Hawaiian Announces Boston

Boston is getting another long-haul route... and it's not Primera Air... and it's a domestic flight. Hawaiian Airlines has announced that they will begin flights to Boston from Honolulu, starting April 4, 2019 and flying 5 times weekly, all days except Tuesdays and Wednesdays, on an Airbus A330-200 with 276 seats. The route is scheduled to depart Honolulu 13:45 (local time) and arrive in Boston at 06:00 +1 day (local time). The return flight will depart Boston at 08:55 (local time) and will arrive in Honolulu at 14:35 (local time). The flight into Boston will last 10 hours 15 minutes, while the flight from Boston will last 11 hours 40 minutes. Hawaiian Airlines states that more than 500 people travel from Boston Logan to Hawaii every day, so clearly there is demand for the flight. Additionally, Hawaiian codeshares with JetBlue Airways which could provide connection opportunities. In honor of the announcement, Hawaiian is selling $617 (not a coincidence that it is the area code for Boston) tickets in economy class and $1776 (also not a coincidence, this is the year of US independence) for first-class tickets, for the month of April (barring certain more expensive dates). This flight will overtake the Honolulu to New York JFK flight to become the longest US domestic flight at 5,095 miles, longer than every flight from Boston to Europe. This is huge news for Boston because it was a large market that didn't have service. I am excited to see how this flight does and to see Hawaiian Airlines' gorgeous livery in Boston.

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