Per Reuters, Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. HA subsidiary Hawaiian Airlines’ CEO Peter Ingram stated that the carrier has suffered a slight decline in bookings following an eruption at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano.
The company’s CEO further commented on the sidelines of an airline industry conference that the flights from Honolulu to Hilo and Kona faced the largest impact as these airports are situated on the island of the spewing volcano. In fact, the lava emission has been forcing people to evacuate homes since last month.
However, Ingram confirmed that this natural disaster has not induced any flight delays or cancellations so far.
But tourism authorities on Hawaii’s Big Island are struggling with low summer bookings for hotels at the popular tourist destination. Earlier, the concerned authorities had confirmed that hotel bookings slumped nearly 50% since the volcanic flare-up began on May 3.
Per a Forbes report, earthquake activities have been intensifying of late in the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park making things worse. Meanwhile the Kilauea volcanic eruption continues unstoppable causing the magma to flow straight into the Pacific Ocean. Moreover, the lava is said to have engulfed the entire Green Lake, the largest in Hawaii.
With the calamity growing in severity, it remains to be seen how it affects Hawaiian Holdings.
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