The not so great: I had planned to fly to Moloka'i at 6:30 AM, but yesterday, my flight was cancelled. I phoned Hawaiian Airlines, and they could only get me a flight at 12:22 PM. Fine. It meant I had only about 6 hours in Moloka'i but better than nothing.
(And by the way, after hearing about the delay, I actually figured, "Hey, I can squeeze in some surfing before I leave." And I did. But I was running late because of it... bad idea. Also a lot harder on my own).
The plane was a small prop plane that seated, I think about 50 people at most. We left late because we were, and I'm quoting, "Waiting for the last passenger." We waited for her!
My flight back was cancelled as well and I got moved to a direct flight from Moloka'i to Honolulu, without a stop in Lanai. Sadly, I can't say I went to 5 of the 6 islands, just 4 now....
Anyway, Hawaiian Airlines is pretty awesome. The flight from Honolulu to Moloka'i was about 30 minutes, and actual time in the air--I timed it, was 16 minutes and 20 seconds. We spent about 12 minutes either taxiing or sitting on the runway at Honolulu.
The other awesome thing is that despite the brevity of the flight, it's treated like a longer flight. So the captain spoke on the PA system, and welcomed us to Moloka'i and told us what the weather was! And on the flight there, there was too much turbulence, so we couldn't have drink service, but were welcome to take a juice or water on the way out. On the way back, we had drink service 8 minutes into the flight! That's awesome!
Photos after the jump.
