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I really don't see US West Coast to Hawaii being the ideal market for this. TPAC is another matter entirely. If I can cut a 12 hour flight down to 3, that's different than cutting a 5 hour flight down to 2.5. There's a lot of overhead associated with just taking off and landing and it becomes a much bigger part of the total as the routes get shorter.
It will all depend on who's offering what and how much of their market wants to buy at what price points. As well as what planes (air and potentially space) can land and takeoff at Hawaiian airports.
Some parts of markets aren't huge in terms of passengers but sometimes you can get enough folks to buy so that the service provider can make it work. As an example, UA used to partner with Los Angeles Airways to provide helicopter service at LAX Terminal 7:
Even now there's a market within the Los Angeles basin for helicopter passenger flights. However, this is more of a bespoke service at this point.
David