Hawaiian Airlines trying new ways to save on fuel

Hawaiian Airlines is looking to cut back on its soaring fuel costs by putting its wide-body jets on a weight-loss program by cutting the weight on each of its Boeing 767-300 jets by 3,000 pounds, replacing its passenger seats with lighter seats and by using smaller in-flight service carts. A 767-300s, when filled with passengers, [...]

Two Airlines to add more seats to Hawaii

When ATA and Aloha went out of business, there was a huge loss for people wanting to travel to Hawaii because it took away a large percentage of the available seats which in result maybe made prices go up. With this happening other airlines like Alaska Airlines are beginning to add more routes to Hawaii. [...]

Hawaii Hotel Vacancy Climbs

In the month of July, Hawaii travel saw a drop of 6.5% in hotel occupancy from numbers last year of 80.7% to 74.2% this year. The reasoning for this drop is due to the fact that less people are traveling to Hawaii because of rising prices in airline seats due to high gas prices. Hawaii [...]

Another $12 million to be spent to market Hawaii

The Hawai’i Tourism Authority and its industry partners agreed to spend an additional $12 million on marketing to help out with the slumping numbers for Hawaii vacations. This fund will be added onto the other $54 million set aside for marketing and make up more than half of the entire budget of the Hawaii Tourism [...]