Interesting info, thanks.
The -700 interisland would make more sense. Might be fun for you WN guys to have a mini base in HNL!
I’ve always wondered why AS doesn’t do any interisland legs. They have the gates and certainly enough aircraft scattered around the islands. They will probably feel the effects of WN entering the market the most, as they have the greatest number of west coast to Hawaii flights currently.
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WHACKMASTER
Just a few points of reference from the Company’s mouth:
- 20-30 aircraft dedicated to the HI operation “eventually”
- DEN-HI with the 7MAX as that will have the range. They’re actually pretty excited about that jet because of its range as it will allow SWA to open up new routes such as the one I just mentioned and also Florida to deep(er) S. America.
There was never any mention made of it but I can see the possibility of them ferrying a few 143 seat -700s over Part 91 to do the inter-island. I’m not assuming per se that inter-island will be done via the -800s or MAX 8s.
Either way I wish us ALL success.