QantasLink VH-X4D

National Jet Systems is taking delivery of VH-X4D "Platypus" (msn 55298). This QantasLink-liveried A220-371 (BD-500-1A11) is making its delivery flight from YMX to CBR, via YVR, HNL, and NAN as QFA6075, and will overnight at HNL. VH-X4D departed YMX yesterday, and overnighted at YVR.

Hawai‘i Rainbow Warriors Team Charter

The Hawai‘i Rainbow Warriors football team is chartering a Hawaiian Airlines A321-271N for their road game to play the Sam Houston State Bearkats on Saturday. N204HA "ʻŌhiʻa Lehua" (msn 7959, f/n 204) is taking the team as HAL750, with its first stop at OAK. The team charter will continue onto IAH as HAL752. N204HA is scheduled to stay at IAH to bring the Rainbow Warriors home following the game.

14 September 2024 UPDATE

N204HA is departed IAH for OAK as HAL753, then to HNL as HAL755.

Never Forget!

Twenty-three years ago today, the world changed as four airliners were hijacked by radical islamists, and two flown into the World Trade Center towers in New York City; one flown into the Pentagon in Washington, DC; and one crashed in a field in Shanksville, PA. These terrorists acts killed thousands of innocents and first responders.

We honor, and pay tribute to the fallen of the heinous events of this day in 2001.

LEST WE NEVER FORGET! 🇺🇸

Westpac Air Ambulance's ZK-PSR

Westpac Air Ambulance's Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 Marquise, ZK-PSR (msn 1569SA) is making a stop at HNL from APW. It's making its way to the US mainland to its new home. The flight originated in HLZ [Hamilton International Airport, Hamilton, New Zealand], with stops at AKL and APW.

1596SA's History:

Apr 1986: Delivered to Hoover Inc as N222HH.

Aug 2007: Acquired by Vulcan Drywall & Acoustical inc.

Jly 2008: Acquired by Allstate Veneer Corp.

Jan 2011: Acquired by Terence Cunningham as N696CM.

Jun 2016: Acquired by Search and Rescue Service Ltd as ZK-PSR.

Jan 2018: Acquired by Westpac Air Ambulance.

Jly 2024: Acquired by Helicopter Leasing New Zealand Ltd.

14 September 2024 UPDATE

ZK-PSR departed HNL this morning for OAK.

China Southern Airlines' B-20AT

China Southern Airlines is taking delivery of their second 737-8 in as many days, with B-20AT (c/n 63280, l/n 7646). It's making its delivery flight from BFI to CAN, via HNL and GUM, as CSN5034; and will overnight at HNL. B-20AT is the 50th 737MAX, all 737-8s, to deliver through Hawai‘i so far this year.

Upcoming 737MAX Deliveries

With airlines around Asia and Oceania ordering the 737 MAX series, a majority of these airliners will stop through Hawai‘i (mainly HNL) during the first segment of their island-hopping delivery flights from Boeing Field (BFI) [map]. Boeing has indicated that the variants will be referred to as the -x without the MAX name, we will do the same.

We launched our own Google Sheet documenting the 737 information below, as well as deliveries as of 2021.

Boeing P-8As and E-7As on order for armed forces around the Pacific Rim have been added below.

This post will be continuously updated as new information becomes available.

According to the Boeing Test Fights Google Sheet and PlaneSpotters.net's 737 MAX Production List, these listed below are the airframes that have begun final assembly, made its first flight from RNT, or are being readied for delivery on the BFI flightline. Those listed below, should make a stopover in Hawai‘i on their first segment out of BFI on their delivery flights in the near future. In the past, additional information was also provided by Tyke's Aero Blog, and The Boeing Test Flights website.

DELIVERED

8213 | B-225Y | 61710 | Kunming Airlines | -8 [09.01.24 KNA225Y]

7728 | B-20CU | 65274 | China Southern Airlines | -8 [09.07.24 CSN5033]

8221 | B-____ | 60942 | Air China | -8 [09.07.24 BOE289 to JRF as N231BE] »

7646 | B-20AT | 63280 | China Southern Airlines | -8 [09.08.24 CSN5034]

» Ferrying to HSN [Zhoushan, China] for cabin completion, with a Boeing flight code.

