Originally Posted by
iahphx
But a car's not going to help you get around the Hawaiian islands. And you can't even take a boat. HA's cheapest ow fare between HNL and OGG next month is $86 -- and most flights are more expensive than that. It's 99 miles between those airports, and $86 works out to 87 cents a mile. .
It's 99 miles! That is why it is so expensive - these are jets, think of the cost it takes just to get the plane off the ground in jet fuel - the cheap flying is at cruising altitude which this route does not enjoy.