Originally Posted by
2StgTurbine
I don’t believe it. Are you telling me, HAL inter island is based on 35 minute turn?! Let’s say the state needs flights from 7am to 7pm. Assuming an average stage length of 120 miles, that means block time are about 35 minutes. That means a 717 doing 35 minute turns could do 10.2 flights per day. Is that the current rate HAL is/was operating flights? In my experience, a 717 turns just as fast as a 737.i
No, a lot of the parings are actually built with 30 minute turn times in them. Contractually they can be built as short as 22 minute turn times.
Yes, the planes are doing 10 plus flights per day. The pilots are sometimes doing 8 flights a day.
There are 18 flights tomorrow between HNL-OGG, which is on the low end of normal.