Aloha ‘Oe N869RW

The last of the three Embraer E170s that Shuttle America leased to Mokulele Airlines left today for IND via OAK as TCF9400. N869RW is seen on day one of operations, last November 19th, as it arrived from LIH.

N982HA

An ex-Piedmont Airlines (US Airways Express) Dash8-103, N982HA (msn 380), made a stop at HNL on its way toward Asia. It leaves this morning for MAJ.

N982HA is seen above departing HNL's Runway 4R.

ANA Cargo 767-381F

Starting today ANA Cargo will be sending in their 767-300F and -300BCF every Sunday for the next six months. The flight arrived as NH8526 from Narita and will go out as NH8525. If you plan catching this bird in Hawaii, here is the schedule, arrival 9:45am Sunday morning and departure is set for 2:45am Monday morning. Pictured here is ship JA604F.

China Southern's B-5468

China Southern Airlines' B-5468 (35386) is their newest 737-81B. It's making its delivery flight as CSN680.

China Eastern's B-5262

China Eastern Airlines' third 737NG delivery this week is B-5262 (c/n 36764), a 737-79P, its flying from BFI to PVG as CES123. It will make it's first stop at HNL today.

Aloha ‘Oe N870RW

Former Mokulele Airlines E170, N870RW (msn 17000138) "The Spirit of Aloha", is making its return flight to IND via OAK as TCF9400.

N870RW is seen above on the Castle & Cooke Aviation ramp after completing its last flight on October 14th.

ADB388F

Team member Lono68 sent me these photos of the An225 departing Runway 8L on its way to IAH on 10-15-09.

Sorry for the delay in posting the photos ...

By the way, the An225 left HNL this morning as ADB389F to YEG.

China Eastern's B-5475

China Eastern Airlines is taking delivery of its second 737NG this week. B-5475 (c/n 36765), a 737-89P, completed its first leg today as CES299, and is parked on the AirService Hawaii ramp.

B-5475 is seen above on Taxiway RT on its way to Runway 8R for departure to MAJ.

Shanghai's B-5261

Shanghai Airlines' newest 737-76D is B-5261 (c/n 35778), and its making its island-hopping trans-Pacific delivery flight as CSH261.


***Update 10-21-09***
B-5261 originally parked on the AirService Hawaii ramp, but was moved to the south ramp hardstands this morning. As of this afternoon, the 73W was still there. Speculation is that because of the typhoons in the western Pacific, the delivery flight is being held back.

China Eastern's B-5259

B-5259 (c/n 36762) is China Eastern Airlines' newest 737-79P, and is making its delivery flight from BFI as CES200. B-5259 made its first stop across the Pacific at HNL today, and will continue westward tomorrow.

Drewski2112 got a photo of B-5259 at BFI

First Hawaiian 767-300ER with winglets

N587HA is the first of 8 Hawaiian 767-300ER to receive the blended winglets from Aviation Partners Boeing. It was returned back to Hawaiian on October 17 and flew as HA27 SEA-HNL on October 18. These pictures were taken today, October 19, as it was being towed to the Elliott Street hardstands.

***Update 10-22-09***
It seems that 587 has not flown since October 19. It has not moved from the hardstands since it was towed there this past Monday.

Air China's B-5442

Air China's newest 737-89L, B-5442 (c/n 36745) made its first stop across the Pacific on its delivery flight as CCA58, and will leave later this morning for MAJ.

Sorry, no HNL photo ...

23rd 737-846 for JAL

The 23rd 738 for JAL, JA323J (c/n 35352), arrived from BFI tonight, October 16, as JL7901. It carries JAL Express titles. This aircraft will depart HNL tomorrow, October 17, for MAJ, as JL7901.

A few months ago, JAL decided to route the 738 deliveries through ANC instead of HNL. Only a couple of 738 have been delivered through ANC since the decision was made, so it was unexpected to find out that this one was coming to HNL. As for future deliveries, we'll have to see which way they are routed.

Air New Zealand 767-319ER with winglets

Air New Zealand's ZK-NCG has been wearing winglets for a few months now and has been to HNL several times since then, but no one has gotten a picture of it in HNL. This is probably due to the night time arrival. Well, here is a picture ZK-NCG with winglets in HNL.

Other things seen around HNL tonight

While driving around the ramp tonight, there were a couple of interesting aircraft here.

Top picture: Parked on the hardstands was an Omega Tanker 707-368C, N707MQ.

Middle picture: A Northwest 757-351 (N590NW) at Gate 16 painted in Delta colors just before departing as NW622 to LAX. Sorry for the horrible shot with the jet bridge in the way, but Northwest was setup and waiting for another Northwest flight that was taxiing in at the time.

Bottom picture: A Continental 737-824 (N73278) at Gate 12 getting ready to depart as CO12 to LAX. This flight is supposed to be a 737-900ER, but issues with using pre-recorded video on the LiveTV system has made Continental down gauge the flight to a -800 until the issues are sorted out. There is no LiveTV satellite coverage in the Pacific between Hawaii and the West Coast, so pre-recorded videos need to be used to provide the IFE on these flights.

Aloha ‘Oe N868RW

We at HNL RareBirds bid a fond farewell to Mokulele Airlines ... we will miss you!

The former Mokulele Airlines E170 is seen above being prepped to return to Shuttle America's headquarters at IND. N869RW and N870RW will follow suit over the next several days.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to those who faithfully worked to make Mokulele Airlines a great experience, and went above and beyond to serve its customers.



***Update 10-17-09***
868 left yesterday for IND via OAK as TCF9400.

Antonov 225 departure video.

Its kind of long and shaky but here is the beast departing 8L.

Interisland Terminal gates 49-51

It hasn't even been 24 hours since Shuttle America stopped flying Mokulele flights, but the gates formally used by Mokulele (49-51) have not sat idle. In the morning, the gates sat empty. However, at around 14:30, Hawaiian towed 717s to gates 49 and 50. The picture above shows N481HA getting loaded with bags. Gate 51 still has a Shuttle America maintenance van parked there, so Hawaiian probably will not use it until the van is moved.

Now that Hawaiian has basically taken over all the entire Interisland Terminal, the State probably should just rename to the Hawaiian Airlines Terminal.

AN-124 versus AN-225

Here's a comparison shot of the Volga-Dnepr AN-124 and Antonov AN-225. From where I took this shot the AN-225 was around 70 yards away and the AN-124 was about 240 yards away (about another 70 yards behind the AN-225).

Sorry it is not a side-by-side shot, but the two aircraft were separated by a Delta 757 and were positioned in a v-shape due to the angled parking position the AN-225 was in.

Shanghai's B-5460

Shanghai Airlines is taking delivery of B-5460 (c/n 35775), their newest 737-86D, and flying as CSH460.

B-5460 is seen above taxiing to Runway 8R to head to MAJ and SPN before finally arriving at its new home at PVG. In the background, ASA860 departs for SEA.