How Hawaiian Airlines Flies Short Range Boeing 717s Across The Pacific

[@Sams911]

I'm a pilot for Hawaiian Airlines (Currently A321 CA) but I've flown the 717 and A330 before. Great company in so many ways. I'm proud to work for them.

[@nylonyt228]

i want to become a pilot for them, how is it working for them? (the pay, benefits, days worked, etc) is it expensive to become a pilot? i live in Hawaii and I love aviation. i noticed that airbus planes don't use a yoke like boeing does, does that make controlling the aircraft harder? how long does it take to become a pilot too?

[@sixfifty_sebb]

that’s very amazing, love Hawaiian airlines a321neo, interior and mood lights are very amazing, better than other carriers flying the a321

[@jjohn713]

The 717s are a really nice and comfortable aircraft to fly on. She does handle choppy weather a lot better than other aircraft in my frequent travels.

[@jimandmandy]

Having engines not hanging below the wings means it can handle gusty wind landings better, an advantage at OGG (Maui).

[@kacasio1]

@@jimandmandy agreed. Flew there on Southwest with their 737s and it was considerably a rougher landing with the gusty winds in Maui

[@verit772]

I’ve flown with Hawaiian Airlines. Man, the food and the flight attendants are so nice!

[@byronoda1258]

chill in Hawaiian is the Only airlines that has meals included on All flights.

[@supmansaccount5360]

Me: Wow the problem is so hard to solve. Hawaiian: Adds extra fuel tanks inside. Me: 🤦‍♂️I'm so dumb.

[@JBM425]

Don't feel bad. A lot of people aren't aware that those airline seats can be (relatively) easily swapped out for auxiliary fuel tanks or even temporary cargo use.

[@supmansaccount5360]

Yes thanks. What I meant was that I thought that the problem was impossible to solve, except that the solution is obvious (replacing seats for fuel), and I thought that the solution was so obvious and I didn't even see it.

[@nagasako7]

I'm curious how the fuel lines are hooked up and want it looks like inside after.

[@gentuxable]

Well I thought they'd use a carrier or remove the wings and put the plane onto a bigger plane... but I guess they are not detachable.

[@robinsattahip6269]

Drop tanks like a WW2 fighter would be much cooler.

[@zulfiqaralikhurrum6911]

Some might not agree, but Hawaiian Airlines livery is the best looking Most liveries contain letters, logos etc.....but what Hawaiian both have unique liveries. Alaska looks great in the 737 and Haviian a330 make me spellbound

[@fullsetsunk4090]

Definitely a great livery but not the best Take a look at air tahiti nui's

[@julianthomson541]

what about Air New Zelands liverys as well?

[@orionwesley]

I fully agree with this. Hawaiian and Alaska both have beautiful, unique liveries.

[@dominicfrigo7397]

What about the icealndair special liveries?

[@zulfiqaralikhurrum6911]

Most liveries contain letters, logos etc.....but what Hawaiian both have unique liveries. Alaska looks great in the 737 and Haviian a330 make me spellbound

[@aviationproductions2663]

i flown on Hawaiian 4 times i flew 2 717 and 2 A330 the experience was great for the price. I would definitely recommend it!

[@catrashoo]

I flew from L.A to Honolulu last December, it has been my best experience of flying .

[@kevinblatter2369]

I've worked with Hawaiian Airlines both in my professional life and personal travel. I have found Hawaiian Air to be an exceptional organization to work with. So much that even though I mostly fly United Airlines in my business travels on the mainland, I exclusively use Hawaiian on my trips to and from Hawaii.

[@adamlafrancis]

Hawaiian Airlines interisland service is amazing. 10/10

[@jonwyatt6282]

Love Hawaiian airlines. Always my first and only choice when flying to the islands

[@ianrandall5922]

Hawaiian inter-island - home of the POG juice!

[@zedericjay6606]

Yessir !! The best

[@air_aviates1937]

that is the best

[@jonwyatt6282]

Safeway sells Hawaiians Own in concentrate frozen at all stores here in Ca

[@brentmcwilliams4332]

You know you are getting close to the islands when they break out the pog juice.

