N373US & N395US

Two ex-US 737-3B7s, N373US (c/n 22952) and N395US (c/n 23317) are seen here on the south ramp being readied for departure to Majuro (MAJ), on their next leg across the Pacifc to somewhere in Asia.

Looks like both birds received some fresh coats of white paint, and the bare metal sections buffed to a shine.

go!'s 5th CRJ200

N651BR (c/n 7426) is the 5th go! CRJ200 to arrive @ HNL. With the 5th aircraft in the fleet, go! will begin Hilo (ITO) service on June 30th.

U-2 at Hickam

Yesterday, 3 U-2s stopped off at Hickam on their way to Osan Air Base in South Korea. I was able to see one of them leave around 13:25. The picture is from the Honolulu Advertiser.

Hawaii Air Ambulance's N438CA

Hawaii Air Ambulance has obtained a Raytheon C90A "King Air", N438CA (msn LJ-1541) , to supplement their Cessna C414s.

go!'s 4th CRJ200

go! has received their 4th Bombardier CRJ200, N646BR (c/n 7392). go! will also begin service to Hilo (ITO) by the end of June.

China Southern's B-5165

China Southern Airlines has taken delivery of another 737-800, B-5165. It arrived at HNL around 1530HST, and will overnight here before continuing onto MAJ.

Sorry, no photo available.

go!'s Media Event

go!, the Mesa Airlines venture into the Hawaii inter-island market held a media event to unveil service which begins on June 9th. Mesa CEO Jonathan Ornstein led the event that featured music group Big Every Time. Members of the media and Mesa executives were treated to a preview flight which flew around Maui and back to HNL.

Two more CRJ200s are due to arrive by the end of June.

A big Mahalo to the folks at go! and Bright Light Marketing for allowing me to attend this special event, and be on the media preview flight.

go! aircraft at the Commuter Terminal

Here's how go! will be parking their planes at the Commuter Terminal. You can see the lead-in lines for the middle and right spots. Looks like they will need a pushback tug for departure.

Private(?) Dash8-300

This sharp-looking Dash8-315, registered N505LL (c/n 415), stopped off @ HNL after arriving from Guam (GUM) via Wake Island (WAK). It's registered to the Path Corporation (Delaware). The aircraft departed HNL the next day to Monterrey Peninsula, CA (MRY)

Reports around the Internet say this bird could be part of the C.I.A., or has ties to the Agency(???). That's what I discovered after Google-ing the registration.

New Colors for N720CH

N720CH (a 737-7AK(W) BBJ c/n 29866), a frequent visitor to HNL over the past few months, has received a new color scheme (top photo). I saw the new colors on its last trip here in April, but was unable to get a shot of it then.

It was previously with PrivatAir of Switzerland (HB-IIP). When it was purchased by its US owner N720CH, Inc., it took the jet with the grey stripe that remained from the PrivatAir days. It seen here in a shot taken in 2005 (lower photo).

Aloha Airlines' N828AL

N828AL "Hoapili", one of Aloha Airlines' newest 737-236s, has entered service. It is seen here clearing Runway 4R onto Taxiway K as AAH073 from OGG.

N440AN

This all-white 757-2Q8, N440AN (c/n 25044) also stopped off @ HNL while on its way back to the mainland. The flight was routed from TPE through SPN, the HNL to Great Falls, MT (GTF). This aircraft is registered to MSA V (c/o AWAS). It's seen here preparing for the flight to GTF.

This 752 was most recently with Far Eastern Air Transport (FAT), as B-27001, and based in Taipei, Taiwan. Before that, it flew with LADECO, as CC-CYG, based in Santiago, Chile.

ex-Delta Airlines N807DE

This ex-Delta Airlines MD-11, N807DE (c/n 48478), passed through HNL today. It arrived yesterday as FDX9048, and continued onto GUM today. It was purchased by FedEx, and is on its way to Asia for freighter conversion. This was one of few DL MD-11s to retain the "Widget" livery. Surprisingly, they did not paint over the #3 engine cowling.

Aloha Airlines 737-236s

Aloha Airlines has three more 737-236s scheduled for delivery as part of their replenishment of 737-200 series continues.

Aloha | 737-236 | N150FV | 23168 | LF Pegasus 4/06 | ex LV-ZRE and G-BKYJ
Aloha | 737-236 | N151FV | 23169 | LF Pegasus 5/06 | ex LV-ZTG and G-BKYK
Aloha | 737-236 | N152FV | 23171 | LF Pegasus 5/06 | ex LV-ZSD and G-BKYM

All of three of these 732s served with Aerolineas Argentina and British Airways.

N150FV is to be re-registered N828AL.


N805AL was sold to MidAmerican Aerospace on 30 April 06.

China Eastern Airlines' B-5209

China Eastern's newest 737-700, B-5209 (c/n 33042), arrived from BFI, at HNL today around 1100L.

go!'s N693BR

go!'s 2nd CRJ200, N693BR (c/n 7761), arrived today and is parked on the Elliott Street Ramp.

NA 767-300

A North American 767-300 came in today. I don't think it had any pax on board, since it didn't parked at any gate when it landed. Here it is parked on the North Ramp:



This a/c was then followed by a United 747-400 several minutes later, which then taxied over to Hickam.

Update on N765NA, it was a former KLM 767, PH-BZE.

go!'s 1st CRJ200

go!'s first CRJ200 (CL-600-2B19, N654BR, c/n 7454) arrived @ HNL today around 1300L. The flight was listed as ASH001 from SFO. Thus the battle begins in a few weeks. Ground crews were busy removing the ferry tanks this afternoon. As you can tell most of the seats are missing.

This jet previously served with the now-defunct Independence Air (FlyI), and Atlantic Coast Airlines (FlyI's predecessor) in United Express colors. The BR in the registration stands for "Blue Ridge", ACA's callsign.

Two to three more CRJ200s are expected to arrive before the June 9th launch date.

Another AA 757 with winglets

AA has flown another 757 with newly installed winglets to HNL, N689AA. Here it is parked at Gate 18:

Shanghai Airlines' B-5142

Shanghai Airlines' newest 737-8Q8 (B-5142, c/n 30070) arrived @ HNL today from BFI, on its delivery flight to China. It will overnight, and leave the next morning. B-5142 was leased from ILFC.