CPH-Flyer

NH182, the 21:30 departure, seems to operate more often than not on a 77W. Is the dispatch reliability that low, or are they just struggling to fill two A380 per day?

freed0m

I thought it is caused by only 2 A380 operating. Unless the third one flies, NH181/NH182 will be operated by 77W on some days in the week.

747FC

Is NH 184 protected from the indignity of a 77W?

freed0m

So far, NH183/NH184 has always been operated by A388.

CPH-Flyer

Since the A380 return to NRT about 6 hours before it needs to do the next rotation, it should not be necessary to have the 77W operating as frequently as it does.

LIH Prem

Finally flew NH 183 in F. Both lounges have their own entrance doors to the combined upper ramp. But a lot of people flying PE used the front stairs on the place and walked through the F cabin. Service and food were great, etc.

LIH Prem

The suites lounge and the business class lounge both have entrances to the upper deck ramp to gate C4. As we made our way to F, we saw that they were lining everybody else up inside the hallway and holding them until we boarded.

The only issue is that I guess PE pax must not get lounge access because as we were boarding in F and stowing our things in the overhead, a lot of PE pax were coming up the front stairs and making their way through the F cabin, the business class cabin to the premium economy seats.

I guess that's an issue with the way the gates are setup at HNL, versus elsewhere like at Narita or Bangkok where you can access the upper deck ramp from the same gate as the lower deck ramp.

Anyway that didn't last very long.

We both liked the Billecart over the Krug.

The other minor thing .. we had reserved the middle seats in row 2. I noticed when we went to check in we ended up in the middle seats in row 1 for some reason. Not really a problem, but it was odd.

Despite being in F, we were unable to use the ANA suites lounge at Narita. They told us if our ongoing flight was on ANA in business, we would have been able to do so, but we were on the Thai A380 in business class so we had to use the normal ANA business class lounge at Narita.

Hope I'll be able to find more premium seat availability for 2 in the future. It was a great flight.

-David

CPH-Flyer

Suite Lounge access on arrival does require an onward flight in NH J, same day and same airport. Star Alliance is generally departure based lounge access only.

Anyway, it is the ANA Suite Lounge, you did not miss much.

LIH Prem

Windows and a view Thanks.

-David

CPH-Flyer

The ANA lounge in the 50'ies satellite has both

24left

ANA expands A380 Honolulu service from July 2020

Posted 9 January 2020 - Jim Liu

ANA today (09JAN20) announced Airbus A380 service expansion for Tokyo Narita – Honolulu route. From 01JUL20, all 14 weekly flights will be operated by A380, instead of 10-11 weekly A380 and 3-4 weekly 777-300ER.

NH184 NRT2010 – 0845HNL 388 D
NH182 NRT2130 – 1005HNL 388 D

NH183 HNL1130 – 1445+1NRT 388 D
NH181 HNL1300 – 1615+1NRT 388 D


https://www.routesonline.com/news/38...rom-july-2020/

freed0m

My flights show all A380 now. One was 77W

ainternational

They are still flying 77W’s on the route this month. Anyone know if that’s planned to continue or they will make a full switch for all the flights to the new birds?

CPH-Flyer

Once there third A380 is delivered, should be all A380.

pesos

Is there an update on when the new bird will fly? I’m on my 182 on 6/23 which shows the 380. Definitely don’t want to run into a swap. It’s odd how 182 and 184 take off 80 minutes apart?