Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines is moving on from its failed merger attempt with Aloha Airlines and plans to start new daily nonstop routes between Honolulu and two California cities, Sacramento and Ontario, beginning June 7, the firm announced today.
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2 new routes set to begin June 7By Tim Ruel
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The flights, using Hawaiian's 252-seat Boeing 767-300ER aircraft, will increase the Hawaii-based carrier's total daily flights to the West Coast to 12.
Last week, Hawaiian began daily service between Seattle and Maui, and the firm also plans to begin flights between Maui and San Francisco and Los Angeles on June 15.
"The steady improvement in West Coast demand makes this the right time to begin the next phase of Hawaiian's expansion plan," said Paul J. Casey, vice chairman and chief executive of Hawaiian, in a press release.
Hawaiian is in the midst of replacing its aging wide-body fleet of McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft with 16 new Boeing 767-300ER airplanes, and the firm plans to have 11 of the planes in service by the end of the year, Hawaiian said.
The carrier has already finished replacing its narrow-body fleet with 13 new Boeing 717-200 aircraft.
Hawaiian's stock, which reached an intraday high of $4.60 on March 5, lost a penny today to close at $3.19 on the American Stock Exchange.
The shares have dropped 23 percent, or 96 cents, since the airline called off its merger with Aloha on Saturday.