Southwest Airlines has announced that they would like to offer service to Hawaii sometime in the near future. While airline officials have not provided an exact timetable for when this would occur, Chief Executive Officer Gary Kelly had stated previously that this could happen as early as 2014. However, travel experts do not believe that flight costs for Hawaii travels will go down very much based upon the size of planes that Southwest uses. Peter Forman, a Hawaii aviation historian, commented, “With the aircraft they’ll be using, they can be competitive in smaller markets, but in markets like Los Angeles and San Francisco, you’ll continue to see the wide bodies dominate those markets. They’re not going to be bumping anybody out of the big markets and setting fares on fire with that airplane. They’re a strong competitor, so they definitely would add seats to the market and you would see city combinations that you don’t see today.”
Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser, 9-22-2012, www.staradvertiser.com
Posted by Jeff Uyemura-Reyes, Broker-in-Charge, Realtor®
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Posted by Jeff Uyemura-Reyes, Broker-in-Charge, Realtor®
Global Executive Realty, LLC
www.myhawaiihomesearch.com
www.myhawaiicondo.com
www.myhawaiidreamhome.com
