Aloha Air Cargo's N442KH

Aloha Air Cargo is taking delivery of N442KH (c/n 28888, l/n 2990) today. This 737-490F is making its delivery flight from MZJ to HNL, with a fuel stop at OAK, as AAH9442. It's being leased from Automatic LLC.

28888'S History:

Feb 1998: Delivered to Alaska Airlines as N793AS (f/n 793).

Dec 2017: Acquired by Flair Airlines as C-FLRS (f/n 406).

Aug 2020: Acquired Automatic LLC, registered as N288AU, and ferried to SJO for freighter conversion.

Dec 2020: Leased to Poste Air Cargo as EI-GUA.

Dec 2024: Withdrawn from service, and stored at FCO.

Jun 2025: Returned to lessor, and ferried to MZJ for storage.

Jly 2025: Re-registered as N888AU.

Northern Air Cargo's N401YK

Northern Air Cargo's N401YK (c/n 25860, l/n 2545) is returning to HNL from ANC (via OAK) as AAH9401. This 737-436F had been ferried up to SEA, via OAK, as AAH9401, on 01 November to fly cargo in Alaska.

20 December 2025 UPDATE

N401YK returned to Northern Air Cargo today. It departed for SEA as NAC9401.

Aloha Air Cargo's N440KH

Aloha Air Cargo is taking delivery of N440KH (c/n 28889, l/n 3000). This 737-490F, under lease from Automatic LLC, is making its delivery flight from OPF to HNL, via OAK, as AAH9440.

28889's History:

Feb 1998: Delivered to Alaska Airlines as N794AS.

Dec 2017: Delivered to Flair Airlines as C-FLHE.

Aug 2020: Acquired by Automatic LLC as N889AU, and converted to a freighter.

Jan 2021: Leased to Poste Air Cargo as EI-GUB.

Jly 2025: Returned to lessor, and ferried to DHN, then OPF, for prep for Aloha Air Cargo.

Northern Air Cargo's N403YK

Northern Air Cargo's 737-436F, N403YK (c/n 24582, l/n 2228), is being ferried from HNL to YLW [Kelowna International Airport, Kelowna, BC, Canada], via OAK as AAH9403. 

N796SA

N796SA (c/n 24796, l/n 1887), a 737-4S3F owned by Classic QF Freighters, is ferrying from MEL to MZJ, via BNE, MAJ, and HNL. It will make an overnight stop at HNL.

24796's History:

Jly 1990: Delivered to Air Europe as G-BRKG, under lease from ILFC.

Apr 1991: Leased to Dan-Air London as G-TREN.

Oct 1992: Leased to British Airways.

___ 1995: Painted in the "Landor livery".

Apr 1997: Leased to GB Airways, operating for British Airways.

Dec 1997: Painted with the "Blue Poole" tail livery.

Mar 2002: Sold to Triton Aviation Finance, and the lease transferred.

Jun 2002: Leased to Islandflug as TF-ELV, and operated on behalf of Air Miles.

Jan 2005: Leased to Air Atlanta Icelandic.

May 2005: Subleased to Excel Airways, and returned five months later.

Dec 2005: Subleased to Xtra Airways.

Feb 2006: Leased to Xtra Airways as N43XA.

Aug 2007: Subleased to Direct Air, and operated by Xtra Airways for 11 months.

Jly 2008: Returned to Xtra Airways titles.

Nov 2011: Painted in the Direct Air livery, and operated by Xtra.

Feb 2016: Sold to World Star Aviation, and converted to a freighter at DHN.

Apr 2017: Sold to Express Freighters to operate for Qantas Freight as VH-XNH with StarTrack decals.

Jly 2019: Australian Post decals replaced Star Track decals.

Aug 2024: Withdrawn from service, and stored at MEL.

Sep 2024: Acquired by Classic QF Freighters as N796SA.

Northern Air Cargo's N403YK

Northern Air Cargo's N403YK (c/n 25842, l/n 2228) is making a stop at HNL from TNN, via GUM and MAJ as AAH9403. This 737-436F will be joining the Aloha Air Cargo fleet as the third 737-400F, along with N405YK and N407YK.

N403YK stopped through ITO in January, on its way to TNN from SLC (via OAK, ITO, MAJ, and GUM) for maintenance as NAC9403.

