Originally Posted by Ripper3785
Hey, thank you for your very detailed response. I hadn't thought about the OGG based flights. Sounds like we'll keep hearing about these nightmares for a while. I don't imagine Christmas/New Years is going to be pleasant for all passengers.
I reread your OP, and should state if you didn't already know that LAS is still double-daily and LAX is at 18 weekly frequencies (HA 3/4 operates 4x weekly), though that will increase to triple-daily next summer. Also the first ex-Delta bird is still flying around with the old interior and is still scheduled to go back for remods once the final three come online, while the second one (IIRC) recently entered service with the newer interior. With the additions in service and their current schedule, I can extrapolate (someone correct me if I'm wrong) that HA is currently one widebody short in order to sustain their new current x-pac service. Once the third one comes online, we'll probably see many of these massive delays go away.
With these operational deviations, I guess we can pretty much say goodbye to HA's #1 on-time ranking for November, and possibly December depending on when the last two ex-Delta birds come online. If that does happen, I'm hoping for AQ to take that spot.
