Posts Tagged ‘Airfare’

In the near future there may be non-stop flights available from England to Hawaii., this according to the United Kingdoms third largest airline – Thomson Airways. They are considering flying a Boeing 787 Dreamliner direct from England to Honolulu. This could really help our tourism industry with European countries.

In a recent survey done by Thomson Airways, Hawaii was picked as the favorite “long haul” destination by over 75% of the participants. The main obstacle holding many Europeans back is the flight time and stops that need to be made. Thomson wants to offer a non-stop flight in the new Dreamliner because the plane is considered revolutionary in that it reduces the symptoms of jet lag associated with long flights with a lighting system that re-creates the sunrise and sunset of its final destination. It also provides higher humidity levels in the cabin that will leave passengers less dehydrated.

Visitors to our islands from the UK have been down in recent years, partially due to this fact. This could really ignite more income from Europe to Hawaii. Thomson plans on putting the flight into service in January 2012. Hopefully this will bring more UK visitors out way.

Wow, we just got wind of this (thanks Hawaii Magazine). Alaska Airlines is offering flights from several mainland locations during the “Hawaii Now” airfare promotion on one-way tickets from the mainland to Hawaii!!! Now thats some cheap airfare.

You have to book your tickets by Aug. 15, 2010 and travell between Aug. 23 and Nov. 10, 2010. However, even though there are limited seats available during this deal, the deal is good from 37 cities on the mainland including Portland, San Jose, Seattle, San Diego, and can get you into Honolulu on Oahu, Kona on the Big Island, Kahalui on Maui and Lihue on Kauai.

Now the prices we saw were from $149 to $229 with Portland to Honolulu and Portland to Maui being the cheapest flights. Even for $229 each way (Boise to Maui) that’s pretty cheap! You can check out full fares and details at Alaska Airlines Site.

I never thought I’d see the day where interisland travel was affordable again.  Hawaiian Airlines, Go! Airlines, and newest airline Mokulele are offering web only fares starting at $27 (Mokulele is offering $28) one way fares between Honolulu, Kona, Kahului, and Lihue.

To get this fare you must book your travel from now to February 28 and travel between February 1st thru 28th.  Fare rates are based on availability and some restrictions may apply, so check the airlines details via their websites… Hawaiian airlines: www.hawaiianair.com , Go! Airlines: www.iflygo.com , and Mokulele Airlines: www.mokuleleairlines.com.

When Go! Airlines came in they were offering cheap flights all the time. $29 and $39 fares to all the Hawaiian islands. It was finally cheap to get out of town for a weekend and explore.

But with rising gas prices and lawsuits all the Hawaii based airlines began to raise their prices. Soon we were back paying over $150 to take the 20 minute flight from Honolulu to Maui. Prices have even been observed over $200 depending on when you fly.

However, we may finally be seeing prices come back to the price wars that showed Hawaii $2 ticket prices. The price for a gallon of gas is coming down, consumer prices are dropping everywhere and Go! Airlines is finally giving us one-way tickets at less than $30 again.

That’s right, you can get a ticket from Honolulu to Maui, Honolulu to Kauai, or Honolulu to The Big Island for $27. Of course you have to fly at select times, and the prices are only valid for Tags: Air Travel, Airfare, go! Airlines, Plane Tickets
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