[@tomney4460]

POG is godly. It’s a shame it’s not sold often on the mainlans

[@paigesantiago8487]

Aloha! Yes I flown with Hawaiian Airline for more than 40 years I have seen the air craft that they have flown starting with the Conver 51,Ys11 DC-9 50 the DC-9 Super 80 and now the Boeing 717,from the 1960's until today all inter island service. Im very proud to say I have flown with Hawaiian Airlines since I was just a kid.....Mahalo Nui Loa Hawaiian AirLines !

[@brobrosoto]

Hawaiian Airline is pretty dope. I flew with them from Japan to Big island. And food was pretty good and extra comfy seats. I love Hawaiian air

[@tedboggs4569]

Hawaiian Airlines is one of the best airlines I've flown, whether the A330 from LAX or the 717 between the islands, it was a great experience. Of course, going to, being in, and having just been to Hawaii may have colored my perspective somewhat.

[@pathologicallydead7210]

I’m not mad, but I thought there was some crazy unusual solution like fitting them with air to air refuelling capabilities or something. So I was rather disappointed when, after 3 minutes, you just said: they install extra tanks. The way EVERY range extended ferry flight works

[@AZbarbu1]

I lived in Hawaii for 10+ years. I flew Hawaiian most often (HNL, ITO, KOA, LIH) and found them to be utilitarian for most inter-island flights using DC9's, B717's.. Flights to the Mainland were generally on DC-10's. Some flights had genuine Hawaiian warmth, others were cattle-car experiences. Go to the islands often, you WILL FLY Hawaiian. My favorite Island airline is Mokulele Air which flies to smaller airfields throughout the islands using Cessna 208B Grand Caravan aircraft. With maybe 8 passengers in the aircraft you get up close and personal with the pilots. Slower, maybe, but you get a real aviation experience!

[@jimandmandy]

I prefer Mokulele, but the average person expects a big traditional airliner, TSA hassles, etc. Decades ago I flew interisland on Royal Hawaiian with piston engined Cessna twins. Felt like a private charter. Single pilot operation. If you let the pilot know you had a pilot certificate, you could sit up front.

[@jokerman213]

Southwest Airlines is starting to dominate the inter-island flight now. Hawaiian still has more frequent flights . Well they did pre-covid. But now its about equal. Sadly Hawaiian was price gouging flights for many years since they held a monopoly and tried to discredit SW Air. But SW has earned its place with locals in the short time its been in service in the islands. Service is way better and treated nicer .

[@DowntownCanon]

I remember seeing these birds parked in Long Beach prior to being delivered. 2001.

[@alohafromkauai6569]

I live in Kaua’i and love the 717. Two weeks ago I flew from Maui to Oahu on a A320 neo. They have grounded so many HA planes.

[@Dana_Danarosana]

Delta, Qantas, and Hawaiian are the 3 largest operators of 717 and all 3 airlines wanted to purchase more after Boeing stopped producing them.

[@vistalite-ph4zw]

Yeah, Boeing didn't want to finish the contract because it was the last MD commercial plane in production. But they did anyway and renamed it the 717.

[@JBM425]

@@vistalite-ph4zw They didn't want the 717 competing against the 737-700 for sales.

[@DowntownCanon]

Lots of products are discontinued when there's still some demand for it.

[@ehsnils]

@@vistalite-ph4zw In the 80's I did fly with both the DC9 (before it was renamed to MD) and the Fokker F28 as a passenger. They were similar, and served their purpose for that time and passenger demand. The deal here is that those aircraft probably have the right physical size and capacity for the operation they serve, especially since this is a short hop operation that they see in Hawaii. The 737-700 is a bit heavier and wider as well. The wing span itself could actually be demanding remodeling of airports, and that's something that has to be taken into account as well.

[@vistalite-ph4zw]

@@ehsnils I agree, when I worked for DHL we had DC9 frieghters we used for smaller airports . I'm sure we had a few in Hawaii as well. Now they are retired, I highly doubt the 717s will be freighters....

