Hawaiian Eyes Honolulu - Haneda Service

Hawaiian Airlines has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for approval to introduce nonstop flights between Honolulu and Tokyo’s Haneda International Airport. If approved, the new service would start in late October 2010.

Hawaiian is proposing twice-daily flights on the new Honolulu-Tokyo route starting in late October. Hawaiian’s daily flight schedule is designed to meet the needs of travelers originating from the Tokyo area, with departures following a full day of work and dinner, and mid-day arrivals in time for hotel check-in and a first afternoon in Hawaii.

Both of Hawaiian’s proposed daily flights would depart Haneda shortly before midnight and arrive in Honolulu around noon the same day. The return flights would both depart Honolulu around 18:45 and arrive at Haneda around 22:00 the next day. (Tokyo is 19 hours ahead of Honolulu and the flight crosses the International Dateline.)

Hawaiian plans to serve the Honolulu-Tokyo route with its 264-seat Boeing 767-300ER aircraft, and new 294-seat Airbus A330-200 aircraft, the first three of which will join the fleet in April, May and November of this year.

Located near Tokyo’s population center, Haneda International Airport is far more convenient to Tokyo travelers than Narita International Airport, which is located approximately 40 miles from the city center.

 Previously used only for domestic and regional air service, the airport is building a new runway enabling non-stop flights to the U.S. Hawaiian is seeking two of the four operating rights made available in recent bilateral talks between Japan and the U.S. 

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