Hawaiian Airlines to Launch Direct Honolulu - Brisbane Flights

Hawaiian Airlines is to launch nonstop flights between Brisbane and Honolulu, Hawaii, three times weekly from 28 November 2012.

The new flights will connect in Honolulu with same-carrier, same-day services to the neighbor islands of Maui, Kauai and Hawaii Island.

As well as serving the Brisbane/South East Queensland market, the new flights will add new options for passengers travelling from elsewhere in Queensland, and from interstate destinations including northern New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania

“Australians love Hawaii, and our decision to introduce three flights per week from Brisbane to Honolulu reflects the strength of the Queensland market,” said Hawaiian Airlines President and Chief Executive Officer Mark Dunkerley. “The new flights will build on the success of our existing service between Honolulu and Sydney and strengthen our offerings as the leading airline between Australia and Hawaii.”

Hawaiian’s new Brisbane services will add more than 40,000 seats annually between Australia and Hawaii, and increase the airline’s total seat numbers from Australia by 38%.

Hawaiian Airlines flight HA 444 will depart Brisbane at 18:35 every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, cross the international dateline and arrive in Honolulu at 07:50 the same day, a journey time of approximately nine hours 15 minutes.

The return service, flight HA 443, will depart Honolulu at 09:45 every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, cross the international dateline and land in Brisbane at 16:00 the following day, in time for onward connections to destinations throughout Australia.

Hawaiian’s Brisbane flights will be operated with Boeing 767-300ER aircraft, seating 262 passengers in a two class cabin – 18 in Business Class and 244 in Economy Class.

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