Less Seats Equaling Higher Airfare Prices to Hawaii

The USA Today has an interesting article out about how the prices for airfare to Hawaii are going up with there being less seats to sell. Some interesting numbers from the article are that from June to August, airlines have scheduled 14% fewer seats than last year between the mainland USA and Hawaii. Add this [...]

Two Hawaii Beaches make top ten list

Professor Stephen P. Leatherman, commonly known as Dr. Beach, just came out with his top 10 beaches in the US and Hawaii beaches Hanalei Beach, Hawaii and Hamoa Beach, Hawaii were both in the top ten. Here is the complete ranking breakdown of the top beaches by according to Dr. Beach: 1. Caladesi Island, Fla. [...]

Alaska Airlines to add isle flights

With thousands of seats to Hawaii lost due to ATA and Aloha Airlines going out of business it’s good to see an airlines increase their flights to Hawaii. Alaska airlines is announcing that on November 17th it will begin daily Hawaii travel flights from Seattle to Kona and flights from Anchorage, Alaska to Kahului will [...]

Hawaii tourism bureau disputes new AAA survey

According to a new AAA survey, Hawaii is the most expensive state to vacation in with it costing 2 adults an average of $793 a day for lodging and food. Hawaii State tourism officials have now come out and say that the figure given by AAA was to high for Hawaii travel arguing the more [...]

How to plan a perfect Hawaiian vacation package

Being a travel agent most of my life, a lot of times I get asked how to plan perfect Hawaii vacation packages for their family. No matter who I’m talking to I always give them the same answer of coming up with a plan and sticking with it. The most important thing for your Hawaii [...]

Honolulu International Airport getting air conditioner upgrade

Hawaii’s governor Linda Lingle announced that the Honolulu International airport was going to get a $19.57 million upgrade to its air conditioning systems. I will say this, with my last trip to Kona and sitting out in the sun waiting for my flight, it makes me realize how much I really miss air conditioning at [...]

Good News and Bad News for Hawaiian Air

Yesterday Hawaiian Airlines reported that it lost $19.9 million in the first quarter which made it’s stock go down but all was not lost for them yesterday. The good news for Hawaiian airlines was that it was announced that Mesa Air Group will have to pay Hawaiian $52.5 million in a legal settlement. Also Hawaiian’s [...]

Hawaiian Air to raise interisland ticket rates

Last year with the operation of Go, Aloha and Hawaiian Airlines all servicing flights to the interislands customers were seeing prices of $39 for a one way ticket. Now with Aloha Airlines no longer in business it was expected to see an increase in rates from Hawaiian and they just recently increased their fares by [...]