VP-CBA

The Casbah Aviation 737-2W8/Adv, VP-CBA (c/n 22628, l/n 820), is paying another visit to HNL. It arrived this morning from LIS, via YYR and BFI, and will overnight before jetting off to VNY.

VP-CBA is seen above on the Castle & Cooke Aviation ramp in March 2010, when it was last here.

N735JS

The Republic of Korea Air Force is taking delivery of its 737-7ES "Peace Eye". It's still wearing its US registration, N735JS (c/n 34700, l/n 2822), and is bound for HIK as BOE221. It's RoKAF registration is 64-700, and painted on the tail.

Rick Schlamp got this photo of 64-700 at BFI in September 2010.

Xiamen's B-5279

Xiamen Airlines' second of four 737-75Cs is making its delivery flight from BFI as CXA5279. B-5279 (c/n 38384, l/n 3721) is also the fourth 737 delivery this month the airline has received. B-5279 is also the 50th directly-ordered Boeing airliner delivered to Xiamen Airlines.

B-5279 is seen above taxiing to its parking spot on HNL's South Ramp.


B-5279 left the following morning for MAJ, seen above on Taxiway RT.
Mahalo to team member Je89_W for the photo.

Shandong's B-5591

Shandong Airlines has taken delivery of their second 737-800 in a week. B-5591 (c/n 38098, l/n 3711), a 737-8HX leased from the Aviation Capital Group, is making its delivery flight from BFI as CDG5591.

B-5591 is seen above on a rainy AirService ramp, receiving a Hawaiian blessing, shortly after arriving at HNL. The shower band rolled in right as I got to the neighboring hangar.


B-5591 left the following morning for MAJ, seen above on Taxiway RT. Mahalo to team member Je89_w for the photo.

Virgin Australia's VH-YIA

Virgin Australia has taken delivery of VH-YIA (c/n 37824, l/n 3718), a 737-8FE. It's making delivery flight as VBH9082, and arrived at HNL this afternoon, where it will overnight.

VH-YIA is seen above, the next morning, on Taxiway RT as it taxies to Runway 8R, for its departure to NAN.

Lion Air's PK-LHU

Lion Air has taken delivery of its second 737-9GPER this month with PK-LHU (c/n 37283, l/n 3717). It's flying as LNI1 out of BFI, and will make its brief fuel stop at HNL later this morning.

It's seen above taxiing onto the Castle & Cooke Aviation ramp after arriving from BFI, with a Mokulele Express Caravan departing Runway 4R.

Skippers Aviation's C-GLPG

Skippers Aviation is taking delivery of another Dash8-315, C-GLPG (msn 588). It arrived from YPQ (via YYZ, GRR, and CMR), and will overnight here. It's seen above, turning onto Taxiway C from Taxiway E, after landing on Runway 4R.

588 was originally delivered to Denim Air in September 2002, then leased to Air Nostrum as EC-IIB, until June 2011. Bombardier re-acquired this Dash8-315, and gave it its current registration. It will receive its Australian registration when it arrives Down Under.

China Airlines "50 Years"

Due to a mechanical issue, this 747-409 as CI17/18 departed one day behind schedule. B-18208 (c/n 29031, l/n 1186) wears a special decal commemorating 50 years of service well past 2009.

ANZ84

Along with the scheduled ANZ11/12, another 777-219ER as ANZ84 diverted into Honolulu from Auckland (NZAA/AKL). ZK-OKF (c/n 34878/575) continued on to Vancouver (CYVR/YVR) after off-loading an ill passenger.

CSN6999

China Southern's monthly MD-90-30 ferry flight to MZJ continues today. It's their ninth MD-90 to join the Delta Air Lines fleet that is making the flight from MFM (via SPN, MAJ, HNL, and OAK) as CSN6999. B-2100 (c/n 60001, l/n 4001) is see above on HNL's North Ramp. This MD-90 was built under license by SAIC (Shanghai Aviation Industrial Corporation). It's scheduled to be registered as N964DN.

B-2100 was originally built in November 1999 for Shenzhen Airlines, but was not taken up. In September 2000, it was delivered to China Northern Airlines, and transferred to the China Southern in November 2004, when the two airlines merged.

