HA renumbered flights
#1
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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HA renumbered flights
I noticed Hawaiian seems to be renumbering some on their flights. Is this due to a tardy schedule from a shortage of planes? On Thursday, 12/21/06, there was no flight 36 to Phoenix at the 3:20 pm departure time, but there was a Flight 1036 that left 7 hours later at 10:20pm. Sounds like a technique to keep their on-time record alive.
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I noticed Hawaiian seems to be renumbering some on their flights. Is this due to a tardy schedule from a shortage of planes? On Thursday, 12/21/06, there was no flight 36 to Phoenix at the 3:20 pm departure time, but there was a Flight 1036 that left 7 hours later at 10:20pm. Sounds like a technique to keep their on-time record alive.
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I took flight 36 to PHX on the day before thanksigving.. flight 26 to PDX leaves and 35 minutes before that. We're waiting for our luggage at the carousel in PHX, and a box of 10 pineapples goes by..(not the ridiculously priced airport pineapples) I look at the tag and it's labeled flight 26 PDX. I bet someone wasn't too happy to not have their fresh pineapple to share with family on thanksgiving. While it's clearly different, I think it might be to HA's benefit to not have closely numbered flight numbers to destinations with close airport identifiers. I bet this isn't the first time that this has happened.
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I took flight 36 to PHX on the day before thanksigving.. flight 26 to PDX leaves and 35 minutes before that. We're waiting for our luggage at the carousel in PHX, and a box of 10 pineapples goes by..(not the ridiculously priced airport pineapples) I look at the tag and it's labeled flight 26 PDX. I bet someone wasn't too happy to not have their fresh pineapple to share with family on thanksgiving. While it's clearly different, I think it might be to HA's benefit to not have closely numbered flight numbers to destinations with close airport identifiers. I bet this isn't the first time that this has happened.
#7
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Sometimes airlines renumber flights when they are delayed so that they don't conflict with flights early the next morning. (ir, they don't want two XX111 flights turning up soon after each other as pax and awaiting visitors get confused)
Maybe that's what happened?
Maybe that's what happened?
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#9
Join Date: Jan 2007
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HA also uses 4-digit flight numbers during the busy holiday season on its interisland flights as well -- they end up being extra flights on top of their regular schedule.
Several examples I saw were HA1113 HNL-LIH and HA1102 HNL-ITO...
Several examples I saw were HA1113 HNL-LIH and HA1102 HNL-ITO...