If you’re flying to Honolulu or Maui on Hawaiian Airlines this summer, pay attention. Your airline gate may not be where it once was.
Hawaiian, which has 17 round trips a week to Honolulu, two a week to Maui and flew more than 500,000 passengers to and from Las Vegas last year, is the airline suffering the most complications in the big move to McCarran International Airport’s new Terminal 3.
Hawaiian already has moved once. It left the soon-to-close Terminal 2 last week for Terminal 1.
The airline was one of the few domestic operators at Terminal 2, which was designated primarily for international and charter flights. Since Hawaiian once had several charter flights, it was right at home at Terminal 2.
As the airline grew, it added scheduled service but remained at Terminal 2.
Hawaiian will take up residence at the new T3 in the final phase of moves into the terminal in late August.
Last week, Hawaiian and charter carrier Omni Air moved their ticket counters from Terminal 2 to Terminal 1 and flights depart from the A gates.
That will continue through the end of August when Hawaiian and United Airlines establish their ticket counters at the new T3. Hawaiian’s flights will depart from the D gates and an underground tram will transport passengers to those gates.
Five other domestic carriers will move to T3 and operate from seven gates on the west side of the terminal. Moving in July 31 will be Alaska, Frontier, JetBlue, Sun Country and Virgin America.
So if you’re flying on Hawaiian between now and late August, go to Terminal 1. If you’re traveling in late August, you’ll go to Terminal 3.