[@DoubleMrE]

Living in Hawaii all my life, I've flown Hawaiian more times than I can remember. I must say though, in the old days, I liked Aloha better.

[@FeralPlumber]

Hawaiian is a really great airline....had nothing but a great experience with their service each and every time...

[@JBM425]

Some might argue that Hawaiian has it easier because they don't have the network that other airlines have to deal with and may not be as affected by ATC delays and East Coast winter weather. But let's face it, they are excellent at what they do, and I could think of at least a couple of airlines that could botch things if they ran the same network Hawaiian does.

[@radjitolentino6953]

I love flying HA's Boeing 717 when I travel to the neighbor islands. The aircraft is smooth, quiet, and comfortable.

[@EnterStationNameHere]

Hawaiian is such a nice airline 😍

[@fredstevens129]

Flying with Hawaiian Airlines is one of the best flight experiences around. I love their 767s.

[@kevinp8108]

I've flown on Hawaiian Airlines across the Pacific and on their inter-island flights. I've had nothing but good experience on Hawaiian Airlines. It's been 8 years since I've been to Hawaii so I haven't gotten the opportunity to fly on their A330 and A321. I've only been on their DC-10 (former American Airlines) and Boeing 767.

[@ChesterAyos]

I always fly Hawaiian when I go back to my hometown of Kona! Can’t wait to fly on their new 787s in the upcoming years.

[@RWernsing]

I flew their 717 from Maui to Honolulu sitting in the row with 2 of my best friends we had a lovely flight

[@harryperry5055]

I flew on an A330 with Hawaiian from Auckland to New York via Honolulu in the economy class. Very interesting experience.

[@heathermalone6590]

Outstanding and very customer friendly.

[@keithlarkin9478]

I flew Hawaiian many times, wonderful airline and friendly crews.

[@victorpapa1]

We had the pleasure of flying on the Hawaiian Airlines B717 from Honolulu to Kahului, and it was a real treat!

[@inomad]

I love flying with Hawaiian airlines.

[@einaf639]

Been flying Hawaiian Airlines since before I can remember. As a child, I always looked forward to the Passion Orange Guava juice they serve in flight. lol. Got to fly with them to California too, it was the second-best airline experience I ever had, with Japan Airlines being my number one best experience. The food was great and the cabin was comfortable. Unfortunately, since Aloha Airlines shut down Hawaiian Airlines has had much less competition in the Hawaiian Islands market and locals have definitely noticed.

[@jokerman213]

Try the southwest inter-island service. A lot locals have embraced SW now.

[@Milkmans_Son]

@@jokerman213 What? Hawaiian on their worst day is better than Southwest is on their best , at least once in the air anyway. edit: oh, inter-island sorry. I didn't even know southwest did that, but not much difference on short flights I imagine.

[@tyty3115]

I live in Hawaii so the Hawaiian 717 was the first plane I ever got to fly on and it’s still one of my favorite airplane to fly on to this day.

[@54zx36tr]

Hawaiian Airlines B717 Kona-Honolulu: Fastest taxiing from / to the runway ever experienced ;-) Felt like in a bus, nobody cared for seatbelt etc.

[@mrtoastgshost]

I haven't been to Kona in two decades but I bet the Kahului airport on Maui is up there for fastest taxis. I've been on flights where they start the safety briefing before pushback and they shut it off before it finishes because they're starting the takeoff roll.

[@ttaviation3775]

I love wine Airlines inter-island service procedure so nice to flight attendants are very kind and helpful or spotting in the island new tray tables and seats are just perfect for a short flight

[@jd6493]

Me seeing a new video be like: Yes. Yes. YES. Yes. Yes.

[@Maxwell1989]

I love flying Hawaiian Airlines and the Boeing 717 is a beauty

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Thank you for this.

[@xnewyen7655x]

I fown with Hawaiian Airlines (HA) and they were incredible! We received Hawaiian Leis during boarding from San Diego (SAN), to Honolulu (HNL). The service was out of this world. We should start flying the airline more often!

