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Hawaiian Airlines recently announced it will restart service between Tokyo's Haneda Airport and Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport on Hawaii Island in October.
The airline will begin by operating three flights from Oct. 29 through Nov. 4, before offering regular weekly service starting on Nov. 22. Hawaiian will return to its original thrice-weekly schedule in March 2024, according to the announcement.
The company first launched Haneda-Kona service in 2016, but suspended flights in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Hawaiian.
"We're very pleased to bring back our convenient nonstop service between Tokyo and Hawaii Island as we continue to restore our Japan network to meet increasing demand," said Takaya Shishido, Japan country director at Hawaiian Airlines, in a statement. "The gradual increase in our weekly service from November through March allows us to ramp up our operations to serve our guests."
The airline currently offers daily service between Honolulu's Daniel K. Inouye International Airport and Tokyo's Haneda and Osaka's Kansai airports, six-times-weekly service between Honolulu and Tokyo Narita airport, and thrice-weekly service between Honolulu and Fukuoka airport. Hawaiian will continue to operate its Japan routes with 278-seat Airbus A330 aircrafts, according to the company.