ASFlyer wrote:sprxUSA wrote:I thought HA always flew the DC-8 to ANC. Guess I'll now go and investigate LOL.
Yep, I see they did use the 1011 for awhile.
And they are shown I their timetables as a regular operation, so anyone could buy a ticket for it.
BOI- Hawai'I has had three nonstop operators that I can recall from 1985 on and all seemed to fail in the execution. Maybe a fourth try could be a winner. Although, I doubt it.
The demographics in BOI are changing. More people are moving there from California and a lot of younger people are moving to the BOI area. Hawaii may actually work this time. A three or four day a week flight to HNL or OGG would probably thrive.
So, with Alaska basically retiring its Airbus fleet, it would appear BOI would need to be on the 737-9 MAX if they flew it? I'm not so sure they could make it work on the -800 without blocking seats a lot of the time going over, that's a long flight (although not a lot longer than ANC-HNL and they make that work).
Based on that, the possible airlines/aircraft for BOI-HNL would be HA on the 321 NEO, AS on the 737-9 MAX, and WN on the 737-8 MAX. Being as the MAX is so new at AS, HA would be a completely new carrier to BOI, and WN would still have plenty of connecting options on days that a non-stop doesn't operate, I gotta give the odds to WN on this one.