Hawaiian Adds Third Daily LA Flight

Hawaiian Airlines, photo by Wendy Osher.

By Sonia Isotov

Starting in June 2012, Hawaiian Airlines will add a third daily flight between Los Angeles and Honolulu on a year-round permanent basis.

“The growth of our long-haul fleet allows us to add this third daily flight on a permanent basis to better accommodate the strong demand for our service in southern California year-round and provide our customers with more schedule options,” said Mark Dunkerley, Hawaiian’s president and chief executive officer, in a written statement.

Hawaiian Airlines expects that the addition of this new year-round service will add more than 70,000 air seats annually between the two cities.

Starting June 7, 2012, Hawaiian’s Flight #3 will depart Los Angeles International Airport daily at 10:30 a.m. and arrive at Honolulu International Airport at 1:10 p.m. The return Flight #4 will depart Honolulu daily at 10:20 p.m. and arrive in Los Angeles the following morning at 6:45 a.m.

The flight’s mid-morning departure from LA offers an alternative to Hawaiian’s earlier departure, yet still allows travelers enough time on arrival to spend the afternoon on Oahu or connecting to a neighbor island.

The schedule’s late evening return from Honolulu allows visitors a full final day in Hawaii before returning home.

Hawaiian currently operates two daily flights between LA and Honolulu. Hawaiian Flight #1 departs LA daily at 8:55 a.m. and arrives in Honolulu at 12:45 p.m., with the return Flight #2 departing Honolulu daily at 3:05 p.m. and arriving in LA at 10:30 p.m.

Hawaiian Flight #9 departs LA daily at 5:05 p.m. and arrives in Honolulu at 9 p.m., with the return Flight #10 departing Honolulu at 8:00 a.m. and arriving in LA at 3:25 p.m.