Mahalo to team member Aeros for the early morning photo.

ANZ12

From last week, Air New Zealand added a seasonal weekly 777-219ER flight between AKL and HNL. ANZ12 is the inbound flight to HNL, and ANZ11 is the outbound to AKL. The flights are scheduled to end on 31 July.

Mahalo to team member Aeros for the early morning photo of ZK-OKE (c/n 32712, l/n 564) taxiing on Taxiway A, after its Runway 4R arrival.

Qantas' VH-VZP

Qantas Airways has taken delivery of their second 737-838 this month with VH-VZP (c/n 39362, l/n 3714), named "Whyalla". It's flying from BFI as QFA6024, on its first leg to HNL today.

Mahalo to team member Aeros for the early morning photo of VH-VZP.

Shandong's B-5590

Shandong Airlines is taking delivery of B-5590 (c/n 39128, l/n 3708), a 737-85N that is wearing a special livery to commemorate the 3rd Asian Beach Games, being held at Haiyang, China in 2012. It's flying as CDG5590 from BFI, and on its first leg to HNL.

B-5590 is seen above on the AirService Hawai‘i ramp, a few hours after its arrival.

Hainan's B-5581

Today, Hainan Airlines took delivery of B-5581 (c/n 38143, l/n 3713), a 737-84P. It's delivery flight was routed through OGG from BFI, as B5581.

Sorry, no OGG photo available.

China Airlines To End First Class for CAL18/17

China Airlines has announced that they will discontinue first class service on their NRT-HNL flight, effective 14 August 2011. CAL18/17, operated with a 747-409, will be re-configured into a two-class configuration (C70Y319). The flight will also go daily from the same day.

News from Airliner Route.

China Airlines' B-18202 (c/n 28710, l/n 1132), 747-409, is seen above rolling out on HNL's Runway 4R. It was delivered to CAL in October 1997.

Xiamen's B-5601

B-5601 (c/n 36823, l/n 3712), is Xiamen Airlines' second 737 delivery in as many days. The GECAS-leased 737-86N is making its delivery flight from BFI to XMN (via HNL, MAJ, and SPN) as CXA5601. Also, this 737-800 is the 400th Boeing commercial airliner delivered to GECAS, which has another 85 on Boeing's order books.

Sorry, no HNL photo, though Boeing released this photo and info on their Flickr page.

American Makes Largest Order Ever!

American Airlines made the largest aircraft order in all of commercial aviation history! The $13billion, 460-plane order consists of 200 Boeing 737s and 260 Airbus A320s. Both types will feature re-engined models, including the new CFM Leap-X engine. It was not reported if any of the 737s will be ETOPS certified, considering that some of the aircraft to be replaced will be their early-model 757-223s.

American Airlines' report from their newsroom.

American's 737-823, N857NN (c/n 30907, l/n 3434), is seen above at LAX, clearing Runway 25L on Taxiway H9. It was delivered to American in October of last year, and photographed a month later.

Xiamen's B-5277

Xiamen Airlines is taking delivery of the first of four 737-75Cs they have on order. B-5277 (c/n 38381, l/n 3697) is making its delivery flight out of BFI today, as CXA5277, with its first leg to HNL. These four -75Cs are the newest batch for Xiamen since 2005. All of the deliveries from 2007, have been for the -800 series.

B-5277 is seen above as it taxies out to Runway8R, on Taxiway RT. It's on its second leg, bound for MAJ.

Royal Jet's A6-RJX

Yesterday afternoon, this 737-7AK BBJ (c/n 29865, l/n 241) arrived in Honolulu. A6-RJX was previously operated by PrivatAir as HB-IIO before being acquired by Royal Jet of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in 2007. This BBJ is parked on the North side of the airport, away from the Fixed Base Operators on the South ramp.

Boeing's N836BA

Boeing Company's N836BA (c/n 30756, l/n 569), a 737-7BC BBJ, arrived at HNL today. The BBJ parked at Castle & Cooke Aviation after its Runway 4R landing (above).

This BBJ originally went to NetJets in October 2001 as N156QS. Boeing purchased the VIP-configured BBJ in August 2006.

N836BA was also photographed here in November 2006.