... There, I flew between Oahu and the Big Island on Aloha airlines.
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Small airline that service mainly the islands of Hawaii. Recently has started flights with several cities on the west coast of USA as well as Vancouver. Service several pacific islands such as Christmas ... Read review
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Advantages: Friendly service. Disadvantages: Flies only within the Hawaiian islands and some states.
...and the Big Island on Aloha airlines.
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Small airline that service mainly the islands of Hawaii. Recently has started flights with several cities on the west coast of USA as well as Vancouver. Service several pacific islands such as Christmas islands, Johnston islands etc.
My experience
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As usual, we arrived early at the check-in counter of ... ...Apparently on these Boeings that Aloha airline is using, the emergency doors have to be physically lifted out in order to activate the floatation devices or something along these lines. The safety procedures was quite interesting too. I quote "in the event of an emergency, use seats as a floatation device ..." So, I have to rip my seat off and wrap on arms around it to stay floated ... as long as the sharks don't get to me first!
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Earlier in the year, I had the opportunity to visit the islands of Hawaii. There, I flew between Oahu and the Big Island on Aloha airlines.
A short background ================== Small airline that service mainly the islands of Hawaii. Recently has started flights with several cities on the west coast of USA as well as Vancouver. Service several pacific islands such as Christmas islands, Johnston islands etc.
My experience ============= As usual, we arrived early at the check-in counter of the Aloha airline section of the Honolulu airport. Check-in process was very efficient and within minutes, we had our boarding passes. It was only then that I found out that seats are not allocated but passengers choose their seats on boarding on a first-come first-served basis. This, I found interesting because I never expected this in America.
Anyway, towards boarding time, the queue for the boarding gate had started to grow. My husband and I decided to queue up, so we might have a chance of sitting together. Before we were allowed to board, we had to show some form of photo ID. In our case, we provided our passports together with our boarding passes.
The plane had 2 by 2 seatings. We managed to find seats together. The seats were quite spacious and comfortable, I didn't feel like it was a squeeze to get into my seat nor did I feel I could fit two of me into one seat! Some seats in the middle of the plane are reserved for people who are strong enough to lift the emergency doors. Apparently on these Boeings that Aloha airline is using, the emergency doors have to be physically lifted out in order to activate the floatation devices or something along these lines. The safety procedures was quite interesting too. I quote "in the event of an emergency, use seats as a floatation device ..." So, I have to rip my seat off and wrap on arms around it to stay floated ... as long as the sharks don't get to me first!
On the way to the Big Island from Oahu, it would be a good idea to sit on the left hand side of the plane. Why, you ask? Well, we were provided with a running commentary of the various islands on the way to the Big island and most of these islands are located on the left hand side ... plus the flight also provided a great view of the diamond head volcano on Oahu as well as the city of Oahu, so sit on the left side if you can!
Food wise, nothing! Its only a one hour flight, refreshment was provided in the form of a drink and nothing else.
Can't say anything about the washroom because I didn't get to visit it during the short flights. But I'm sure there were a couple in the plane!
The take-off and landing was reasonable smooth. The flight was punctual both ways. Nothing to complain about.
Cost ==== I bought my tickets as a holiday package from expedia.com which included return airfares from Oahu, car rental and accommodation. It came to around 640 US dollars for 2 people.
It is worth checking hotel websites on the Big island because they usually have very competitive deals with the domestic airlines and car rental companies.
Aloha airline also sells something call a 7-day Island pass. I believe it is the equivalent of a 7-day Eurorail pass. With this pass, you could have unlimited travel with Aloha airlines within the islands of Hawaii for around 340 US dollars (including tax). Personally I think this is a pretty good deal and allows a visitor to visit as many islands as possible.
Verdict ======= The flights were reasonable comfortable. There was the occassional turbulance (as expected) and on a small plane, one can always feel it. I've given it a 4 star because I feel they could do better in the refreshment area.
Advantages: Price was cheap £600 quid From Uk to Hawaii Disadvantages: Not happy with service.Trying American airlines this summer
I flew for the first time with North West airlines in october 2000 from La to Honolulu and return.From this trip I was not impressed by this airline service or rather lack of it.
We had already been travelling 17 hours before we got to LA, so we where a bit upset to find the Honolulu flight delayed for 4 hours.We were told that there was a Alohaairlines flight that would connect us forward when we passed through imigration, which ment we would have to wait only 1 hour.However when we got to the gate we where told the North West aircraft would make up time and therefore we had to wait.....Not want you want to hear after a long flight.So we waited and waited.....and the aircraft turned up 5 hours late, plus an extra 50 minutes to refuel and change crew, adn a six hour flight ahead of us......never again...ive never been so knackered ...
bazza1603 28.01.2001 (29.01.2001)
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Advantages: An experience of a life time Disadvantages: Hot, hot and hot
Did I mention that I was in Hawaii earlier this year?!:) (Must have been the third or fourth time I stated this). Anyway, this is an op about my travel on the Big Island of Hawaii.
The Big Island is so named because it is the biggest island within the state of Hawaii. The island is dotted with coffee and macadamia nut plantations as well as the usual volcanoes. Scientists are still arguing whether there is one big volcano or three separate ones. Every now and then, during our drive around the island, we saw the occasional gas venting from the earth, an indication that we were near an active volcano.
We flew to the Big Island on AlohaAirline, which you could read about in a previous op. We had a hired car and armed with a map, were able to find our way to various places, including our hotel. Here are some of the highlights ...
petitesquirt 21.07.2003
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Advantages: Free Scheme Disadvantages: Its Free - what more do you want!!!
of the airlines have regional agreements which mean that you can sometimes earn and redeem miles on additional carriers that are not in the alliance. With United, you can earn miles on US Airways, BWIA, Aeromar, Air Dolomiti, AlohaAirlines, Cayman Airways, Delta Airlines, Emirates, and select flights with Continental Connection, Great Lakes Airlines and Virgin Blue.
Miles can add up very quickly. For example, I took out the United Airlines Mileage Plus Gold Card and earned an additional 6000 miles last year, recommended 3 friends to the scheme and earned 15000 miles, and 1 round trip economy to the USA gave me 8000 miles. That would have been enough to earn me a free trip with bmi british midland to Europe.
There are a lot of additional offers set up mainly for US residents, such as the ability to earn with telecom companies ...