• • • • •

ON ORDER

737 MAX

7263 | B-206L | 61374 | 9 Air | -8 (orange) | BOE452 « VCV
7346 | B-208J | 61142 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE935 « BFI » Air India Express VT-BWG
7351 | B-208E | 63276 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE692 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___
7371 | B-209A | 63284 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE693 « VCV » Air India Express VT-___
7408 | B-209C | 63287 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE694 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___
7415 | B-208F | 63277 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE695 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___
7440 | B-20A3 | 61637 | Shanghai Airlines | -8 | BOE616 « BFI

7493 | B-209V | 61143 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE936 « BFI » Air India Express VT-___
7496 | B-209T | 63279 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE697 « BFI
7508 | B-20A0 | 61448 | Shandong Airlines | -8 * | BOE658 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___
7511 | B-209S | 63278 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE698 « MWH

7530 | B-209U | 63289 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE699 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___

7546 | B-20AY | 61644 | Shanghai Airlines | -8 | BOE618 « VCV 

7575 | B-20AG | 61449 | Shandong Airlines | -8 | BOE659 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___

7595 | B-20C7 | 63281 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE696 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___
7613 | B-20AU | 63290 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE701 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___

7624 | B-____ | 61712 | Kunming Airlines | -8 | BOE201 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___
7645 | B-20CC | 61645 | Shanghai Airlines | -8 | BOE619 « BFI
7651 | B-20AX | 61450 | Shandong Airlines | -8 | BOE661 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___

7676 | B-20DK | 61147 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE940 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___

7690 | B-20CQ | 64677 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE339 « MWH
7691 | B-20C9 | 63283 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE704 « BFI

7715 | B-20D6 | 65258 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE712 « MWH

7723 | B-20DL | 61148 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE941 « MWH

7750 | B-20CL | 43836 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE342 « BFI » Air India Express VT-___
7751 | B-20CT | 65251 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE714 « MWH
7761 | B-20DH | 60922 | Air China | -8 BOE275 « MWH
7764 | B-____ | 65275 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE715 « MWH

7784 | B-____ | 65253 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE716 « MWH
7795 | B-____ | 65257 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE717 « MWH
7798 | B-20DP | 61157 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE942 « MWH
7813 | B-20DJ | 60923 | Air China | -8 | BOE276 « MWH
7817 | B-20DU | 42963 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE3711 « MWH
7826 | B-____ | 61652 | China Eastern Airlines | -8 | BOE622 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___
7831 | B-20DV | 42964 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE372 « VCV 

7856 | B-20DZ | 61151 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 « BFI » Boeing N235BE

7865 | B-20DQ | 60924 | Air China | -8 | BOE278  « MWH
7867 | B-20E1 | 64679 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE375 « VCV
7875 | B-____ | 65250 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE719 « VCV
7878 | B-20E2 | 61456 | Shandong Airlines | -8 | BOE666 « VCV
7887 | B-____ | 63291 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE708  « MWH

7929 | B-____ | 61385 | 9Air | -8 (orange) | BOE454  « MWH » Boeing N5515R
7931 | B-20DS | 60826 | Air China | -8 | BOE279 « MWH
7934 | B-20DX | 64680 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE376  « MWH
7944 | B-20E3 | 60928 | Air China | -8 | BOE280 « BFI
7948 | B-20DY | 64681 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE377 « MWH

8001 | B-224E | 61657 | Shanghai Airlines | -8 | BOE625 « VCV

8038 | B-226F | 61659 | Shanghai Airlines | -8 | BOE627 « BFI » Boeing N5573L

8100 | B-____ | 43840 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE380 « MWH

8125 | B-____ | 61661 | Shanghai Airlines | -8 | BOE629 « MWH

8178 | B-____ | 61154 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE950 « MWH » Boeing N239BE

8181 | B-____ | 60938 | Air China | -8 | BOE284 « MWH

8186 | B-____ | 43841 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE387 « MWH

8189 | B-____ | 61460 | Shandong Airlines | -8 | BOE679 « MWH

8194 | B-____ | 43845 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE388 « MWH

8206 | B-____ | 60941 | Air China | -8 | BOE287 « BFI

8229 | B-____ | 61124 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE954 « BFI

8235 | B-____ | 61153 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE955 « MWH » Boeing N5573B

8248 | B-____ | 43847 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE391 « MWH

8254 | B-224L | 65254 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE171 « BFI

