Originally Posted by
lolwut
A regular A321 with the big motors and aux tanks can do Hawaii to the west coast no problem as long as the airports aren't performance limited (like PHX). They do coast to coast trans-cons all day without problems and those are just as long of flights.
So I'd think a neo with the sharklets should be a pretty safe bet.
They is not really true. Even the a320 is transcontinental limited in the winter. JetBlue has been in the news many times for all their fuel stops. The HNL flights have the additional problem of having to carry decompression and single engine fuel. We came from JFk to SFO the other day with stiff headwinds and had to listen to VA crying about their fuel state and a possible divert for almost the whole flight in the319.