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Old Oct 13, 2022, 12:28 pm
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Peter Snijder
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Originally Posted by HNLbasedFlyer
Hawaii gets more visitors from Germany than England so the only possible business case I see would be a summer seasonal FRA-HNL which isn't much longer than LHR-HNL and you aren't dealing with LHR slots - and you get the Star feeder flights into FRA.

Even then - I doubt it pencils out even close as a viable commercial route. I could see a European LCC perhaps giving it a shot someday if they have a plane with the range.
Condor would probably try it if they had an aircraft with the range. But they don't, and the route would be at the limit of the A330-900s they have on order. They'd have to limit passengers and/or freight.

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