Originally Posted by
Pseudo Nim
You're kidding, right?
HNL is essentially THE destination for Japanese tourists. Certain travel agencies tend to pull almost 50% of their annual revenue from HNL tours alone. I will bet you anything if JL could own the entire Japan-HNL route network as a monopoly...
How much business class demand is there on HNL-HND? That's where the higher yields come from. There will still be a lot more flights between HNL and NRT than HND. How much more revenue does a HNL-HND flight bring in than a HNL-NRT one?