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Aloha ! I was born and raised in Hawaii, happy to see you travel there! A gentle correction: Hawaii was never part of the British empire! The Union jack "commemorates the British Royal Navy's historical relations with the Kingdom of Hawaii, and in particular the pro-British sentiment of its first ruler, King Kamehameha I." The Hawaiian Kingdom had a lovely relationship with Great Britain and showed it in the flag. Love your work! Love your videos! I hope you had a lovely time in my home state. Aloha!
Not only wasn’t Hawaii never officially a part of the British Empire but the British Government recognized Hawaii as its own independent nation in the 1840s after supposedly a British person who landed in Hawaii claimed Hawaii as a part of the British Empire by saying they claimed it for the queen. However just because an individual claimed an area as a part of an empire in the mid 19th century doesn’t mean it was ever officially a part of a particular empire. Especially if the government doesn’t need the area in the first place. Hawaii is a great example of that. So after six months of negotiations the British Government formerly recognized Hawaii as an independent nation. I don’t know how true most of this story is but that’s what I heard anyway so take this with a very large grain of salt. And as Tory Belleci once said on MythBusters, “Just because it’s written doesn’t mean it’s true.”
Love that the clocks in the Priority Pass lounge were all showing different, incorrect times. The flight looked lovely, though, and I'll add it to my aviation bucket list!
That’s amazing Paul! I flew on Hawaiian for the first time back in January/February this year but it was before the 787 took debut. I was on an A330 from LAX-OGG, a B717 from OGG-KOA and back to OGG and then from there on another A330 back to LAX. It’s amazing that they are a U.S. Carrier to still serve you a hot sandwich for free in economy!
Great video Paul! I loved this one! It really seems with the new Business/First Suites on Hawaiian 🌺 coupled with the all new B787-9 that they’re really stepping up their game and I cannot wait to fly on it with Hawaiian Airlines someday soon! Cheers 🥂 mate! Caleb’s Aviation 😊
What a great video! Hope your time there was as fantastic - even a bad time in Hawaii is better than anywhere else in the world. I hope to go again soon :)
Love the video! I remember we went to Honolulu several years back and found a beach bar that specialized in a variety of mai tais, variations on the main theme etc. That was a very fun night and painful next morning
Paul , I love your travel videos. Please keep them coming. One question, do you ever video record your time in these paradises you visit outside the airports, like beaches and sites ? I’d love to see them . Best, Jim
Excited to see you travel out of Phoenix! While our airport isn't as luxurious as some others, I hope it was convenient and friendly! Love the videos Paul.
You’re right and that’s because it is. On an international route this would be sold as Business class. American carriers call their domestic Business class “First class”
I think I’ve been spoilt living in Asia for the last couple of decades, but that’s basically a Business Class seat, with average meals and no lounge access. That said, I’ve haven’t flown business or first class in the US in more than a decade, so this might be top tier there for all I know 😆 As always, thanks for taking us along on your journeys and opening our eyes to what’s available around the world - on more than one occasion, I’ve chosen airlines based on your reviews 👌
It is essentially a business class product. However for US domestic flights they’re coded as domestic first. It’s not intended to be comparable to an international first class product.
Nice to see Hawaiian Airlines and its new Dreamliner, let’s hope the Alaska Airlines group don’t get rid of that awesome livery. Btw did you fly on one of their B717?
I'll never understand American class names. It's first class, but there's no lounge access, and on any other airline, that would be a business class seat. Mind you, that's still better than the premium economy seats that many airlines there advertise as domestic first. Then again, American domestic first is way better than European short haul business, which is just an economy seat. It seems you only get an accurate class description on international long haul, regardless of airline.
I've only flown HA on inter-island flights - the premier class product on their widebodies looks quite decent and loads better than anything AA, DL or UA offer on their Hawaii flights. I would have gone for the frittata - those pancakes look like more carbs and sugar than I'm used to in the morning. I see it unlikely that the HA/AS merger will be approved. The USDOT seems to be anti-merger these days, and if it killed B6/NK then it'll likely kill HA/AS. That'll be just as well, because if the merger were to go through and Alaska's management takes over then the widebody flights between Hawaii and the western US would likely be replaced with A321s and 737s with an inferior product and flights to the central and eastern US would likely be axed in favour of routing pax through AS's hubs in SEA, SFO and LAX. The A330s would likely be disposed of and the 789's used only for international flights to the Far East and Australia.
Travel is hell but someone has to do it so we don't have to. All that roughing it in first class I'm surprised your body clock hasn't shut down in protest. 😀
The human faces on the Hawaiian and Alaskan tail fins are of a similar design suggesting some kind of connection between the two airlines although not the climates of the two states ,tropical vs polar!I don't think that Hawaii was ever part of the British Empire but they certainly had dealings with it and Captain Cook was killed there with another polar connection although Antarctic rather than Artic since Cook and his crew seem to have been the first known humans to cross the Antarctic Circle although they didn't land on the continent .
Hi Paul Are you able to convince Hawaiian Airlines to serve a vegetarian meal option for economy fliers to the islands from the mainland? They have two choices only for economy fliers, sausage pizza or sausage sandwich. If they could serve cheese pizza instead that would be amazing
That is not a proper first class. USA carriers on domestic routes seem to have a strange definition of first class. That sort of first is not even on the same ballpark as a Emirates or Qatar Airways first class.
Hawaii was never part of the British Empire but had lot's of dealing with it when a sovereign nation. It seems they just quite liked Britain and stuck the Union Jack on theirs.
Have travelled Hawaiian several times and impressed. Unfortunately will not use them again now they changed the A330s for 787s. I no longer trust Boeing and have had some 787 flights but have never found the dream.
cabin looks nice. i agree the doors are so unnecessary. take away space and add weight to the plane. airlines should do away with those. if you need so much privacy when flying then you should fly private. decent headphones or earplugs is all you need to fly peacefully.
I was not truly impressed. Cabin looks great. Seat mixed feelings about it, that rattling door....... during a return flight to the mainland...... Food: looked average, sure it tasted good but for a first class ticket .... Loo: average US commercial carrier, nothing special about it Wifi or lack of it: well....... Crew: Did not see them smile once.... this is not good at all. I wouldn't go out of my way to fly this airline.
as much as i like to watch your videos, my only downside to them is that you like all you vlogers paly te backround music way to loud, not aure why you all do this but for me as soon as i hear the music start i turn the video off, it is called backround music for a reason maybe you vlogers are not sure about that concept , so please so that i can watch more content for you tone down the music
