Airline Seats to Hawaii Will Decline
January 6, 2009 | Airline Flight, Airline Service, Airlines Companies, Aviation
Scheduled airline seats to Hawaii between January and March are expected to drop 16.1 percent compared to last year.
The Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism said 2.1 million seats are scheduled on nonstop flights to Hawaii over the three months.
Seats on flights from the U.S. Mainland are expected to decrease 19.7 percent. Seats from the U.S. West will decline 18.6 percent, while seats from the U.S. East will be down 26.2 percent, according to state estimates. Seats from Las Vegas are projected to be down 42.2 percent.
The state also expects fewer seats from California: Oakland down 76.8 percent, Sacramento down 40.9 percent, San Diego down 65.6 percent and Los Angeles down 9.2 percent.
Seats on flights from Seattle and Anchorage, however, are expected to increase, 10.2 percent and 41.8 percent, respectively. And airlines traveling from Sydney will increase seat capacity by 5 percent.
Seats on flights from Japan are projected to be down 10.2 percent. Canada flights are expected to carry 8.1 percent fewer seats.
Air seats to Honolulu and Kahului are projected to be down 14.8 percent and 32.9 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, Lihue and Kona will benefit from 14.8 percent and 6.4 percent increases, respectively.
The DBEDT analysis is based on scheduled flights as noted in the Official Airline Guide flight schedules as of December 2008 and are subject to change.
