Hawaiian Airlines looking to fly to East Coast, Japan
By Associated Press
Monday, May 24th, 2004 5:28 AM HST
(Honolulu-AP) -- Hawaiian Airlines trustee Joshua Gotbaum says the carrier has experienced a remarkable recovery since the September 11th terrorist attacks and is now looking to expand service to farther and more profitable locales.
Hawaiian began service to Sydney, Australia last week and is eyeing routes to the East Coast as well as Asia.
Hawaiian is also eyeing Japan, a major route that's been owned by airline giants Japan, Northwest and United airlines. About one-point-three (m) million Japanese visited Hawaii last year.
Gotbaum says Hawaiian's 14 Boeing 767 planes are each in flight about ten hours per day on roundtrip flights to the West Coast. However, other carriers not isolated in the Pacific are getting about 14 hours a day of flying with similar planes.
Gotbaum says Hawaiian could offer better service to and from Japan at more competitive rates.