Northern Air Cargo's N403YK

Northern Air Cargo is ferrying N403YK (c/n 25842, l/n 2228) from SLC to TNN, via OAK, ITO, MAJ, and GUM, for maintenance. this 737-436F is flying as NAC9403, and will make an overnight stop at ITO tonight.

25842's History:

Mar 1992: Delivered to British Airways G-DOCL "River Lune".

Sep 1998: Painted in the "Ndebele Martha" world tail design.

Jan 2006: Painted in the current livery.

Nov 2014: Withdrawn from service, and stored at VCV.

Oct 2015: Acquired by Automatic LLC, and converted to a freighter.

Apr 2018: Acquired by Cargo Aircraft Management, and leased to West Atlantic UK as G-NPTZ.

Aug 2019: Acquired by Northern Air Cargo as N403YK.

Northern Air Cargo's N407YK

Northern Air Cargo is assigning N407YK (c/n 25844, l/n 2514) to Aloha Air Cargo for three months. This 737-436F is ferrying as NAC9407 from AKN. 

25844's History:

Sep 1993: Delivered to British Airways as G-BVBY, but did not enter service.

Apr 1994: Leased to EuroBelgian Airlines as OO-LTQ.

Jan 1996: Subleased to Air Provence International.

Oct 1996: Returned to British Airways as G-DOCY "River Weaver".

Dec 2014: Withdrawn from service, and stored at VCV.

Oct 2015: Acquired by Automatic LLC, re-registered as N844AU, and converted to a freighter.

Feb 2017: Leased to Titan Airways as G-POWP.

Jun 2022: Leased to Northern Air Cargo as N407YK.

Aloha Air Cargo's N405YK

Aloha Air Cargo will be taking delivery their first full-liveried 737-400F, with N405YK (c/n 25267, l/n 2131, f/n 405). This 737-436F will be leased from NAS Aircraft Leasing Company, a division of parent company Saltchuk Resources. It's making its way from YHM, and presently at YVR as NAC9405. No date has been set as to when it will arrive at HNL.

25267's History:

Oct 1991: Delivered to British Airways as G-DOCA "River Balinderry" in the Landor livery.

Apr 1999: Painted in the World Tails livery called "Benyhone Scotland".

Jan 2006: Tail section repainted to the standard British Airways livery.

Nov 2014: Withdrawn from service, and stored at VCV.

Oct 2015: Acquired by Automatic LLC, registered as N267AT, and converted to a freighter at TPA.

Oct 2017: Acquired by Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM).

Nov 2017: Leased to West Atlantic UK as G-NPTY.

Feb 2020: Withdrawn from service, returned to CAM, and stored at TPA.

Mar 2020: Leased to Northern Air Cargo as N405YK.

Jly 2020: Acquired by NAS Aircraft Leasing, and put into service.

Jun 2022: Ferried to YHM for heavy maintenance, and repaint for Aloha Air Cargo.

20 Jan 2023 UPDATE

N405YK arrived at HNL today as NAC9405, after a short stint of hauling freight in Alaska for sister-company NAC.

Transair Hawaii's 737-4Q8F Re-registered

SkyLiners reports that Transair Hawaii's 737-4Q8F, N251AU (c/n 25104, l/n 2476), will be re-registered as N388TM. The FAA website shows that the change reserve and authorization was made on 29 April 2021.

Transair Hawaii Orders A 737-400F

CH-Aviation.com reports that TransAir Hawaii has ordered a 737-400F, that will undergo freighter conversion at DHN in June. N251AU (c/n 25104, l/n 2476), a 737-4Q8, should join the Transair Hawaii sometime in September or October, after its conversion by AEI. The airliner is currently in storage at TPA. This 737-4Q8F will be their first CFM56-powered 737. 

25104's History:

May 1993: Delivered to Alaska Airlines as N771AS (f/n 771), under lease from ILFC.

Nov 1997: Sold to AWAS, and lease transferred.

Dec 2013: Withdrawn from service, returned to AWAS, and stored at GYR.

Apr 2014: Acquired by Jet Midwest.

Jan 2015: Leased to Flair Airlines as C-FLHJ (f/n 405).

Aug 2020: Returned to lessor, and stored at TPA, then sold to Automatic LLC.

