2 Airlines Expand Hawaii Service From West Coast

Hawaiian and Aloha airlines are expanding service from Southern California to Hawaii after the collapse last month of their proposed merger.

Hawaiian on June 7 will begin daily nonstop service to Honolulu from Ontario and (and also Sacramento) using 767-300 ER aircraft that can carry 252 passengers. In February it announced plans to resume daily nonstop LAX-Maui flights on June 15 (flights were suspended after Sept. 11) and add a fourth daily flight between LAX and Honolulu for the summer.

Aloha on June 1 will begin daily nonstop service between Burbank and Honolulu using new 737-700 aircraft with 124 seats. It already flies to Honolulu and Maui from Orange County’s John Wayne Airport. Although known mainly for inter-island service, the carrier has been flying long-haul transpacific routes since February 2000.