Southwest Airlines plans flights to four Hawaiian Airports

Will fly from LAX OAK and PHX or LAS if the planes can fly that extra 300 mile range from those inland hubs

West coast to Hawaii is the longest over-water flight in the world in terms of "equal time point".

Stop putting up links to paywalls.

They should call it the Orient Express :)

Sorry, meant that for the longest flight squawk and don't know how to delete here :(

Passengers are encouraged to bring along any extra engines they might have.

Yes, it is primarily a pattern aircraft meaning that it stays in the traffic pattern. the numbers on speed and fuel consumption are fairly nice for a little two seat airplane. Below is the data from their site on the Alpha model. The price is what knock me to the floor at 84 thousand Dollars,
The Pipistrel ALPHA Trainer is fitted with the ever reliable Rotax 912 80 hp engine. While some may question whether 80 hp is enough, those familiar with Pipistrel know that our designs maximize performance with the given power. The 80 hp engine powers the Pipistrel ALPHA Trainer to a respectable, Cessna 172 cruise speed of 108 knots (200km/h) and will achieve very short take-off distance and climb rates of over 1000 fpm (5 m/s). Pipistrel believes that the Rotax 80 hp engine is the ideal choice for a training aircraft, it is smooth and reliable, it is frugal with the fuel and the 2000 hour/15 year TBO is achievable.
New wing design
The Pipistrel ALPHA Trainer has a new wing design based on the already successful and proven Pipistrel Virus SW aircraft. With the redesigned wing the aircraft does not require airbrakes to land, further simplifying the cockpit controls for students. The new wings feature redesigned flaperons which now have +25° of flap travel enabling short field landings.