N902NZ

Airwork NZ is taking delivery of a 737-4D7F, N902NZ (c/n 28702, l/n 2978). It's flying from MIA to AKL, via MCC, HNL and PPG as JTN250.

28702 was originally delivered to Thai Airways International in January 1998 as HS-TDL "Srikarn", and flew with Thai until August 2008. Less than a year later, in June 2009, it was acquired by Tatarstan Air as VQ-BDB, and flew until November 2013, where it was stored at SAW. In June 2014, it was bought by Blue Air as YR-BAQ, and flew until October 2018. A month later it was acquired by Airwork NZ, and stored at ROW as it awaited freighter conversion, which began this past February at MIA.

Estafeta N477VX

N477VX (c/n 28861, l/n 2910), a 737-46QF owned by VX Capital Partners, is making its ferry flight from CGK to SBD, via BIK, MAJ, and HNL. The 737 due to be leased to Estafeta Cargo Area [México], and is already painted in their livery. It's scheduled to make a brief fuel stop at HNL tonight.

28861 was originally delivered to Air Europa in July 1997 as EC-GPI, leased from Boullion AS. From April 1998 to April 2001, it was sub-leased to Iberia. In July 2002, it was sold to Aviation Capital Group, and leased to Air One as EI-CXI. In July 2007, it was leased to Garuda Indonesia as PK-GZP until June 2012. Two months later, it was sold to VX Capital Partners, and converted to a freighter. Gading Sari Aviation Service was the first lessee for the freighter in March 2013 as 9M-GSB. When they shutdown in February 2015, it was transferred to Asia Cargo Express, and flew until September 2018, then stored at CGK six months later. It was painted in the Estafeta livery earlier this year, and will receive a Mexican registration upon delivery.

N257AJ

N257AJ (c/n 25857, l/n 2451), a 737-436F owned by the Bank of Utah, is making its ferry flight from TPA to HLP [Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia, via OAK, HNL, MAJ and BIK. It's making the OAK-HNL segment today. Note the Harmoni Indonesia decal on before the main entry door in the above photo.

25857 was originally delivered to British Airways in March 1993 as G-DOCX. It flew with BA until September 2015. It was sold to Automatic LLC in March 2016. Aero Acquisitions bought this 737-436 in June 2017. A year later, the Bank of Utah purchased it, and had it converted to a freighter.

25 July 2020 Update

N257AJ was acquired by Cardig Air [8F/CAD (Indonesia)] in April 2020 as PK-DJK "Asiyah".

N762AS

N762AS (c/n 25099, l/n 2334), a former Alaska Airlines 737-490F, is making a ferry flight from TPA [Tampa, FL] across the Pacific, with stops at SBD, SJC, and JRF. It's making an overnight stop at JRF, and due in Malaysia to carry mail for the Poslaju Kurier National (Malaysian Post Service), and operated by AsiaCargo Airlines.

N762AS (f/n 762) was delivered to Alaska Airlines in July 1992. In April 2007, it was converted to a Combi model, with 72 coach seats in the aft portion, and palletized cargo in the forward section. It was acquired by the Avmax Group [Canada], and converted to a full freighter.


06.12.19 Update
N762AS's departure from JRF is being delayed due to a maintenance issue.

N971NZ

N971NZ (c/n 25371, l/n 2196), a 737-4Q8F, is ferrying from Dothan, AL [DHN] to Auckland, New Zealand [AKL], via ONT, JRF, and PPG. It's being leased to Airwork NZ from AWAS, and is being ferried by Jet Test and Transport as JTN8120. The registration will be changed to ZK-PAU, after it arrives in New Zealand.

25371 was originally built for ILFC, and delivered to Cayman Airways in January 1992 as VR-CAA. In July 1993, it was leased to Carnival Airlines as N404KW. In May 1998, it was leased to Olympic Airways as SX-BKK, with a hybrid livery. In 2001, it was painted in the full Olympic livery. When Olympic re-branded as Olympic Airlines in 2003, SX-BKK was transferred over. In April 2006, it was leased to Sky Airlines [ZY/SHY] (Turkey) as TC-SKG "Gold", and painted in a special gold livery. In July 2013, it was sold to Ansett Worldwide (AWAS), and leased to Blue Air [0B/BMS] (Romania) as YR-BAR. It was returned to AWAS in December 2017, and ferried to DHN for freighter conversion.

