LIHUE — Hawaiian Airlines is connecting with Massachusetts this spring.
“There is nowhere on Earth like Hawaii, and we are bringing our islands closer than ever to Boston with nonstop service,” said Hawaiian Airlines President and CEO Peter Ingram. “Hawaiian is a unique airline because we have represented Hawaii for nearly a century while flying people to, from and between the Hawaiian Islands. Each one of our routes starts or ends in the Aloha State.”
Hawaiian Airlines will begin its five-day-a-week service on April 4.
Boston is the largest U.S. market without nonstop service to Hawaii with nearly 500 people flying between eastern New England and the islands on any given day.
At 5,095 miles, Hawaiian’s BOS-HNL route becomes the longest regularly scheduled domestic route in U.S. history.
New Englanders traveling from the East Coast to Hawaii’s shores will enjoy the roominess and superior comfort of Hawaiian’s Airbus A330 widebody aircraft.
Boston’s world-class educational and medical facilities are among the many attractions drawing Hawaii travelers to the Bay State.
This new route adds to Hawaiian Airlines’ global network.
The market between Boston Logan International and Honolulu’s Daniel K. Inouye International airports last year generated about $76 million in ticket sales.
“It’s important for our residents and visitors to have direct access to strategic destinations, and I thank Hawaiian Airlines, as our hometown carrier, for making it easier to connect with Boston and the Northeast,” said Hawaii Gov. David Ige.
To celebrate the only nonstop service connecting Boston and Hawaii, Hawaiian is offering special roundtrip fares of $617 in the main cabin and $1,776 in first class featuring luxurious lie-flat leather seats.
“The commonwealth is excited to welcome Hawaiian Airlines to Logan Airport, providing a new connection between our states,” said Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker. “This route will provide travelers from Hawaii direct access to all that the Commonwealth has to offer, including our nation-
leading innovation economy, while also making travel for New England residents to Hawaii easier.”
In commemoration of the city of Boston’s deep history and Hawaiian Airlines’ 90th year of operation starting on Nov. 11, the flight to Boston will be numbered Flight HA90.
Starting with the inaugural flight on April 4, HA90 will depart HNL every day but Tuesday and Wednesday at 1:45 p.m. and arrive at BOS the following morning at 6 a.m. Flight HA91 will depart BOS every day but Wednesday and Thursday at 8:55 a.m., except for Friday flights, which will depart at 8 a.m. The flights will arrive in Hawaii the same day at 2:35 p.m. and the Friday flight will arrive at 1:40 p.m.
Both HNL arrival times offer guests ample time to settle into their accommodations and unwind with a Hawaiian sunset, or connect to Kauai, Maui or the Island of Hawaii via the airline’s convenient schedule of some 170 daily interisland jet flights.
“Hawaiian Airlines has been an important partner in making a Hawaiian vacation accessible to people from all over the world. The greater Boston market currently brings some 60,000 visitors to the island each year, who will now be able to fly nonstop to Hawaii aboard an airline that exemplifies our gracious local hospitality,” said Hawaii Tourism Authority President George Szigeti.
“Honolulu will be Logan’s 76th nonstop domestic destination, and with New Englanders coming off a long winter this flight’s start date is worth the wait,” said Massport CEO Thomas P. Glynn. “Providing more options for passengers is our goal, and I expect passengers will love the Hawaiian Airlines traveling experience with all the airline has to offer.”
