~ Some Airlines May Be Ailing In The Post-GFC Environment But Hawaiian Are Bucking The Trend With Extra A330 Flights To Australia ~
While other airlines may be doing it hard at the moment, others can see the light at the end of the tunnel and are offering extra flights to Australia on the new A330 super-jet. While the accent may be on delivering Aussies to Honolulu, those empty seats on the return journey could mean an explosion of interest in Australia as a holiday destination for off-shore Americans, and we really love those guys and their ukeleles!
Hawaiian Airlines is set to introduce brand new, wide-body Airbus A330-200 aircraft on flights from Sydney to Honolulu a month earlier than planned.
The Honolulu-based airline will introduce the 294-seat aircraft – that offer 30 more seats than the Boeing 767-300ER jets that currently fly on the route – on Wednesday April 25.
Hawaiian’s General Manager, Sales and Marketing, Australia, Sherilyn Robinson, said the upgauge in aircraft would mean an additional 11,000 seats per year on the route.
“The Airbus A330 is the new flagship aircraft type for Hawaiian Airlines and we are excited that it will now operate to Sydney,” she said.
“As well as delivering a new standard of in-flight service for our customers, the A330 will deliver more seats to the Sydney-Honolulu route at a time when extra capacity is needed to meet increasing demand for holiday and group travel.”
In a massive upgrade in technology compared to what’s currently on offer, Hawaiian’s new Airbus A330s feature on-demand entertainment in every seat, with LCD touch-screen TVs that are loaded with movies, TV shows and games.
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