaii

Continental Airlines is to launch flights between Orange County and Maui on 7 March 2010. The airline will also increase to daily its services between Orange County and Honolulu.

“We continue to see solid demand for travel to Hawaii,” said Jim Compton, Continental’s executive vice president of marketing. “We are operating the new flights with the right-sized aircraft for the market and are confident this new service will be a success.”

The new Orange County-Maui flight will operate four times weekly, departing John Wayne Airport (SNA) at 5:20 p.m. and arriving at Maui’s Kahului Airport (OGG) at 8:05 p.m. The return flight will depart Maui at 11:10 p.m. and arrive at Orange County at 7:45 a.m. the next day, except on Saturdays when it will depart 40 minutes later. Continental will utilize a Boeing 737-700 on the new route with 124 seats, and plans to increase the service to daily during the summer.

Continental will also increase from four times weekly to daily its service between John Wayne Airport and the Honolulu International Airport (HNL). The new flight will depart Orange County daily at 9 a.m. and arrive at Honolulu at 11:45 a.m., returning from Honolulu at 1 p.m. and arriving at 9:35 p.m. Continental will operate the new route with a 124-seat Boeing 737-700.

The new Orange County-Hawaii flights complement Continental’s previously announced service between Los Angeles and Maui and a second daily flight between Los Angeles and Honolulu, beginning 7 March 2010.

Continental operates daily flights to Hawaii from Los Angeles, New York, Houston and Guam, and three-times-weekly flights between Hawaii and the Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia. Beginning 18 December 2009, Continental will also operate twice-weekly service between Honolulu and Nadi, Fiji and between Guam and Nadi, Fiji.

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