Northern Air Cargo's N401YK

Northern Air Cargo's N401YK (c/n 25860, l/n 2545), a 737-436F, is flying to HNL from ANC (via OAK) as NAC401. It's being temporarily assigned to Aloha Air Cargo.

25860 was originally delivered to British Airways in December 1993 as G-BHVB. In April 1994, it was leased to EuroBelgian Airlines [BQ/EBA] as OO-LTS. From February to October 1996, it was sub-leased to Air Provence Charter [LPU] (France) as OO-LTS. It was returned to British Airways in October 1996, but was re-registered as G-GBTB, and flew with the airline until May 2015, when it was retired to VCV a few weeks later. Six months later, it was acquired by Automatic LLC, and stored at TPA. In May 2017, it was converted to a freighter, then leased to Northern Air Cargo a month later.

QantasFreight's VH-XNH

QantasFreight is taking delivery of VH-XNH (c/n 24796, l/n 1887) today. The 737-4S3SF is making its delivery flight from VCV as QFA7300, and will overnight at HNL. It also wears the StarTrack titles, which is an Australian parcel delivery company.

24796 was originally delivered to ILFC, then leased to Air Europe [PE/AEL] in July 1990 as G-BRKG. In April 1991, it was leased to Dan-Air London [DA/DAN] as G-TREN. In November 1992, it was transferred to the British Airways [BA/BAW] fleet, after British Airways acquired Dan-Air London. In March 1997, it was leased to British Airways' subsidiary GB Airways [GT/GBL] (UK) as G-TREN. In June 2002, it was sold to Islandsflug [HH/ICB] (Iceland), then leased to Air Miles as TF-ELV. In February 2004, it was leased to Ryanair [FR/RYR] (Ireland), and in January 2005, it was sold to Air Atlanta Icelandic [CC/ABD] (Iceland), and remained with Ryanair. Four months later, it was leased to Excel Airways [JN/XLA] (UK). In December 2005, it was leased to Xtra Airways [XP/CXP] (USA) as TF-ELV, and was registered as N43XA, three months later. From August 2007 to March 2012, it operated for Direct Air [DIA] (USA). After Direct Air closed, it remained with Xtra Airways until May 2015. It underwent freighter conversion at Dothan, GA [DHN] from February to November 2016. Last month, Express Freighters [EFA] (Australia) acquired 24796, and registered it as VH-XNH; they will operate it for QantasFreight.

N118WF

N188WF (c/n 24690, l/n 1885), a 737-4Y0, is ferrying from TNA to CLW (via GUM, MAJ, HNL, and OAK). It's owned by Southern Air Consultancy [Bungay Suffolk, United Kingdom].

24690 was originally purchased by Guinness Peat Aviation (GPA), and leased to Pegasus Airlines in July 1990 as TC-AFL. Later, that December, it was leased to Futura under several Spanish registrations, and sub-leased twice to TransBrasil, also sub-leased to Ryan International Airlines, Nordic European Airlines, Aer Lingus, and Corsair. In April 1998, it was acquired by GECAS, and remained with Futura, and sub-leased to Nacional Transportes Aéreos, Ryan International, Merpati Nusantra, and Jetairfly. In January 2009, it was leased to Sriwijaya Air as PK-CJW, until September 2015, where it was stored at CGK.

Boeing's N60669

This month's edition of "HNL RareBirds Classic" goes back to September 2005, and Boeing's N60669 (c/n 24231, l/n 1871) visit to HNL. This 737-42C was the testbed for Boeing's Connexion internet and satellite communications system, and was making a stop at HNL as it was on a tour of Asia.

24231 was originally delivered to Air UK Leisure [MV/UKL] (United Kingdom) in June 1990 as G-UKLC. In June 1996, it was transferred to the KLM Royal Dutch Airlines fleet, and eight months later, it was re-registered as PH-BPD. In December 2000, Boeing acquired it, and used it as their Connexion demonstrator. In 2006, it was sold to GECAS, and leased to S7 - Siberia Airlines [S7/SBI] (Russia) that June, as VP-BTH. From May 2008 to October 2013, it wore the Globus special livery. In May 2014, Kahala Aviation Leasing acquired 24231, and had it converted to a freighter. In September 2014, it was leased to JetTime [JO/JTG] (Denmark) as OY-JTL, where it continues to fly.