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
7am to 7pm made me chuckle. Pre Covid HA was running them from 5am to 11pm. With the overnight schedules it’s 6am to 10pm. More direct flights to the outerislands from the west coast as well as Japans tourism taking a nosedive has caused a reduction of interisland pax.