Hawaiian Airlines to Launch Daily Flights to New York

Hawaii’s flag carrier, Hawaiian Airlines, will be launching daily nonstop flights between Honolulu and New York city’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, starting 4 June 2012.

 Flight HA 50 (Hawaiian 5-0) - will depart Honolulu daily at 15:05 and arrive in New York City at 06:55 the following morning.

Passengers from Australia will be able to connect in Honolulu, with Hawaiian’s daily flight HA 452 from Sydney scheduled to arrive at 10.55, enabling travellers to clear US Customs then continue on the afternoon service to New York.

The return service, Hawaiian flight HA 51, will depart JFK daily at 10:00 and arrive at Honolulu International Airport at 15:00, enabling passengers to holiday in tropical Hawaii before continuing to Australia.

“New York is an important part of our growth strategy. Hawaiian is the leading airline in Hawaii’s largest tourism market, the U.S. West Coast, and we are expanding in Hawaii’s third largest market, Asia,” said Mark Dunkerley, Hawaiian’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “Adding service to the largest market in the Eastern U.S., Hawaii’s second largest tourism market, was a logical step.”

Hawaiian will operate Honolulu - New York flights with new Airbus A330-200 aircraft, seating 294 passengers - 18 in First Class and 276 in Economy Class.

The wide-body, twin-aisle A330s offer the comforts of a spacious interior, new generation seats with increased legroom, and a state-of-the-art, on-demand entertainment system in every seatback, providing a wide variety of movies and other programs, audio channels and video games. Each system also offers a USB port allowing system connectivity for personal media players, with First Class customers enjoying larger in-seat LCD screens and iPOD compatibility. 

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