As the US Big 3 airlines announced their proposals for additional flights to Tokyo-Haneda, Hawaiian Airlines is looking to double its daily services to Haneda from Hawaii.

The Honolulu-based airline applied to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for 3 of the 12 slots that will become available in 2020 following the treaty opening up the airspace over Tokyo.

Hawaiian Airlines began flights from Haneda to Honolulu in 2010, eventually adding flights to Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii in 2016. Currently, there are 11 weekly flights from Honolulu to Haneda.

On the Honolulu-Haneda route, Hawaiian Airlines competes with All Nippon Airways’ own daily service. The route could see further competition as Atlanta-based Delta Airlines included its own flights on the route in its proposal to the US DOT.

The Japan-Hawaii travel market is one of the largest for inbound travel between both the US and Hawaii. There are around a dozen flights per day between Tokyo and Honolulu operated by United, JAL, Delta, Hawaiian, Korean Air, and All Nippon Airways (ANA). In addition to the Tokyo area, travelers from Japan have options for travel to Hawaii from cities such as Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka, and Sapporo.

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