Hawaiian Airlines Cuts Low-Performing Routes: Boston, Seoul, Fukuoka

Hawaiian Airlines has unveiled significant changes to its route network, making adjustments to enhance their operations. The airline will cease certain underperforming services to better allocate its fleet for more successful flights.

Starting in November 2025, services from Honolulu’s Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) to the following destinations will be suspended:

• Incheon Airport (ICN) in South Korea (5x weekly)
• Fukuoka Airport (FUK) in Japan (3x weekly)
• Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) (4x weekly)

In response, Hawaiian Airlines will use its aircraft to increase flight frequencies to:

• Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD) in Australia (daily from 5x weekly)
• Tahiti International Airport (PPT) in Papeete, French Polynesia (twice a week from once weekly starting March 2026)
• Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) (adding a fifth daily flight during peak seasons)
• Seattle Tacoma International Airport (SEA) (adding a fourth daily flight from November to April)

The airline also indicated that its fleet would continue to support its extensive Hawaii network.

Hawaiian Airlines CEO Joe Sprague remarked, “It’s always a difficult decision to suspend a route, especially in cities like Seoul, which we have enjoyed serving for over 14 years. However, despite our team’s best efforts, soft post-pandemic travel demand from Asia, along with various market challenges, have persisted in Seoul, as well as in Fukuoka and Boston, both of which we entered in 2019.”

Sprague further stated, “We remain committed to continuing to provide robust Hawaiian Airlines service between Asia and Hawai‘i through our nonstop Japan flights, and via one-stop connections to and from Incheon and beyond with our global partner airlines. These adjustments will ensure we are meeting strong demand for travel to Hawaiʻi—both internationally and domestically—while offering all our guests access to more destinations.”

What new destinations would you like to see Hawaiian Airlines add to their route network?