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Continental Airlines to offer new flights from LAX, John Wayne airports to Maui
This file photo shows a Continental Airlines jet rolling out to the runway at Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey.
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Continental Airlines will offer new flights from the Los Angeles and Orange County airports to Maui and between Orange County and Honolulu starting Sunday.
"We are excited to launch more service to Hawaii," said Jim Compton, Continental's executive vice president of marketing. "The new flights to Maui complement our existing service to Honolulu, providing our customers more travel options to Hawaii."
The new daily flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Maui's Kahului Airport will depart at 5:05 p.m. and arrive at 8:45 p.m. The return flight will depart Maui at 10:15 p.m. and arrive at Los Angeles at 5:45 a.m. the next day.
Continental will operate the flight with a Boeing 737-800 with 160 seats.
In addition, on Sunday the airline begins a second daily flight between Los Angeles and Honolulu.
The new Orange County-Maui flight will operate four times weekly, departing John Wayne Airport at 5:40 p.m. and arriving at Maui's Kahului Airport at 9:25 p.m. The return flight will depart Maui at 12:10 a.m. and arrive at Orange County at 7:45 a.m.
Continental will utilize a 124-seat Boeing 737-700 aircraft on the new route and plans to increase the service to daily during the summer.
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The new daily flight from Orange County to Honolulu — also utilizing a 124-seat 737-700 — will depart at 9 a.m. and arrive in Honolulu at 12:45 p.m.
The return flight will depart Maui at 2 p.m. and arrive at Orange County at 9:35 p.m.
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