Virgin America Wants to Start Flying to Honolulu This Year
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It appears as though Virgin America might beat Southwest in being the first of the two to fly to sunny Honolulu as both airlines look to expand beyond the lower 48. Southwest already has 10 international routes to seven countries but doesn't yet fly to Hawaii.
Virgin America CEO David Cush said the airline will have the capability to start flying from Los Angeles to Honolulu later this year, although it has yet to make a decision about the route.
Speaking at the Raymond James 36th Annual Institutional Investors Conference in Orlando March 3, Cush said Virgin America hasn't been able to fly to Honolulu due to its l lack of certification for the airline's Airbus A320 aircraft to fly that over-water route.
But that issue should be resolved later this year, Cush said, as Virg
