HA to Guam
Dec 8, 2006 | 2:19 pm
#1
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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HA to Guam
Has HA considered starting up a GUM route again? I occasionally fly CO to GUM. Their prices have gotten out of this world and flights are always full to the max. I used to fly HA to Guam when they had the DC-8 Combi a decade or so ago. I would think with the DOD troop build up in Guam, the market would be ripe for another carrier.
Dec 8, 2006 | 8:54 pm
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Has HA considered starting up a GUM route again? I occasionally fly CO to GUM. Their prices have gotten out of this world and flights are always full to the max. I used to fly HA to Guam when they had the DC-8 Combi a decade or so ago. I would think with the DOD troop build up in Guam, the market would be ripe for another carrier.
Dec 12, 2006 | 7:07 am
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Has HA considered starting up a GUM route again? I occasionally fly CO to GUM. Their prices have gotten out of this world and flights are always full to the max. I used to fly HA to Guam when they had the DC-8 Combi a decade or so ago. I would think with the DOD troop build up in Guam, the market would be ripe for another carrier.
Dec 12, 2006 | 3:51 pm
#4
Join Date: Sep 2006
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Doesn't DOD/GOV'T buy alot of unrestricted tix? It sure seems to me that HA sells alot of seats for $250-$450 for current transpac routes... so while I don't disagree that this probably isn't a profitable route for them, I don't understand why you're saying DOD won't pay premium fares. I thought they needed the flexible fare rules...
Dec 13, 2006 | 11:28 am
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Federal Way, WA
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Has HA considered starting up a GUM route again? I occasionally fly CO to GUM. Their prices have gotten out of this world and flights are always full to the max. I used to fly HA to Guam when they had the DC-8 Combi a decade or so ago. I would think with the DOD troop build up in Guam, the market would be ripe for another carrier.
I had the dubious distinction of being the last government contract passenger on SPIA from HNL to GUM back in 1984. Their contract ended 9/30 and CO took over from 10/1, but I somehow managed to be booked on that decrepit 707 on 10/1. Thank goodness for their $60 upgrade back then!
Interesting (to me, anyway) trivia: I'd been routed OMA-DFW-HNL-GUM. The DFW-HNL and HNL-GUM were both planned for exactly the same amount of time, 7 hr 48 min.