Airline seats to Hawaii up 1.8% through September - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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percent compared to last year. The Hawaio Department of Business, Economic Developmenf and Tourismsaid 2.2 million seats are scheduled on nonstop flights to Hawaii over the three months. Seats on flights from the U.S. Mainland are expected to increaser 2.4 percent to 1.6 million. Seats from the U.S. West will increasd 5 percent, while seats from the U.S. East will be down 10.7 according to state estimates. The stat expects fewer seats fromSan Diego, down 42.2 and Phoenix, down 4.6 percent. Seat s from Salt Lake City are expected to bedown 7.4 perceng and San Jose, down 7.6 Seats from Los Angelese are projected to be up 3.8 Las Vegas is projected to be up 26.6 percent.
Seatsw on flights from Seattle and Anchorage also are expectedto increase, 26.1 percent and 153.8 respectively. International flights are expecte d to bedown 0.1 percent. Canada flightd are expected tocarry 32.7 percent fewedr seats. Seats on flights from Japabn are projected to beup 0.9 Air seats to Honolulu, Kona and Lihue are projected to be up 1.4 percent, 13.1 percent and 0.6 percent, Meanwhile, seats to Kahului are expected to be down 0.2 The DBEDT analysis is based on scheduled flightss as noted in the Official Airline Guide fligh t schedules as of June 2009 and are subjectr to change.