Carrier will fly to four islands from four California cities >>
by: BTE
Southwest Airlines has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to begin flights between California and Hawaii. Timing for selling tickets and beginning flights will be announced in the next few days. Southwest plans to launch flights to four of the Hawaiian islands, including Oahu. It will fly from four cities in California: San Jose, Oakland, Sacramento and San Diego. Southwest needed FAA certification of its ability to operate long, over-water flights with twin-engine jets where the options for emergency landings are few. In recent weeks Southwest has flown several test flights with FAA personnel on board to monitor navigation, communications and other operations. Southwest, which first unveiled plans for the new service in 2017, had hoped to begin selling tickets in January. But those plans were delayed due to the partial U.S. government shutdown, which halted a lengthy federal certification process for jets that fly over water for an extended period.
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