8879 | HL7216 | 63442 | Jin Air | -8 | BOE385 « PDX

8882 | VH-8IE  | 66644 | Virgin Australia | -8 "Brighton Beach" | BOE6 « BFI

8914 | VT-YBB | _____ | Akasa Air | -8 200 | BOE451 « BFI 

8918 | HL7217 | 63445 | Jin Air | -8 | BOE386 « BFI

8965 | VT-YBC | _____ | Akasa Air | -8 200 | BOE452 « BFI 

8974 | HL7218 | 63441 | Jin Air | -8 « BFI

9004 | VT-___ | _____ | Akasa Air -8 200 « RNT

• • •

P-8A and E-7A

9142 | 230921 | 66448 | Republic of Korea Navy | P-8A | « NIP

9526 | 230922 | 67012 | Republic of Korea Navy | P-8A | POSIDN1 « NIP

9602 | 230923 | 67013 | Republic of Korea Navy | P-8A « BFI

____ | 230925 | 67014 | Republic of Korea Navy | P-8A « RNT

____ | 230926 | 67015 | Republic of Korea Navy | P-8A « RNT

____ | 230927 | 67016 | Republic of Korea Navy | P-8A « RNT

The RoK Navy P-8As may be re-designated as P-8Ks.

• • • • • 

« Final Assembly / Pre-Flight Prep / First Flight from RNT

« Pre-Delivery Test Flights / Ready For Delivery
« Stored (Location [IATA])

° New / Modified Livery
* Special Livery / Markings
» New airline and registration
» Boeing registration for ferry to HSN


LOCATIONS [IATA]
RNT: Renton Municipal Airport, Renton, WA
BFI: Boeing Field International Airport, Seattle, WA

PAE: Snohomish County Airport (Paine Field), Everett, WA

MWH: Grant County International Airport, Moses Lake, WA

SKF: Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX

VCV: Southern California Logistics Airport, Victorville, CA

NIP: Naval Air Station Jacksonville / Jacksonville Airport, Jacksonville, FL

GED: Delaware Coastal Airport, Georgetown, DE

• • • • •

NOTES

In the event that a delivery flight stops through any Hawai‘i airport other than HNL, their IATA airport code will noted after the flight number. 

Delivery flights that go through ANC, KEF, or any other non-Hawai‘i airport, will only be listed on our Google Sheet.

Due to the airworthiness directive for the 737MAX series, along with delivery deferrals, some airframes may deliver from sites other than BFI, and will be noted in the flight number information. 

If an airframe listed is sold to another airline, it will be noted with a » symbol, along with the new airline and registration. If the airframe delivers through Hawai‘i, the information will be revised with the delivery information. If it's not making a delivery flight through Hawai‘i, that listing will not be changed to the new airline, then removed upon its delivery flight. That information will be kept on our Google Sheet.

Air India Express is acquiring 55 737-8s that were built for Chinese customers, and have been re-marketed by Boeing, as part of Air India's massive order with Boeing. Akasa Air is also purchasing China-bound 737-8s re-marketed by Boeing.

Most 737s delivering to airlines in India will deliver east-bound through KEF [Keflavik International Airport, Keflavik, Iceland] as their first fuel stop. 

Most 737s delivering to airlines in the Republic of Korea normally delivers through ANC [Ted Stevens International Airport, Anchorage, AK] for their first fuel stop.

In the event they deliver through Hawai‘i, they will be listed on a post, and on the deliveries page.

Some of the deliveries bound for China will ferry to the Boeing China 737 Completion and Delivery Center, in Zhoushan, China, will have this » symbol following the flight number, that probably will be the Boeing test flight number assigned to the particular airframe.

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VP-CTT

Phenix Jet's 737-7ZH BBJ, VP-CTT (c/n 38751, l/n 3796), is making another stop at HNL. This time, flying as CPJ88, from GED [Delaware Coastal Airport, Georgetown, DE], via DAY [James M Cox Dayton International Airport, Dayton, OH]. This BBJ made a stop at HNL this past February.

11 September 2024 UPDATE

VP-CTT departed for NRT today as CPJ88.

Air China's N231BE

Boeing is ferrying Air China's N231BE (c/n 60942, l/n 8221) from BFI to HSN for completion. This grey-tail 737-8 is flying as BOE289, and will make overnight stops at JRF and GUM.

China Southern Airlines' B-20CU

China Southern Airlines is taking delivery of B-20CU (c/n 65274, l/n 7728) today. This 737-8 is making its delivery flight from BFI to CAN, via HNL and GUM, as CSN5033, and will overnight at HNL.

