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Old Sep 22, 2018, 6:26 pm
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AA can't fly as many pax back to the mainland as they fly from the mainland to Hawaii
I just read another article worth sharing from View from the Wing.

Gary quotes someone from AA saying:
From my understanding we leave people in Hawaii every day because the Airbus can’t make it back to Phoenix with a full load, is that our plan to take people somewhere where we can’t bring them all back?
American currently takes weight restrictions from Lihue – Los Angeles and on some days Maui – Los Angeles. But the A321neo will have full payload capability out of all Hawaii markets except for Lihue which may take a slight weight restriction.
I don't understand this--is this because of cargo demand from Hawaii to the continental US? I would think there would be more demand in the other direction for cargo.
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