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Scheduled airlines seats to Hawaii are expected to drop 11.2 percent.

According to the Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, 2.3 million seats are scheduled on nonstop flights to Hawaii from July through September.

U.S. Mainland flights are expected to decrease 11.2 percent to 1.6 million, led by a nearly 13 percent decline in visitors from the U.S. West region. The number of seats from Las Vegas is projected to be down 42 percent to 48,576 scheduled seats. The number of seats from California is projected to be down. DBEDT expects arrivals from Oakland to be down 80 percent to 24,288; Sacramento and San Diego are forecast to be down 43 percent and 31 percent, respectively. Los Angeles is projected to be down nearly 4 percent to 533,058 seats.

Flights from the U.S. East are expected to drop only 1 percent.

Flights from Japan are projected to be down 16 percent to 404,568 seats. Meanwhile, airlines traveling from Sydney and Auckland will have 25 percent fewer seats paydayloan.

Canada flights are expected to grow 17 percent to 43,960 seats.

Flights from Manila are expected to grow 138 percent to 24,552 seats. Hawaiian Airlines launched a direct service to Manila in April.

Air seats to Honolulu and Kahului are projected down 11.6 percent and 16.9 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, Kauai will benefit from a 27 percent increase to 123,970 scheduled air seats.

The DBEDT analysis is based on scheduled flights as noted in the Official Airline Guide flight schedules as of June and are subject to change.

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