[@Roholi]

Good video! I’ve flown on Hawaiian both trans-Pacific and inter island many times. They’re a terrific airline and their service from the mainland to/from Hawaii far exceeds their competitors.

[@TheGusMP]

Simple Flying has a thing with A220, never metions the Embraer E2

[@PrograError]

well it's superior plane so much that boeing got scared to shits...

[@TheGusMP]

@@PrograError actually A220 is not that superior. E2 is actually more economical than A220

[@wanem1622]

A220 FTW!!

[@no_one_333]

@@PrograError No one cares actually

[@no_one_333]

@@TheGusMP I agree. The A220 looks way too creative, too common, and boring.

[@itstomatogear6806]

Fun fact: there is no prize for commenting first XD 😂😂😂

[@bidhanchandraroy5524]

😂

[@aviationlba747]

Exactly!

[@SP-sy5nq]

Any comment helps the video though

[@aviationlba747]

In this case, no it doesn’t.

[@kfraser3783]

Lol.

[@manugfan]

Flew the 717 from Hilo to Honolulu and the A330 from Honolulu to Austin for Hawaiians inaugural flight to Austin. Great experience, very friendly flight crew. Definitely would fly them again

[@Tybell350]

Flew on their 717s a lot while stationed in Hawaii, we would fly from Oahu to the Big Island to shoot artillery and Hawaiian Airlines always flew us. I miss the cups of Aloha Juice they served on that short flight.

[@knflack]

This answers the exact question I’ve had for a while. I like the 717s but I wish Hawaiian would still operate wide body A330s or the (long gone but very much missed) 767s on west coast routes. Those were my favorite aircraft to fly on.

[@rylans.5365]

You want them to operate inter island flights with an A330?!

[@knflack]

ry s. No, on Hawaii-west coast flights, which they switched from wide-body planes to narrow-body A321neos the past several years.

[@paulyiustravelogue]

I flew with Hawaiian on their 717 between Honolulu and Kona in First Class earlier this year. The flight was smooth even for an ageing 19-year-old aircraft. I actually made a little flight review for it on my channel.

[@one42chrisp]

Never flew on Hawaiian, but on Aloha 737-200’s, even on the infamous N73711 back in May of 1987.

[@byronoda1258]

A Convertible airplane

[@zedriclouis87]

where did you sit?

[@jimandmandy]

I was on the ramp in Long Beach after Hawaiian took delivery of its last DC-9, er, 717. Legally, it's still a DC-9. Hawaiian crew invited me onboard to see the ferry tank installation. Very clean and clever setup.

[@keithfreitas2983]

Worked at MDC as a Dispatcher at LGB Flight Test Production on the Flight Ramp 1986 to 2002. Dispatched several of those. The bladder tanks were installed to meet fuel reserve requirements.

[@mrglitch535]

I flew Hawaiian airlines from HNL to ITO its was enjoyable for anyone legroom was great and they have a first class cabin made up of 8 seats they had a quick service of a choice of juice or water and overall a great flight

[@rbuswell]

I loved flying in the DC-9 for several decades. Like flying in a Porsche instead of a school bus. Boeing was smart building their own version (717) when they bought MD. A timeless air frame.

[@JJADVENTURES2011]

yes I have flown Hawaiian Airline before! I went on 2 of their a330s and 3 of their 717s.

[@SimpleFlyingNews]

First! - TB

[@MSRTA_Productions]

LoL

[@sarthsingh3271]

Lmao

[@itstomatogear6806]

Simple flying, ur reply is showing posted 1 day ago but the video is posted just 10 minutes ago . What is happening?!??! 😨😨😨🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@MSRTA_Productions]

@@itstomatogear6806 It happens a lot lol

[@itstomatogear6806]

@@satishkumar-gw8sd A bug I think in youtube

[@mattpope1746]

We love flying Hawaiian, both across the Pacific and inter-island. The vibe is pretty Aloha from the minute you step on the plane, the crew seems to enjoy their job and they actually still serve meals on long flights. We usually end up on a B777 from the west coast to the islands. My hope is that pressure from the lower fare airlines like Southwest and Alaskan won’t cause Hawaiian to start lowering its standards as it’s one of the few full service airlines left that seems to get it right.

