Airline: Hawaiian Airways HA452
Route: Sydney to Honolulu
Plane: A330
Class: Enterprise Class
Seat: 2J
Length: 9 hours and 10 minutes
A seamless check-in expertise on the Hawaiian Airways counter adopted by Specific Path route by customs, and a heat welcome within the Qantas Enterprise Class Lounge is sufficient to make me swap the World Clock on my iPhone onto Hawaiian time. After serving to myself to an ice-cold G+T, I decide to lounging round within the comfortable communal area the place I can cost my iPhone. I needn’t have bothered, as moments after boarding the A330, on my Sydney to Honolulu flight, the pleasant flight attendant factors out the varied options, which incorporates two USB ports.
The nice vibes proceed within the type of a Na Pua welcome drink (prosecco and guava juice), which makes for a nice begin to the long-haul flight. “Hit me with that swizzle stick!” laughs the steward, who additionally proffers lounging pillows and a cotton quilt for my sleep-out within the sky. What I like in regards to the cabin is that the magic and color of recent Hawaii appears to have been captured with design cues from the pure atmosphere, craft and structure which are distinctive to the State.
The Hawaiian Airways gate is correct subsequent to the runway, which implies we additionally obtain the mai tai and scorching meal we ordered about an hour after being airborne. What I actually beloved about my enterprise class flight with Hawaiian Airways was the actual fact the aloha spirit appeared alive and nicely, with the plunka-plunka-plunka of ukelele music piped into the cabin setting the temper because the stewards within the blue shirts tangoed backwards and forwards across the cabin, aiming to please. The complimentary amenity kits, filled with lip balm, hydrating mist, dental equipment, bamboo comb and socks additionally improve the collective ranges of consolation.
The menu, designed by govt chef Lee Anne Wong (of Honolulu’s Koko Head Café) was additionally on-brand: assume miso soup, five-spice rooster with coconut milk ginger rice and chilled mini pineapple blueberry pie.
The seats within the enterprise class cabin, which have a 2-2-2- configuration and Poltrona Frau Italian-made leather-based chairs, recline 180 levels into beds that lie flat. After a stiff Koloa Kauai White Hawaiian Rum on the rocks, I pack away my slimline TV display screen with greater than 100 hours of films in favour of an audio program referred to as Keiki Nook, dedicated to Hawaiian music, and hit the metaphorical snooze button for six wonderful hours of sleep. Mahalo, Hawaiian Airways.
TRAVEL FACTS
Hawaiian Airways flies every day from Sydney and thrice weekly from Brisbane to Honolulu with connections to Hawaii’s neighbour islands. Fares from Australia embody a free checked baggage allowance of 64kg per individual (2 x 32 kg baggage), complimentary meals, drinks and leisure. Word: There can be a seasonal enhance in Brisbane-Honolulu providers of as much as 4 flights weekly from December 10, 2018 by to January 8, 2019. hawaiianairlines.com.au
Images provided by Hawaiian Airways.
