Hawaiian Airlines to launch Manila flights
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Subject to approval, Hawaiian plans to start service with four or more flights per week, which will more than double current capacity on the non-stop route and enable significant growth in traffic.
Hawaiian claims that some 170,000 people travelled between Manila and Hawaii during the past year.
Mark Dunkerley, Hawaiian’s president and CEO, said, “We see tremendous opportunity to increase travel on this route in light of the deep historical and cultural ties Hawaii has to the Philippines, Manila’s large population
of over 10 million people, its growing international business sector and substantial middle class with the inclination
and means to travel.”
Hawaiian will operate the new route using its wide-body, twinaisle Boeing 767-300ER aircraft that seat up to 264 passengers. Earlier this year, Hawaiian added four Boeing 767 aircraft to its transpacific fleet.
“Hawaiian has grown in 2007 faster than any other airline in the U.S. We serve more mainland destinations on a nonstop basis than any other airline, and we’re thrilled to be expanding our international operations into Asia with new non-stop service to Manila,” Dunkerley added.
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