Originally Posted by
mfirst
Trash - I am flying back to OGG in a few days, via IAH-HNL and the flight (so far) looks like 50% full in E/E+
- of course there are only 2 open seats up front and the chance of my upgrade (PP) clearing is zero...
- I know that is not a good indicator of load, but I also wonder if some of the travel to HI overall is starting to dwindle
-m
Last numbers for Maui were down 58%. Other Islands are doing OK - I think they're about same year-over-year. That being said, quite a few people heading to outer islands do come through HNL and connect to HA. Reduced UA flights into OGG are definitely adding people to the front cabins on other (non-Maui) Hawaii flights. The front cabins are tending to run relatively full, so upgrades not easy. Not really peak season, so coach sections aren't full. WN has definitely had an impact on UA coach numbers for a while. Families w/ luggage like WN. I flew HA OGG-HNL earlier this week and that plane was packed - HA's feeding mainland-bound passengers to HNL w/ most of the airlines reducing schedule into Maui from mainland.