Blog: GROUNDED: What’s Really Behind The Delay In Southwest Airlines Flights To Hawaii Updated On: Jan 07, 2019 Here’s what’s really happening."> January 7, 2019 -- We’ve been hearing the same thing for more than a year — Southwest Airlines will soon be flying to Hawaii from California. Well, here we are in January 2019 — and the goalposts keep shifting. Here’s what’s really happening.