[@peterwilliams6289]

Hawaiian has impressively quick turnarounds on their inter-island flights. I had one flight scheduled for just 25 minutes on the ground. It arrived 5 minutes late but still left on time. Every interisland flight I went on was exactly on time. Impressive.

[@wyoboatman]

Booked our first flight with Hawaiian on the 717 looking forward to a quick journey on a new aircraft.

[@Rred1]

Flew on Hawaiian back when then still had DC-10s. From pdx to HNL

[@hawaiifiles]

Flown many times on Hawaiian Air 717s between Honolulu and the Big Island of Hawaii (KOA and ITO). Great plane for short inter-island distances.

[@actemple3282]

super cool video ...really neat idea on how to make it work

[@mrthebillman]

Beautiful plane. The 717 is a re-badged MD95, the final follow on design that started with the original DC9. After decades of lengthening the fuselage, the MD80, 85, and 90 models, each adding more and more seats, they went back to the same length and wingspan of the original DC9, but with much better engines, a testimony to the quality of Douglas' original late 50s design, the Douglas Commercial product number 9.

[@akshatpandey4788]

Mauritius too is a isolated area, Our a319s are also delivered like this..

[@zedericjay6606]

Flying Hawaiian between the west coast and their islands is always a good time and it’s even better inter island cause of the juice they serve on board !

[@BenjaminBowling777]

I flew on a Hawaiian Airlines DC-9 interisland from Honolulu to Hilo back in early 1990. They had to do the same exact thing with the DC-9 when transporting them from California to Hawaii (extra fuel tanks in the passenger cabin).

[@mrtoastgshost]

I have a relative who is a pilot for Hawaiian Airlines (and has been for several decades). He's flown 717s from Hawaii to the mainland before, sometimes all the way to Florida. The entire passenger area is cleared of seats and replaced with large fuel tanks.

[@obiphil8672]

An even simpler solution is to establish a full in house maintenance facility at Honolulu International. It's certainly a big enough hub airport and the principal base for Hawaiian.

[@DT-dn7dn]

Hello from Hawaii :))

[@tonydivito3489]

I flew on Hawaiian DC-8 Combi from Clark AFB to Diego Garcia. The aft section had 30 seats and we were treated like business class. The military had a contract with Hawaiian to fly from Clark-Diego Garcia-Bahrain-Naples-Rota-Norfolk. Flying Tigers did the same with a 747-200 (leased from Aerolinas Argentinas) from Clark-Okinawa-Anchorage-Oakland-LAX. Mostly to shuttle Marines and Sailors from the US.

[@bcshelby4926]

...due to the drop off in travel because to of the pandemic, Hawi'ian has replaced the A-330 on the HNL-PDX route with an A-321. The last time I flew on Hawai'ian was back in the late 1980s (when they were still only an inter island carrier) on a Dash-7 between HNL and ITO (with a stop in Maui). Actually kind of nice as the wing was above the cabin affording an excellent view and mu seat was on the side facing the islands each way.

[@locoHAWAIIANkane]

Born and raised here in Hawai’i and Hawaiian is our usual choice when traveling. Back in the day, long before WN entered the interisland market, we flew with AQ from time to time as well. When YV was here, I never flew with them because of the way they did shady business here in Hawai’i. We don’t take kindly to that kind of business dealings.

[@jasonbabila6006]

I've flown Hawaiian when they still had the DC9's during the 70's and 80's and DC10's during the 90's into the early 2000's

[@DoubleMrE]

Just thought I'd mention in case you didn't realize......the DC-9 and 717 are the same plane. Boeing renamed them when they merged with MD.

[@azmike1956]

For quite a while they flew 767's direct from Phoenix. Nice looking planes.

