Hawaiian reinstates flights to Boston, New York

Hawaiian Airlines will reinstate its flights to the northeast USA as the weather there turns cold and potential customers who have refrained from travelling due to the coronavirus may be thinking of a winter getaway. Hawaiian says on Wednesday that its non-stop long-haul flights between Honolulu, the capital of the island archipelago 4,500 km off the southwest coast of the mainland, and east coast cities Boston and New York will resume in December. They are among the longest domestic routes in the world. The airline will fly twice a week between Honolulu and Boston, and thrice every week between Honolulu and New York’s John F Kennedy International airport. The carrier also says it is bringing back its flights between Honolulu to Long Beach, California, as well as various routes between the islands of Kauai and Maui and several other cities in California. The Long Beach, New York and Boston flights had been suspended in March at the advent of the global pandemic. By bringing back these key routes, the airline hopes to profit from pent-up demand for a vacation after people in many parts of the country endured months-long lockdowns and shelter-in-place orders designed to stop the spread of the virus earlier this year. Industry analysts and airlines believe that the leisure travel market to prime warm-weather vacation spots like Hawaii, will be the first to recover as the air transport industry regains its footing following the global health crisis. <br/>