And along with your addendum with the 738 placeholder disclaimer, a 1320 arrival won’t be the same plane that departs at 1350–the return will either route off of another inbound or the times themselves are also just placeholders and will be tweaked later.

I think they’re going to have to change the time on that, because they don’t have 737-900s coming from anywhere else. Orange County is a 737-700 and the Continental Micronesia operation is a 737-800. Considering that the timing works for a turn on March 28, I assume that’s what’s going to happen.

And along with your addendum with the 738 placeholder disclaimer, a 1320 arrival won’t be the same plane that departs at 1350–the return will either route off of another inbound or the times themselves are also just placeholders and will be tweaked later.

Heck, even Herb wouldn’t try a :30 turn in HNL on a transpac (if Herb was to do a transpac).

The shift after two weeks is most likely the result of the extra hour gained as the mainland goes on Daylight Savings time and Hawaii stays on Standard time

But it’s not a 1 hour shift. Before March 28, the flight leaves at 1020a and arrives at 120p. Beginning that day, it shifts to a 950a departure with a 1245p arrival.

JayB wrote:
Cranky,
You said there will be a thirty-minute turnaround (120p-150p) at HNL for one of the LAX flights. Isn’t that cutting it awfully close? Or, is there so much padding built into flight times these days that on-times are becoming/are a joke?
It actually looks like it’s only that tight for a couple weeks. Beginning on March 28, it moves up to arriving at 1245p turning at 150p. So it’s possible that the first couple weeks will be really late or they’ll change as it gets closer.

The shift after two weeks is most likely the result of the extra hour gained as the mainland goes on Daylight Savings time and Hawaii stays on Standard time

Cranky,
You said there will be a thirty-minute turnaround (120p-150p) at HNL for one of the LAX flights. Isn’t that cutting it awfully close? Or, is there so much padding built into flight times these days that on-times are becoming/are a joke?

It actually looks like it’s only that tight for a couple weeks. Beginning on March 28, it moves up to arriving at 1245p turning at 150p. So it’s possible that the first couple weeks will be really late or they’ll change as it gets closer.

You said there will be a thirty-minute turnaround (120p-150p) at HNL for one of the LAX flights. Isn’t that cutting it awfully close? Or, is there so much padding built into flight times these days that on-times are becoming/are a joke?

Any talk of CO expanding Chicago ops? I’m looking for a new go-to airline to replace UA, which is becoming increasingly expensive and inconvenient.

Well, you have more good options in Chicago than just about anywhere. If you’re in love with O’Hare, you can always fly American. Or if you’re willing to head to the south side, Southwest will gladly fly you all over the country.

My guess is that the only expansion we’ll see of Continental in Chicago is additional flying/larger aircraft to their existing hubs to help flow traffic.