Hawaii not affected by United Airline Cuts

You may be aware that United Airlines will be laying off 7,000 workers and cutting its U.S. capacity by 16 percent.  The job cuts represent about 13 percent of United’s overall payroll of 52,500 workers.  That news had Hawaii’s travel professionals getting all huhu.  United accounts for 18.3 percent of the capacity of all flights to Hawaii, and United is the biggest carrier for Mainland-to-Hawaii routes, with more than 20 daily flights.

The airline, however, has announced that it will not reduce the number of flights it operates to Hawaii, one of the few markets not affected by the flight cutbacks, and anyone who has booked a Hawaiian vacation with United as the airline has no need to worry.

That sound you hear is the collective sigh being breathed by the travel pros and United officials here in the islands.

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