Hawaiian Offering $300 “Rescue Fare” to Stranded Air Australia Flyers
02/16/2012 | 07:02pm
HONOLULU - February 16, 2012 - Hawaiian Airlines
announced it is offering a special one-way "Rescue Fare" for
travelers stranded by today's shutdown of Air Australia.
The fare is valid for travel on Hawaiian's daily
flights between Honolulu to Sydney through Thursday, March 1,
2012 at $300 USD for Honolulu departures and $300 AUD for
Sydney departures, all taxes and fees inclusive.
The Rescue Fare must be purchased by calling Hawaiian's
reservations department at 1-800-367-5320or at
Hawaiian's ticket counters at Honolulu International Airport
and Sydney International Airport. Travelers
booking the fare will be required to present their Air
Australia ticket or itinerary information when checking in
for their Hawaiian Airlines flight. Hawaii
residents booking the fare for a return to Hawaii from Sydney
will be asked to produce their Hawaii ID at check in.
"We're offering this special fare to help our friends
from Australia return home and not let this unfortunate
circumstance tarnish their vacation in Hawaii," said Mark
Dunkerley, Hawaiian's president and CEO. "We
also want to help any Hawaii residents stranded in Australia
to get home."
"We would like to extend our aloha to Hawaiian Airlines
for offering this special fare to visitors from Australia
stranded by the Air Australia flights and providing our
residents in Australia a way home," said Mike McCartney,
president and CEO of the Hawai'i Tourism Authority.
Hawaiian offers daily, nonstop flights between Honolulu
and Sydney using its Boeing 767-300ER aircraft seating up to
264 passengers, with 18 seats in First Class and the
remainder in Economy Class.
Hawaiian Flight #451 departs Honolulu International
Airport daily at 11:50 a.m. and arrives at Sydney Airport at
7:20 p.m. the following day.
The return Flight #452 departs Sydney daily at 9:20
p.m. and arrives in Honolulu at 10:10 a.m. the same day.
(Sydney is 21 hours ahead of Honolulu and the flight crosses
the International Dateline.)
About Hawaiian Airlines
Now in its 83rd year of continuous service in Hawaii,
Hawaiian is the largest provider of passenger air service to
Hawaii from the state's primary visitor markets on the U.S.
mainland. Hawaiian offers nonstop service to Hawaii from more
U.S. gateway cities (10) than any other airline, as well as
service to Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Australia,
American Samoa, and Tahiti. Hawaiian also provides
approximately 170 daily jet flights between the Hawaiian
Islands.
Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. is a subsidiary of Hawaiian
Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: HA). Additional information is
available at HawaiianAirlines.com. Follow updates on Twitter
about Hawaiian (@HawaiianAir) and its special fare offers
(@HawaiianFares), and become a fan on its Facebook page
(Hawaiian Airlines).
