Featured Map for 18 January 2018:
The Long and the Short of the Pacific

This afternoon, Hawaiian Airlines will launch their first new route with the Airbus A321neo, flying from Kahului, Maui to Portland, Oregon. (The A321neo debuted with Hawaiian eight days ago, replacing the larger Airbus A330 on existing service from Maui to Oakland.) The return service to Hawaii will start the next morning.

Less than three hours later, United Airlines will launch a new route using the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, spanning the width of the Pacific Ocean from Houston to Sydney, with the return service starting two days later. This route will be United's second-longest after Los Angeles to Singapore, which started on 27 October 2017, and will be the fourth-longest scheduled flight by great-circle distance.

Today's Featured Map shows these two new routes over the Pacific Ocean.

Flight	Route	Departs	Arrives		Effective	Aircraft
HA 40	OGG-PDX	1:15 pm	8:25 pm		18 Jan 2018	Airbus A321neo
HA 39	PDX-OGG	8:00 am	12:00 pm		19 Jan 2018	Airbus A321neo
UA 101	IAH-SYD	8:00 pm	6:30 am	(+2)	18 Jan 2018	Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
UA 100	SYD-IAH	11:50 am	10:30 am		20 Jan 2018	Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner

References and additional information:

• Hawaiian Airlines
  • Hawaiian Airlines Welcomes First A321neo, Readies for U.S. West Coast Expansion (16 November 2017)
  • Hawaiian Unveils Three New Year-Round West Coast Routes, Begins Sales for A321neo Flights (24 July 2017)
  • The A321neo
• United Airlines
  • United Airlines Strengthens Commitment to Houston with Nonstop Service Between Houston and Sydney (7 September 2017)
  • United Airlines Announces Nonstop Service Between Los Angeles and Singapore (1 June 2017)
  
  
• Featured Map: 21 Longest Flights for Great Circle Mapper's 21st Birthday (13 September 2017)