A yr in the past, Boston vacationers had nonstop flights to Hawaii on two totally different airways. This winter? None. That is as a result of each Delta Air Traces and Hawaiian Airways dropped their service between New England and the Aloha State.
However there’s excellent news to report.
Delta simply introduced it is bringing again its Boston-Honolulu flights.
The Atlanta-based airline on Friday stated it can restore service between Boston Logan Worldwide Airport (BOS) and Honolulu’s Daniel Okay. Inouye Worldwide Airport (HNL), simply forward of the 2026 vacation season.
The route will reclaim the title of America’s longest home flight and mark the return of a seasonal route Delta previously operated for only one winter between 2024 and early 2025.
However that wasn’t the one Hawaii information the service shared.
Delta additionally introduced its Minneapolis-St. Paul Worldwide Airport (MSP) hub will get new nonstop service subsequent winter to a second Hawaiian vacation spot: Maui.
Each flights will launch Dec. 19, which, for these glancing at their calendars, is the Saturday previous to Christmas. (The vacation comes on a Friday this yr.)
These routes — one new and one returning — have been amongst a sequence of different strikes Delta revealed to bolster its service between the U.S. mainland and Hawaii for subsequent winter, a warming thought after a brutally chilly few weeks in a lot of the nation.
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Here is what to know in regards to the new service.
Boston to Honolulu
Delta will function its Boston-to-Honolulu route 4 occasions per week for many of subsequent winter however plans to run its planes between New England and Oahu every day in the course of the peak vacation journey rush.
The service will function its BOS-HNL flights with an Airbus A330-300, which sports activities:
- 34 lie-flat Delta One seats
- 21 Delta Premium Choose (premium economic system) recliners
- 24 extra-legroom Consolation seats
- 203 seats in the principle cabin
Whereas Delta beforehand went head-to-head with Hawaiian on what was — and can quickly be once more — America’s longest home route, it seems the service will (for now, at the very least) have the run to itself … except Hawaiian follows Delta in pulling an about-face on a route it cut last year, citing underperformance.
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Minneapolis-St. Paul to Maui
Passengers can even see the A330-300 on Delta’s all-new nonstop route from MSP to Kahului Airport (OGG) on the island of Maui.
Delta will function 5 weekly spherical journeys on this route for many of the winter however will increase it to day by day service throughout each the height vacation rush and the busy spring break interval.
This would be the service’s second nonstop flight to Hawaii from Minneapolis. It already flies between MSP and HNL.
Different Hawaii additions
On high of these additions, Delta is planning a bigger Hawaii enlargement for subsequent winter.
The service will function further weekly flights to Honolulu from three hubs: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Worldwide Airport (ATL), Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) and New York’s John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport (JFK).
Elsewhere, the service is planning an earlier begin this fall to its winter seasonal service from Salt Lake Metropolis Worldwide Airport (SLC) to Ellison Onizuka Kona Worldwide Airport at Keahole (KOA) on Hawaii’s Massive Island.
Its flights from Los Angeles Worldwide Airport (LAX) to KOA can even get a much bigger airplane for the winter season — one in all Delta’s twin-aisle Boeing 767-300s.
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Reclaiming the mantle
The return of Boston flights to Honolulu means present service to Hawaii from the New York Metropolis space will lose the excellence of being the longest home flights in America.
Nonetheless, there are many nonstop choices to the Aloha State from JFK and close by Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport (EWR), as TPG’s Clint Henderson recently experienced for himself.
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Backside line
If in case you have a stash of Delta SkyMiles to use and just like the sound of Hawaii for the vacations, I would maintain a detailed eye on Delta’s reserving channels within the coming days to attempt to see how the newly launched award house seems. Keep in mind, so long as you do not guide one of many service’s “primary” award flights, you will get your miles, taxes and charges totally restored and refunded should you later should cancel.
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