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China Southern Airlines is taking delivery of their newest 737-81B, B-5421 (c/n 35373). It's flying as CSN501 from BFI, and completed i...

Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air is exploring the possibility of expanding service to the Hawaiian Islands ... though they would need to get l...

It seems that there have been over 900 bird strikes with in Hawai‘i over the past five years. Over the past few years, I have noticed stepp...

Air Canada flight ACA034 was diverted from SYD to YVR due to severe turbulence, that injured over 20 people. The flight continued onto YVR ...

Today features another 737 daily double! Leading off today's edition is Air China's B-5423 (c/n 36742), a 737-89L, which arrived fro...

The second half of the daily double is Lion Air's PK-LFW (c/n 35724), a 737-9GPER(W), which is flying as LNI001. Like the other Lion AI...

Today featured a 737-800 delivery flight daily double ... The first of the pair was Shandong Airlines' B-5450 (c/n 36773), a 737-85N. I...

The second half of today's 737 delivery daily double was Xiamen Airlines' B-5433 (c/n 35642), a 737-86N(W). It arrived several minu...

The 19th 737-800 for JAL arrived in HNL on April 16. JA319J, shown here parked on the North Ramp, has JAL Express titles. It is on the nor...

A former United Airlines 737-322, N349UA (c/n 24253) is at HNL from GYR via OAK. It's scheduled to depart for MAJ and ROR (PTRO, Airai...

The Royal Australian Air Force's "Wedgetail" 737-7ES AEW&C aircraft, N359BJ (c/n 33476), is at HNL again on another test f...

This Ex-PanAm 727-21 (cn 19260/412) arrived Kahului Maui yesterday from Van Nuys. This was the best shot I could get under the circumstances...

Xiamen Airlines' B-5432 (c/n 35641), a 737-86N(W), also arrived this morning on its delivery flight from BFI as CXA5432.

Shenzhen Airlines is taking delivery of its next 737-87L(W), B-5411 (c/n 35532), which is flying as CSZ5411. It arrived this morning from B...

Hainan Airlines took delivery of two 737-800s, B-5429 (cn 34032), a 737-86N(W); and B-5430 (cn 36543), a 737-84P(W) today. The delivery fli...

Also here at HNL today is a DL 767-300ER with winglets. N192DN, still has the old wavy-gravy livery with the winglets painted in the darker...

Today's NW22/21 was operated by N661US which is in DL colors. So far we have had NW A330-300s and 747-400s appear here at HNL repainted...

This afternoon's Northwest Airlines Flight 624 to MSP had to abort take-off, for reasons unknown. It was scheduled for a 1706HST depart...

While waiting for my return flight to HNL from OGG on my honeymoon, I saw this Delta Air Lines 757-212, N752AT (cn 23128). I had a feeling ...