Originally Posted by
fuzzball
Excellent point. HAL fares to Hilo can get steep during Merrie Monarch.
So, same dates for
SWA Tulsa-Lubbock: $635.36
HAL HNL-Hilo: 209.94
Unless there's an international festival in Lubbock this week I didn't hear about!
Omaha-Kansas City? $779.36
Guys, you're missing the point. There's this myth that HAL overcharges on interisland fares, when all the evidence says this isn't true.
Someone will find a $49 fare from somewhere to somewhere, and that's great. I'm just trying to be Joe Q. Public here and pretend I need to get somewhere on Monday morning.
So long as SWA keeps doing what it's doing with the fare structure, there's room for everyone.
I’m with you Fuzz. The prices are fair and perhaps even generous at times considering zero competition.
The fact remains that those people can’t drive unlike those on the mainland, so they are likely more price sensitive. Part of the limitation of living in sparsely populated islands where the best services (doctors) are found on Oahu. Price of paradise, but HAL becomes an easy scapegoat.
Otherwise HAL kicks SWA okole in the pricing of parabolic flying routes. Despite what the media portrays...