Hawaiian Airlines plans to fly to Osaka

Hawaiian Airlines (Honolulu) announced today new daily, nonstop flights between Honolulu and Osaka, Japan, its third new Asia destination. Subject to Japan government approval, Hawaiian’s inaugural flight from Honolulu International Airport to Osaka’s Kansai International Airport is scheduled to start on July 12, with the inaugural return flight from Osaka to Honolulu on July 13.

Osaka will be the third city in Asia that Hawaiian has introduced to its route structure in recent months, following the start of service to Seoul (Incheon) in January 2011, and Tokyo in November 2010.

Subject to Japan government approval, Hawaiian’s Flight HA 449 will depart Honolulu International Airport daily at 2:10 p.m. (1410) and arrive at Kansai International Airport at 6:00 p.m. (1800) the next day. Return Flight HA 450 will depart Osaka daily at 9:30 p.m. (2130) and arrive in Honolulu at 10:50 a.m. (1050) the same day. (Osaka is 19 hours ahead of Honolulu and the flight crosses the International Dateline.)

Hawaiian will initially operate the new Honolulu-Osaka flights with its Boeing 767-300 ER aircraft seating up to 264 passengers, before introducing its new and larger 294-seat Airbus A330-200 aircraft onto the route. Hawaiian is on schedule to welcome two new A330s to the fleet this year in the second and fourth quarter, along with three more A330s in 2012.

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