HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – It’s a busy vacation weekend at Honolulu’s airport.
It’s additionally turning out to be a worrying one for some vacationers.
Over the past a number of days, Hawaiian Airlines has canceled dozens of inter-island flights due to pilot shortages, leaving some scrambling to determine how they’ll make their deliberate journey.
“So we have been a bit shocked that it did get canceled,” stated Paige Garcia, who was scheduled to fly to Maui together with her household on Friday morning.
Their flight was pushed to a later time.
“It’s been a bit hectic,” she stated.
Vacationers flying from Maui to Oahu bumped into the identical downside.
“It was form of empty at first early this morning, so I form of obtained nervous. I used to be like, wait a minute, appears like a ghost city,” stated Ewa Seashore resident Michael Decenso.
“And I had a nasty feeling about all flights being canceled. Positive sufficient it was cancelled.”
Decenso was alleged to return to Oahu on Thursday night time, however his flight was certainly one of 19 Neighbor Island journeys that ended up being cancelled. “It’s form of irritating. I simply wished to be house,” he stated.
Hawaiian Airways says the schedule modifications are due to coaching points associated to their flight simulator. And in the long run, there weren’t sufficient pilots to function the Boeing 717.
Hawaiian does count on inter-island operations to normalize a bit heading into the weekend. They’re now utilizing bigger plane, particularly for his or her busiest routes ― together with Honolulu to Kahului.
The airline is apologizing to their friends for the schedule disruptions.
Regardless of the delays, vacationers say they’re nonetheless trying ahead to some high quality time with household.
“We’re hoping to get some actual leisure there,” stated Daniel, a Las Vegas resident headed to Maui.
Hawaiian Airways says they’ve sufficient bigger plane to make use of for his or her neighbor island flights as wanted to accommodate friends till the coaching points are resolved.
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