Someone mentioned that on AirlineForums (the former USAviation) and said:
From 08SEP10-28NOV10, the flight is loaded as X123. It is then suspended for the lull in between Thanksgiving and X-mas and returns to daily service on 16DEC10.
I haven't actually looked at the website, but based on the above it goes to 4-day a week on Sept 8 and is dropped completely from the end of Nov till 16 Dec. Not exactly the "daily, year-around service" advertised when it started...
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Originally Posted by MAH4546
September 6th is the last day of operation for CLT-HNL.
Unfortunately, the loading wasn't good enough at all. So it will be no longer service goes on effective Sept 6, 2010. So It will have to freeing up the 767 aircraft to fly somewhere else. I know the availability is being zero's out. It was so terrible for flying longest distance nonstop from CLT-HNL. Because some of those others passengers who took on this flight from CLT-PHX-HNL on operating 757 aircraft. They are preferable to flying one-stop through PHX then ongoing to Hawaii flight. I am wondered to know why for passengers who dislike to flying long haul flight out of CLT-HNL. I know the reasonable price are getting too expensive. It wasn't getting find a cheaper price is least $300 R/T.
Well here you have it from the company newsletter.
Q. I heard we’re suspending our CLT-Honolulu (HNL) service at the end of the summer. It seems like we barely gave this flight, which started in December, a chance. Why are we doing this?
A. Daily nonstop service between CLT and HNL, which began Dec. 17, 2009, will be suspended Sept. 8, 2010. The flight, which complements service between PHX and four destinations in Hawaii — HNL, Maui (OGG), Kauai (LIH) and Kona on the Big Island (KOA), is not forecast to generate the revenue we need to continue operating it and will be removed from computer reservations systems (CRS) this weekend.
Managing Director, Network Planning, Mike Britman explained, “Despite our efforts to make this flight a success, our forecasts show that we’re simply not going to generate the revenue we need to continue operating the flight, so we’re moving quickly
to suspend it and focus on more profitable flying. We expect the flight to do well during the busy summer travel season, but we no longer believe it is financially sustainable on a year-round basis.
Mike added, “The cost of fuel heavily impacts this flight. Our expenses are higher than forecast mainly due to the rise in the cost of fuel since we announced the route last summer Because CLT-HNL is a long-haul flight, fuel represents a much larger percentage of expenses than on other flights. The flight requires approximately 10 million gallons of fuel per year. Each increase of just 10 cents to the cost of a gallon of fuel adds about $1 million in expenses for us for this route. CLT-HNL is also a leisure route, which makes it more difficult for us to pass on the costs of fuel to customers, who simply choose a lower fare on another airline or opt to travel to a different destination.”
Who ya gonna call?
US Airways’ planning group will evaluate how the CLT- HNL flight performs this summer and determine whether we should bring it back as seasonal summer service next year based on aircraft availability. While next summer is open for re-evaluation, our customers can still travel to Hawaii through our hub in PHX. These flights perform very well. In fact, in September we’ll build on the strength of these flights and maintain twice-daily service to HNL and OGG instead of reducing to one flight per day to each destination like we normally do for the fall season.
