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I occasionally saw connections even in Europe between Canada and East Asia, but never in Hawaii. You would pay a lot more for the stop over, with 2+ connections, and in the end, it just takes a lot more time. The cross pacific flights don't really cross the pacific. It cross the Arctic I believe.
'Great Circle' routing takes a lot of cross ocean routes way far north because the result is a lot fewer miles flown than on a route closer to the equator. Although Anchorage doesn't seem to have scheduled non-stop service to Asia, it's a commonly used emergency diversion airport when there's trouble on a transpacific flight just like the a number of Canadian Maritime airports handle emergency diversions for transatlantic route problems.
That is a good point. Few routes connect in Hawaii...(I can't think of ANY major routes that connect in French Polynesia!) because Hawaii and French Polynesia are usually end destinations in themselves.
Actually, quite a few connect in Hawaii. AA has lots of flights to the Far East that connect in HI.
yes, probably none of such options are available in reality.
I occasionally saw connections even in Europe between Canada and East Asia, but never in Hawaii. You would pay a lot more for the stop over, with 2+ connections, and in the end, it just takes a lot more time. The cross pacific flights don't really cross the pacific. It cross the Arctic I believe.
Continental used to own the Pacific routes, now they're United, and they're sort of a backwater. My flights to Manila used to be IAH-HNL-GUM-MNL. They have a NRT-GUM-HNL route as well as the full circle route to all the islands like Truuk, etc. from Guam.
Actually, quite a few connect in Hawaii. AA has lots of flights to the Far East that connect in HI.
Ah, probably more so than I imagine. i did notice a route that connected in HNL when I am looking for my trip to Beijing in August.
Though I guess relatively it's probably not as much as other big hubs on the continential 48. Certainly when one lands in HNL they want to stay there vs where-ever they are going!
Actually, quite a few connect in Hawaii. AA has lots of flights to the Far East that connect in HI.
show me one ticket that starts in US/Canada and arrives in China/Japan/Korea with a connection in Hawaii? I have personally never seen one after flying across the Pacific for 20+ times.
I may have to add more nations in the Middle East/North Africa after the Tunisia massacre last week. Far too much of this region seems to be too unstable/susceptible to Islamist extremism.
show me one ticket that starts in US/Canada and arrives in China/Japan/Korea with a connection in Hawaii? I have personally never seen one after flying across the Pacific for 20+ times.
I don't know about AA (though I wouldn't doubt it), and I don't know about "a lot" of flights, but I found a flight from Los Angeles to Manilla (7/10-7/17), which counts as the Far East, with a layover in HNL and GUM via Expedia. This was on United, though. I'm sure that I'd find more if I changed some of the destination cities and dates. Still, I'd be shocked if it was a very common layover.
show me one ticket that starts in US/Canada and arrives in China/Japan/Korea with a connection in Hawaii? I have personally never seen one after flying across the Pacific for 20+ times.
Part of the problem is that Hawaii is so far south compared to those north Asian countries. You'll probably only get UA that goes through GUM via HNL.
I remember doing HNL as a stopover from YVR to Australia many years back, but that's more of a stop than a connection.
show me one ticket that starts in US/Canada and arrives in China/Japan/Korea with a connection in Hawaii? I have personally never seen one after flying across the Pacific for 20+ times.
Easy enough to find on ITA Matrix if you use advanced routing codes and specify Hawaii as a middle point on one or both legs:
Los Angeles (LAX) to Tokyo (HND) — Tue, Jul 14 Los Angeles (LAX) to Honolulu (HNL) — Tue, Jul 14
American Airlines Inc. 141
Dep: 1:30 pm
Arr: 4:27 pm
5h 57m
Boeing 757
Economy (V)
Layover in HNL
2h 23m Honolulu (HNL) to Tokyo (HND) — Tue, Jul 14
Japan Airlines 89
Dep: 6:50 pm
Arr: 10:00 pm
8h 10m
Boeing 777
Economy (S)
Wed, Jul 15
Tokyo (HND) to Los Angeles (LAX) — Thu, Jul 23 Tokyo (HND) to San Francisco (SFO) — Thu, Jul 23
Japan Airlines 2
Dep: 12:05 am
Arr: 5:45 pm
9h 40m
Boeing 777
Economy (S)
Layover in SFO
Wed, Jul 22
3h 10m San Francisco (SFO) to Los Angeles (LAX) — Wed, Jul 22
Japan Airlines 7553
Dep: 8:55 pm
Arr: 10:44 pm
1h 49m
Boeing 737
Economy (S)
show me one ticket that starts in US/Canada and arrives in China/Japan/Korea with a connection in Hawaii? I have personally never seen one after flying across the Pacific for 20+ times.
Go to AA.COM and request an award ticket in business class. Almost all of them stop in HNL.
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Los Angeles (LAX) to Honolulu (HNL) — Tue, Jul 14
Honolulu (HNL) to Tokyo (HND) — Tue, Jul 14
