SYDNEY — It’s raining here this morning, so I’m taking it easy, getting oriented, and catching up after a 10.5 hour flight from Honolulu. As usual, Hawaiian Airlines did a fine job. For one thing, they fly my favorite airplane, the Boeing 767. They also feed you — for free! — and the food is…
I will soon be crossing two long-anticipated train rides off my must-do list. Tomorrow morning, I’m hopping over to Honolulu and, just after noon, will take Hawaiian Airlines’ non-stop flight to Sydney. It will already be the next day, Sunday, when I arrive, but that will still give me two full days to see some…
I’ve just made arrangements for a visit to Australia at the end of January where I’ll be taking two wonderful long distance train trips. Travel from here to Australia is very convenient because Hawaiian Airlines has three non-stop flights a week between Honolulu and Sydney. As regular visitors here know, I’m a big fan of…
For years and years, two stalwart, reliable airlines carried us local folks back and forth among our lovely islands: Hawaiian Airlines, the country’s 11th largest, which has been operating since 1929, and Aloha Airlines, founded in 1947. In recent years, both airlines began serving a number of west coast cities. That all changed last March,…