[@fw._.viper_7459]

I have flown with Hawaiian air and it’s very good they pilots and flight attendants are nice and they all know me because I am born and raised in Hawaii so I fly a lot so they all know me..

[@davidbailey4976]

I have flown many times with Hawai'ian, both from mainland USA and inter-island. The stewardess on the inter-island has to work fast. She dashes around the plane handing out fruit juice tubs then dashes around again to collect the empty tubs, by which time the PHNL-PHOG flight is on finals. A 20 minute flight. Paradise!

[@ronriesinger7755]

Good video. Have always had good service on Hawaiian.

[@soapywaterdrinker]

They also did most of their maintenance in house in HNL. There would usually be at least one plane in the hangar for a c check. Since COVID slowed air travel down though, I'm not sure if they're still doing that.

[@oopszie]

Had very nice 717 flights on Hawaiian from Honolulu to kona. Interestingly kona has no terminal! Everything is outdoors. You wait under wooden shelters and board via airstairs. I understand newer planes would have issues with hawaiian’s duty cycles. Something about the engines not spending enough time at cruise, something the 717 has less trouble with. This may only be a rumor, but one of the reasons they’re holding on to the discontinued planes so fervently.

[@AZbarbu1]

KOA Kona does have terminals, but they are outdoors, under thatched shelters. Waiting areas are patios between those shelters. I think it has a certain charm, but it gets very crowded for the late evening rush when most airlines have overnight flights to many mainland destinations. New terminals are in the planning stages which will hopefully keep some of the Hawaiian charm. Aloha.

[@kacasio1]

I'd rather fly into hilo, it's easier to pick up and return your rental car... Plus it's easier to get food before you go to the airport.

[@TJsWorld7]

I have not flown Hawaiian, I live in AZ so it is easy to get a flight to HNL, its a little expensive though, hopefully one day...

[@pualaniproud]

I flew Hawaiian Airlines from PHNL-PHOG several times, they were very friendly and gave out little POG cartons (Passion Orange Guava juice) during the flight, it’s funny, because I feel like Hawaiian Airlines pilots taxi at like 50% throttle, and they fly those little planes like they stole them, its quite a fun experience.

[@gavcom4060]

Kian Roemer I mean they get like no breaks they’re very quick flights

[@orionwesley]

I flew Hawaiian way, way back on their L-1011.

[@syarifhidayatullah4789]

you may not like how other airline treat the 717 but you have to agree hawaiian keep it real he s true hero for the 717 trouble times

[@kacasio1]

Here is what the ferry tanks look like inside the Hawaiian airlines 717: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZa5oYOLe9qCjMk

[@Deltaflot1701]

Kind of surprised there were no pictures of the internal ferry tanks used in this video. the pictures are out there, and I've seen them used on other channels covering the Hawaiian 717s

[@ant2312]

yes it makes sense for them to move to an all Airbus fleet

[@technole]

Hawaiian is good interisland. They also codeshare with just about everyone making having a single ticket to get to places like Maui or Hilo easy

[@widget787]

Is the A220 able to operate Hawaiians inter island flights? The 717 is very sturdy being a DC9 granddaughter, but can the A220 operate under such conditions? (Extreme number of cycles).

[@jakeryan56]

Would have been worth mentioning ETOPS as well. Curious how this affects it?

[@jimandmandy]

Ferry permit. These are not revenue flights with passengers, only required crew. ETOPS does not apply.

[@zscaleswissgotthard5121]

@@jimandmandy Probably Part 91 too.

[@michaellucht6351]

Flown Hawaiian to and back from Philadelphia to Keflavik in a DC-8 in the early 90's. It was a MAC charter , it was crowded , and sucked.

[@bidhanchandraroy5524]

They are talking about 717 not DC 8 🙁🙁

[@chuckjohannessen3330]

@@bidhanchandraroy5524-Mike is commenting on Hawaiian not the 717.

