Has Island Air On-Time Departue Improved Recently?
Jul 21, 2013, 8:27 pm
#1
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Join Date: Feb 2009
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Has Island Air On-Time Departue Improved Recently?
I flew Island Air two time this year and it was a disaster! Delay's on all flights, no information from the agents, just a disaster of an air carrier. Has it improved any under new ownership? I would like to stay at the Lanai Hotels before the end of the summer but decided with such a disaster airline forget it. Any comments if departures time have improved? Thanks.
Jul 22, 2013, 1:15 am
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Good way to check on a day-to-day basis to get a good sense is to go to the HNL website, narrow down the search to WP, and see if the flights are running on time or delayed:
http://hnlairportweb.com/hnlflights/FlightTrack.asp
http://hnlairportweb.com/hnlflights/FlightTrack.asp
Jul 23, 2013, 1:43 am
#3
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Carlsbad,CA USA
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Island Air
I flew them last Friday night from HNL-LIH and the flight was about 30 minutes late. It was the last flight of the day.
Aug 9, 2013, 1:30 pm
#5
Join Date: May 2012
Location: LNY
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Posts: 89
Looks like the last Dash 8 has really been retired and they are operating with all ATR's. Have flown three trips on the, in the last couple of weeks and on time performance is still hit and miss. This past Monday flights were within 15 min of sched vs. week earlier where some, particularly LIH, were one to two hours late.....
Aug 21, 2013, 8:17 am
#6
Join Date: Nov 2009
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Unfortunately, United booked the HNL-LIH leg of our multi-city itinerary with Island Air on Aug. 4. We arrived at the commuter airport well in advance of our flight & everything seemed to be fine. As it came closer to flight time, we had an announcement of a 30-minute delay. Fine, no problem. Then another delay, and another. Finally, our flight was 4 hours late leaving HNL -- and this is a 35 minute flight! There was no explanation & no offer of vouchers.
I did see someone come from an Island Air desk with new papers, so asked him if he had gotten another flight. No, it was meal vouchers ($12 per person). I did get my vouchers from the desk, and the only place to use it was a Quizno's stand & a bar/grill. (Vouchers could not be used for alcoholic drinks -- think a few belts might have pleased some disgruntled passengers!) There was no public announcement of these vouchers, and no other compensation offered.
On our return flight, United had us booked on Hawaiian Airlines. Flight took off smoothly & on time.
BTW, "go! Airlines" cancelled two flights outright while we waited for our flight. Lesson learned -- only use Hawaiian for inter-island flights!
I did see someone come from an Island Air desk with new papers, so asked him if he had gotten another flight. No, it was meal vouchers ($12 per person). I did get my vouchers from the desk, and the only place to use it was a Quizno's stand & a bar/grill. (Vouchers could not be used for alcoholic drinks -- think a few belts might have pleased some disgruntled passengers!) There was no public announcement of these vouchers, and no other compensation offered.
On our return flight, United had us booked on Hawaiian Airlines. Flight took off smoothly & on time.
BTW, "go! Airlines" cancelled two flights outright while we waited for our flight. Lesson learned -- only use Hawaiian for inter-island flights!
Last edited by redhead47; Aug 21, 2013 at 8:19 am Reason: clarity