Originally Posted by
NYC Flyer
All that said, the limited market for premium business seats to HI from the west coast is well-served by Hawaiian Air and a few UA/DL flights. Even in the days of the three-holers, the legacy carriers rarely had sleeper seats on HI-bound equipment (even from ORD/DFW). DL was a rare exception from ATL when it started, but even they switched to regular first seating on their Tristars sometime in the late 80s/early 90s.
Funny (ok, not so funny) that I almost mentioned some of my UA DC10 flights to/from HNL in the 90s. Footrests not included! When people started complaining when the narrow-bodies started HI service (on every airline), I didn't think they were any more uncomfortable than much of the widebody lift.
All that said, if DL put a lie flat on SFO/HNL, I'd check it out