[@bidhanchandraroy5524]

Ok

[@paulkersey2179]

Love Hawaiian airlines

[@PakaBubi]

I always wondered how short range aircrafts getting delivered to middle of nowhere places like ATRs on French Polynesia

[@shawnz241]

I used to work close to the approach path for Downsview and have seen several Dash 8's in exotic liveries flying.

[@andylam601]

Same thing. Just like the 717’s. Add auxiliary tanks to the aircraft to add range.

[@Milkmans_Son]

@@andylam601 Add extra tanks and find a batshit crazy pilot, you mean. I had never really given it much thought until 4-5 years ago while waiting to catch a flight home I watched some lunatic in a SR22 run out of fuel 250 miles short of Maui. I know it can and is done safely all the time, but the guy knew he was going to get wet for over 1000 miles. Couldn't pay me enough.

[@andylam601]

Milk Manson a lot of the ferrying is done by ferrying companies. A flight plan is created before departure and the pilots have the final say on whether they want to fly the a/c or not. Fuel needed for the trip is calculated in advance, and during preflight ground checks pilots make sure they have enough fuel to get to their destinations. Commercial flights always have reserve fuel for emergency use.

[@andylam601]

Milk Manson sorry for the SR22 pilot. It shouldn’t have happened.

[@zachjones6944]

Hawaiian is very friendly, however I tend to use South West when I need to go to Honolulu from the Big Island.

[@andylam601]

Tanking and detanking take one day each. It is actually a rather straight-forward process. Think about the ATR turboprops that were delivered to Hawaiian.

[@stewartmarler1416]

"The other ocean, the Pacific". LOL

[@jonah3608]

Hope they can keep them for another 10 years, but wouldn't be surprised to see them slowly retiring them and replacing them with E-Jets, A220s, or even A320neos.

[@memofromessex]

Can you do a video on how small planes cross the Atlantic? Its really fascinating, but also tense

[@RyanRyan]

I always wondered why Hawaii didn't go with the ATR 72 turboprop for interisland as it's a fuel sipper. That's what most of Asia uses to access many small regional islands. Between the two I prefer flying on the Douglas, it's smoother.

[@JasonB808]

My parent love Hawaiian. They have Hawaiian miles card. They use their miles for flights to California. I have flown with Hawaiian twice recently. Both times was via Airbus A330. One was a 10 hour flight from Honolulu to Kansai International in Japan Second was a 5 and a half hour flight from Honolulu to San Diego. The flight to Japan is very long. I payed a little extra to get Premium Economy and I picked the row that was right behind businesses class. That means infinite leg room. The seats themselves are no different than the regular economy seats. They have very little cushion. 10 hour flight on those seats are not ideal. If you sit in that very front row of premium economy gives you that leg room but the in entertainment and meals become worse than standard economy. The reason is both tray and tv come out of the left hand rest. The tray is so flimsy and has a bend in the middle. It makes eating inflight meals or snacks worse than regular economy. The TV does not come out all the way. To watch the inflight entertainment, you have to hunch over to the left to view the screen. To get a better experience. I recommend getting premium economy but not front row. The San Diego flight I picked the same seat as the Japan flight going to San Diego. At the time that was the only seat available. No choice as it was a flight for work. I was fortunate to get a seat premium economy on my return trip that was not in the front row. It’s a better trade off. Good leg room. Since there is a seat in front of me. The TV is at the optimal location, front and center, and the tray is the normal tray not the flimsy one.

[@beemcplayz1044]

I've flown with Hawaiian Airlines 9 years ago

[@tttelegraph]

Never flown with Hawaiian but flown on the magnificent MD95/b717. I would never change that for an Airbus... strange that the best plane made by Boeing is a McDonnel-Douglas!

[@JBM425]

Past-tense: "was" made by Boeing. It's too bad they discontinued it.

[@keithfreitas2983]

@@JBM425 Boeing never built one all MDC in Long Beach.

[@desertpatriot7806]

The lady pictured on the back of the plane was a former Miss Hawaii, and a great Aunty of mine.

[@rylans.5365]

Pualani was Miss Hawaii? I don't believe so

[@doenjangstew4438]

Would you add English subtitles to your videos?