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Southwest Airlines Announces New Flights To West Coast, Hawaii, And Cuba
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Southwest Airways is dramatically rising flights to 2 California cities, in addition to boosting connections on the Hawaiian islands and between Florida and Cuba.
The airline introduced a slew of flight additions this week, primarily boosting regional service to each San Diego and San Jose.
“For a gamut of vacationers searching for enterprise alternative, faraway enjoyable, or household time, these new routes and extra flights put the hospitality and worth of Southwest Airways in entrance of extra of our prospects,” Andrew Watterson, Southwest’s govt vp and CCO, mentioned in a launch.
California Routes
Southwest is already the airline with probably the most service in California, and people numbers are about to go up.
Beginning June 5, the airline will fly on weekdays between San Diego and Sacramento as much as 20 instances every method, between San Diego and San Jose as much as 20 instances every method, and between San Diego and Oakland as much as 14 instances every method.
Service to and from San Jose may even get boosted, with flights between town and Orange County as much as 10 instances every method, between San Jose and Las Vegas as much as 13 instances every method, and between San Jose and Lengthy Seashore as much as 4 instances every method.
Southwest may even enhance San Jose service to the Pacific Northwest, with flights to Seattle and Portland as much as six instances a day, and to Boise and Spokane, Washington, as much as twice a day. It’s going to additionally add a brand new each day flight to Eugene, Oregon.
“For the summer time and fall, we’ve given San Jose prospects extra flights on California short-haul enterprise routes, and into Las Vegas,” mentioned Adam Decaire, vp of community planning. “Based mostly on at the moment revealed schedules, Southwest gives extra service between Silicon Valley and the Northwest than every other service.”
One different California route is being added, with each day service between Sacramento and Santa Barbara beginning June 5.
Hawaii Service
Southwest can also be making main will increase in its service between the Hawaiian islands, together with new each day service between Maui and Kauai.
Different will increase embrace eight each day flights every method between Honolulu and Maui, leaping to 11 instances in September; 5 each day flights between Honolulu and Hilo beginning in September; 5 each day flights between Honolulu and Kona on the island of Hawaii in June, leaping to 6 in September; 5 each day flights between Honolulu and Kauai, leaping to 6 in September; and twice each day flights between Maui and Kona all summer time.
Cuba Service
Southwest can also be boosting its flights into Havana. Beginning Could 4, the airline will provide three each day spherical journeys between Havana and Fort Lauderdale, up from the present providing. It’s going to additionally add a brand new round-trip flight on Saturday, as properly.
Flights for any Southwest route can now be booked as far out as November 5, based on the airline.
“We lately prolonged our flight schedule to early November, and we’re making out there new service sooner for planning early summertime journeys,” Watterson mentioned.
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New report reveals Hawaii’s health advantages, disadvantages for kupuna
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HONOLULU (KHON2) — According to a new report, health for Hawaii’s seniors seems to be doing well overall. But there are still areas where we struggle, including ranking last in the nation when it comes to insufficient sleep and excess drinking.
The 2024 America’s Health Rankings Senior Report was recently released by the United Healthcare Foundation and outlined some of the most urgent health disparities we see.
Hawaii scored high marks in senior health, coming in overall at 6th in the nation.
We’ve succeeded in combating obesity, where we ranked first, second in the least amount of falls and smoking, fifth in physical activity, and 15th in exercise.
“We’ve had the lowest rate of premature death in the country and we have the lowest rate of hospitalizations for preventable conditions in the country,” said Dr. Robert Gluckman of United Healthcare Hawaii. “We have some really advantageous health advantages, low obesity rate, low smoking rate, and increased levels of physical activity.”
But some areas are a major concern, like excessive drinking where we are 50th, and access to health care.
We don’t rank quite as high in the proportion of our community that gets cancer screening. There’s been some decline in the proportion of our members, of our patients, who are getting immunizations. And so I think access to care is a real challenge. A lot is going on at the state level to try to improve that, but you’re thinking about how we’re going to have some novel ways of getting people care that rely on just that, don’t totally rely on face to face visits.
Dr. Robert Gluckman, United Healthcare Association
Dr. Gluckman added that improving telehealth as we deal with staffing issues at care facilities can help.
Since we’re first in longevity and mortality, Dr. Gluckman is concerned about Alzheimer’s. He said social isolation can be a contributing factor, but there is a way kupuna can help stop it.
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“Hawaii ranked 41st in the level of volunteerism among our seniors. So some seniors who are well could look for opportunities to volunteer to improve their social isolation and that’s also going to have an impact on the people who are not willing to volunteer because they could be the recipients,” Dr. Gluckman explained.
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HDOT seeks input on Hawaiian spelling for various Oahu street signs
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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – State transportation officials are looking for help with the Hawaiian spelling of some Oahu street signs.
They hope to tap into Native Hawaiian Organizations and members of the community with cultural knowledge.
Some of the street names up for revisions include Ulune Street, Piliokahe Avenue, Ilimalia Loop, and more.
Check out the list and lend a hand by filling out the survey here.
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