On Sept. 5, the day after Labor Day, Southwest Airways will finish its each day nonstop flights between Los Angeles and two Hawaiʻi airports: Ellison Onizuka Kona Worldwide Airport on the Large Island and Līhuʻe Airport on Kaua‘i
Southwest will nonetheless present service between these airports, however it’s going to require at the very least one cease and alter of aircraft in both Honolulu or on the mainland — and the overall variety of flights will likely be reduce.
At the moment, the airline has a median of 45 weekly flights each nonstop and with connections making the trek to Līhuʻe from Los Angeles and 44 flights going from Kona to Los Angeles. There are comparable numbers on the flights from Los Angeles to Līhue and Kona.
“We do this type of factor all around the nation the place we provide extra, nonstop service throughout peak seasons to convey time-saving journeys between locations throughout seasons of demand which are particular for these markets,” Southwest Airways spokesman Brad Hawkins mentioned.
He added that the airline did the identical factor final yr, ending the nonstop flights between the Large Island and Kaua‘i airports and LAX on Sept. 5 and choosing them again up on March 9 of this yr to serve the “spring break to finish of summer season” timeframe.
In keeping with the U.S. Division of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Providers, 297,230 U.S. passengers flew from Kona Worldwide Airport to Los Angeles from April 2022 to March of this yr.
The bureau’s information exhibits that 267,770 U.S. passengers flew from Līhuʻe Airport to Los Angeles Worldwide Airport throughout the identical timeframe. LA is the second hottest U.S. vacation spot for U.S. passengers departing from each airports.
Southwest entered the Hawai‘i market on March 17, 2019, with service between Oakland, Calif., and Honolulu after which expanded to interisland flights by April of that yr. The Dallas-based airline at present provides 90 flights a day that contact the state, together with 60 interisland journeys.
For added details about flights and flight schedules, go to the Southwest Airways web site.
