Hawaiian Airlines Flight 90 flew into aviation history, inaugurating the nation’s longest interstate route when it left Honolulu’s Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) yesterday and touched down at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), bringing with it a five-times-a-week dose of aloha to New England.
Hawaiian’s newest nonstop route opens a rainbow of possibilities to the Northeast region thawing out from another winter. It also gives Hawai‘i residents convenient access to more of the East Coast. In commemoration of the city of Boston’s deep history and Hawaiian Airlines’ 90th year of operation, the carrier numbered its Honolulu to Boston flight HA90.
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Hawaiian Airlines’ launch of nonstop service between Boston and Honolulu will shower the Hub with aloha. A celebration of Hawaiian Airlines inaugural flight from Honolulu to Boston on 4/5/2019.
“As Hawaii’s airline, we take great pride in sharing our love of these Islands, and as we welcome our newest guests from the East Coast, we are confident they will find that their vacation begins and ends with us,’’ said Hawaiian Airlines President and CEO Peter Ingram. “We also want to help Hawai‘i residents get to where they want to go, and we know that people here travel to New England frequently.’’
At 5,095 miles, Hawaiian’s HNL-BOS route is the longest regularly scheduled interstate route in U.S. history. It will take nearly 10 hours traveling to Boston from Honolulu, and roughly 11.5 hours traveling from Boston in the morning and arriving in Honolulu in the afternoon. When the ship Thaddeus sailed from Boston to Hawai’i in 1819, it took the missionaries who were onboard 164 days to reach the islands.
“I congratulate Hawaiian Airlines for launching this exciting new flight and I thank our hometown airline for giving us — and visitors to Hawai’i — the best way to get to, from and between the islands,’’ said Hawai‘i Gov. David Ige. “Having Hawaiian open new routes like Boston spreads the spirit of aloha to more of the planet.’’
In addition to vacations, the route opens economic and cultural opportunities. The seafood industry, important in both states, will benefit. On board Flight HA89 as it departed Boston for Hawai‘i: nearly one-and-a-half tons of live lobster. Hawaiian fish and produce will also be regularly flown to New England.