Hawaiian airlines first class a330. Hawaiian airlines found itself in a bit of a pickle a few years ago when it pinned its hopes on a fleet of a330s. Hawaiians retrofitted a330s now sport a first class cabin with 18 lie flat seats arranged in a 2 2 2 configuration. Review of hawaiian airlines first class in an airbus a330 from honolulu to san francisco.
Each seat has 76 inches of pitch and is 21 inches wide. The airbus a330 200 aircraft version presented here features lie flat beds in its first class premium cabin. Hawaiian air a330 first class pros.
Hawaiian airlines a330 lie flat first class seats here we go with my first ever experience with the hawaiian airlines lie flat first class seats. This aircraft flies with 18 lie flat seats in first class and 260 seats in economy class. The rise of alaska airlines suddenly opened up the hawaiian market from the west coast on 737s serving many smaller markets with direct flights.
If using hawaiian airlines miles to book an award flight a first class saver award is 40000 miles and a first class flex award is 80000 130000 for a one way flight. Hawaiian airlines airbus a330 lie flat first class review. Hawaiian airlines calls this premium cabin first class on domestic flights from hawaii to the mainland usa while the same cabin is designated business class on international flights.
We were aboard the carriers very first flight from boston bos to hawaiis capital city in first class no less. Hawaiian airlines operates the airbus a330 200 on long haul flights. I am only seeing 130000 on the jfk and bos flights.
The flights from california had the best availability for flex awards probably because they are shorter and less people want to splurge for first class. Well technically they are more like business class seats than anything else but it is what it is. Ill be writing a full hawaiian airlines a330 first class review later but in the meantime here are the pros and cons based on my and my husbands experiences on the flight.
Due to the design of the seats the cabin has a more open feel than most business and first class cabins. In april 2019 hawaiian airlines broke its own record for the longest domestic nonstop new york jfk to honolulu hnl by going about 100 miles farther to another east coast metropolis also with the airbus a330 200. Upon delivery each hawaiian airlines a330 is auspiciously named for a celestial body of particular importance to ancient polynesian navigators from hokupaa polaris to hanaiakamalama southern cross.
Hawaiian airlines added more extra comfort seats to the main cabin in the retrofit so these planes now feature 68 of them up from the original 40 on the carriers non retrofitted a330s. How many miles to book.