REX Airlines' VH-RYU

REX Airlines is ferrying VH-RYU (c/n 33794, l/n 1373) from SYD to MZJ, via NAN and HNL. It's being returned to its lessor, Castlelake, as the airline is in voluntary administration with the Australian government. 

The ten 737-800s REX were operating, are now in storage, and in the process of being returned to its lessors. REX Airlines is still operating with their fleet of Saab 340s.

33794's History:

Sep 2003: Delivered to Virgin Blue as VH-VOM "Little Blue Peep".

May 2011: Airline re-brands as Virgin Australia, and renamed "Fairhaven Beach".

Mar 2021: Acquired by Castlelake, then leased to REX Airlines as VH-RYU.

US Coast Guard's 1790 PlaneTags

Earlier this year, crews from MotoArt came down to JRF to dismantle the former US Coast Guard HC-130H, 1790 (msn 382-4391) along with the former US Navy P-3C 160770. MotoArt released PlaneTags of 1790 today. 1790 was part of the former Naval Air Museum at Barbers Point after its service. During its retirement, it made appearances in episodes of "Hawai‘i Five-O (Version 2)", "Magnum, P.I. (Version 2)", and "NCIS Hawai‘i".

1790's History:

Originally ordered by the US Air Force as 81-0999, then given to the US Coast Guard as 1790.

Jly 1983: Assigned to the 17th Coast Guard District at Kodiak, AK.

___ 1990s: Assigned to the 7th Coast Guard District at Clearwater, FL.

Sep 2005: Re-assigned to the 17th Coast Guard District at Kodiak, AK.

Feb 2008: Assigned to the 11th Coast Guard District at Sacramento, CA.

Nov 2009: Re-assigned to the 17th Coast Guard District at Kodiak, AK.

Aug 2017: Assigned to the 14th Coast Guard District at Barbers Point, HI.

Apr 2018: Retired from service, donated to the Naval Air Museum at Barbers Point.

QantasLink's VH-YQT

Southern Cross International is ferrying QantasLink's VH-YQT "Tasman National Park" (c/n 55179, l/n 5129) from CBR to VCV, via APW and HNL. This 717-2BL is flying as SXI2469 [CBR-APW and HNL-VCV], and QFA6070 [APW-HNL].

55179's History:

Mar 2004: Delivered to Midwest Airlines as N917ME, under lease from Boeing Capital.

Sep 2009: Leased to MexicanaClick.

Aug 2010: Withdrawn from service, and stored at MEX.

Dec 2010: Ferried to VCV for storage.

Aug 2013: Ferried to VQQ for storage.

Nov 2013: Leased to National Jet Systems to operate for QantasLink as VH-YQT.

___ 2019: Painted in the current livery, and named "Tasman National Park".

Aug 2024: Withdrawn from service.

05 September 2024 UPDATE

VH-YQT departed for VCV this morning as SXI2469.

Qantas To Take Over MEL-HNL From Jetstar

Aeroroutes.com reports that Qantas will take over the MEL-HNL service from Jetstar from 01 May 2025. Qantas will employ its A330-200s on a thrice-weekly service, which will be one more day than the current Jetstar 787-8 service.

Korean Air To Use 787-10s For Winter Season

According to an AeroRoutes.com report, Korean Air will use their 787-10s for their ICN-HNL service beginning 01 December 2024, for their northern winter season, in place of their 787-9s. Currently, the airline has only two 787-10s in service, and they have three undergoing production testing. They also have one 787-9 in the production test phase, with 13 in service.

Korean Air recently ended their 747-8i service to HNL, and currently employs 777-3B5ERs, with 787-9s slated to take over in October.

Royal New Zealand Air Force's NZ7011

The Royal New Zealand Air Force is taking delivery of their first C-130J, NZ7011 (msn 382-5978). This C-130J-30 Super Hercules is making its delivery flight from MGE to MHB [RNZAF Base Auckland Whenuapai], via LRF [Little Rock AFB, Jacksonville, AR], SUU, HIK, and APW, as KIW843.

NZ7011 is the first of five C-130Js will be assigned to No 40 Squadron "Ki Nga Hau e Wha (Maori for To the Four Winds)". They are to replace the current, aging C-130Hs.

Kunming Airlines' B-225Y

Kunming Airlines is taking delivery of B-225Y (c/n 61710, l/n 8213) today. This 737-8 is making its delivery flight from BFI to KMG, via HNL and GUM, as KNA225Y; and will overnight at HNL.