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| Above, a Hawaiian Airlines jet at Honolulu Airport. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Two years ago, we flew to Hawaii aboard Hawaiian Airlines.
We actually flew with the airline four times. First, from L.A. to Honolulu. Second, from Honolulu to Kona. Third, Kona to Maui. Fourth, Maui to L.A. Every flight went off without a hitch.
However, this cannot be said over a major problem people are currently having with Hawaiian Airlines: cancelled and deferred flights.
According to Travel + Leisure:
On Friday, Hawaiian Airlines either canceled or deferred a number of flights between California and Hawaii — and disrupted travel plans for hundreds of travelers.
According to the airline, the schedule “adjustments” are due to delays in shipments of their new Airbus A321neos.
“We regret being unable to provide the full scope of services we had hoped to offer out of the Bay Area,” Hawaiian’s vice president for revenue management and network planning, Brent Overbeek, said in a statement.
The flights affected include a seasonal summer service between San Francisco and Honolulu, and a new flight between Oakland and Kona. Flights between Oakland and Lihu’e are being deferred from April to mid-June.
These flight cancellations and deferred flights are causing problems for travelers who have already paid for their vacations (activities, hotels, ground travel). I can just picture hundreds of affected travelers banding together in a class-action lawsuit against Hawaiian Airlines and/or Airbus Industries.
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