Hot tea service




Bottled waters were passed out after lunch


Duty free service was quickly followed and before the lights were turned off and when my neighbor went to use the bathroom, I took this shot of the seat in reclined position. As you could tell, the recline was not great (maybe better than a domestic first class seat on 757s, but for an international flight, that was bad. I know JAL uses some really old Boeing 767s on this flight, but with the new SkySuites soon, Hawaiian Airlines really need to think about a sub-fleet of Airbus A330-200s with at least 50 inches of legroom with more recline. They are flying towards Taipei, Auckland, and soon Beijing, so these borderline domestic seats are pretty bad. For US, this seat is pretty good, but for Asia, this is not good, unless they really cut their prices steeply.





The business class bathroom also decided to break after lunch and they could not flush. I used the bathroom shortly after takeoff and there were indeed more lotions and cosmetic items available, but I never got to take pictures of them. We had to use the bathroom right behind the mini economy class cabin. Thankfully it was not full today.

I forgot to mention about Hawaian Airlines’ personal entertainment program, which was surprisingly excellent. First/Business class had complimentary access to all movies and televisions, and there was a large selection of classic and new movies and television programs, and I watched lots of sitcoms, as I chose to stay up during this whole flight. Thank to Hawaiian service to Australia and I got to watch some funny episodes of “Kath and Kim,” as well as this following BBC comedy.


Just so appropriate, and I also watched “Hot in Cleveland” as well as “Two and Half Men”. There were plenty of televisions to watch for this eight hours flight.

During the flight, the F/As came by with the snack basket twice. Yes it was a bit obsessive but I marked the time – 6:19pm and 8:27pm, and the basket was available in the front galley during the whole flight between meals. The Japanese speaking F/A took her rest first, and when she came back for the last half of the flight, she made frequent beverage refills and I was very impressed with the high quality service, especially compared with the previous domestic flight. However I wonder if other F/As were as good as this particular one.

Almost forgot – here is today’s selection:


Hawaiian Original Flavored Potato chips


Shortbread Macadamia Nut Cookie – I like this cookie


About two hours prior to landing, afternoon tea service began with hot towels, and then a trolley featuring tea, coffee, some savories, which was a vegetarian samosa and a mini quiche. The sweets include a red velvet cake, lemon jam tart, and chocolate toffee sesame seed crunch. The afternoon tea service is a good concept, but it is too small. Given it is dinnertime in Hawaii I think a heartier meal should be offered. Some sandwiches should also be offered, as well as scones. There need to be more substances.

Prior to landing
High Tea – Hawaiian Style
A selection of savories and sweets inspired by the Islands