Hawaiian Airlines Launches Beijing Route, Cancels Manila

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From a press release Tuesday (April 9):

Hawaiian Airlines today announced it plans to launch non-stop service between Honolulu and Beijing, China in April 2014, pending approvals by U.S. and Chinese regulatory agencies. … 

Hawaiian Airlines also today announced it will discontinue its underperforming non-stop Manila service this summer. …

“A scheduled flight between China and Hawai’i has long been an aspiration of Hawaiian and the travel industry in our state, and as the barriers to visitor travel from China to the United States slowly come down, we believe there will be significant demand for a Hawai’i vacation and Hawaiian Airlines,” said Mark Dunkerley, Hawaiian Airlines’ president and CEO. …

Said Gov. Neil Abercrombie, ”Hawai’i is the anchor of the Asia Pacific region and this non-stop service to Beijing will give China greater access to Hawai’i, which will become one of China’s most important visitor destinations. Both China’s and Hawai’i’s economies will be the direct beneficiaries. …”

The Hawai’i Tourism Authority estimates the new service will generate $81 million in annual visitor expenditures and $8.47 million in tax revenue for Hawai’i. …

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—Chad Blair

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