Pacific Air Cargo reassures shippers as Aloha ends LA-Honolulu route
07 / 05 / 2024
Pacific Air Cargo's Thomas Ingram and Tanja Janfruechte.
Freighter operator Pacific Air Cargo (PAC) has said it can expand capacity on its Los Angeles (LAX)-Honolulu (HNL) flight after Aloha Air Cargo took the decision to end its own operation.
In a press statement, PAC said that it expects to readily meet increased capacity demands after June 1 following the announced withdrawal from the LAX-HNL-LAX route by “one of its competitors”.
PAC operates a Boeing 747-400 F from Los Angeles (LAX) to Honolulu (HNL) six days a week and said it has the flexibility to add additional services as demand dictates.
President and chief executive Tanja Janfruechte said: “One reason that we’ve been so successful over the past 24 years, is that we maintain a very flexible business model which allows us to respond in a timely manner to market changes.
“We expect to be able to meet the additional capacity and frequency demands following Aloha Air Cargo’s withdrawal from this route, effective June 1.”
The American Journal of Transportation reported that Aloha decided to exit the service because of a lack of profits on the route.
The carrier operated the service using a Boeing 767-300 freighter.
However, its 767 service linking Honolulu-Seattle-Los Angeles will continue to operate.
PAC also said there is “no shortage of competition between the mainland (US) and Hawaii”.
As well as the Honolulu operation, PAC also offers services to Kauai (LIH), Maui (OGG), Hilo (ITO), and Kona (KOA), and weekly services to Pago Pago (PPG-American Samoa) and Guam (GUM).
DHL, Hawaiian, Southwest, America, Delta, United, Kallitta, Alaska and FedEx are amongst the other airlines connecting Los Angeles and Honolulu.
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