Lion Air's PK-LGY

Lion Air's newest 737-9GPER, PK-LGY (c/n 37270), made its two-hour fuel stop at HNL today as its making its delivery flight as LNI1.

PK-LGY is seen above taxiing out for its next leg to MAJ.

Garuda's PK-GMO

Garuda Indonesia's PK-GMO (c/n 30147), a 737-8U3, is transitting through HNL as GIA8011, on its delivery flight from BFI.

Sorry, no HNL photo ...

Comlux Malta's 9H-AFK

The Comlux Malta A319-115X(CJ), 9H-AFK (msn 2592) is in town. The CJ is the Airbus Corporate Jet version of the A319. The 9H- country code is for the island nation of Malta.

Aloha Raptors!

The Hawai‘i Air National Guard's 199th FS received their first two (of 20) Lockheed/Martin F-22As, with a Hawaiian blessing today at HIK.

03-4045 (c/n 4045, left) and 03-4046 (c/n 4046) face each other behind the stage. 4045 wears the HANG 199th tail band, while 4046 wears the "Gamecocks" tailband for the associate unit, the 19th FS.

HNL RareBirds extends a warm mahalo to the Hawai‘i Air National Guard and the 15th Wing for the opportunity to attend the blesing, and for serving our country,

RAAF A30-001

A30-001, the Royal Australian Air Force 737-7ES AEW&C "Wedgetail" is making a stop at HNL today as BOE89. Currently, it's registered as N358BJ.

It was scheduled for delivery on 06.25.2010, but the flight returned to BFI.

Sorry, no HNL photo ... though Drewski2112 got shots of it at BFI.

Philippine Airlines 747-469M

Philippines Air substituted a 747-469M for its standard A340-300 on its MNL-HNL-MNL route. RP-C7475 (c/n 27663, l/n 1068) is seen here after push-back from gate 29. The prefix "M" stands for mixed. Note the rear main deck cargo door.

Hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana Hawaiian Air!

Congratulations to Hawaiian Air! HA wins the HND-HNL slot!

Today, the US Department of Transportation finalized the four slots at HND (Haneda, Tokyo, Japan), with Hawaiian Air receiving one one of those coveted slots. Delta was awarded HND-LAX and HND-DTW, and American was awarded HND-JFK.


***07.07.10 Update***
Hawaiian Air plans to begin service on October 31st using a 767-300ER, with A330-200s added later as more are delivered.

CES599

Another China Eastern MD-90-30 has made its tech stop at HNL. Not sure which one of the two remaining it is.

United Subs 747-422 On UAL74

United Airlines substituted one of their 747-422s, N194UA (c/n 26892), on UAL74 (HNL-SFO). The flight HNL-SFO segment of the flight is normally operated with a 777-222. UAL74 does occasionally continue onto IAD using A320 series aircraft.

As recently as this past February, N194UA was photographed in storage at VCV.

Qantas' VH-QPI

JetStar substituted Qantas' VH-QPI "Cairns" (msn 705), an A330-303, on their JQ3 SYD-HNL flight this morning, as one of the JetStar A330s was unserviceable. They turned to their parent company to charter a QF A330, and changed the flight number to QFA6403.

Mahalo to S Alvarez for the photo!

Lion Air Daily Double

Two Lion Air 737-GPPER deliveries lead off July. PK-LGV (c/n 37268) and PK-LGW (c/n 37269) were the two -900ERs to make their two-hour fuel stop. LGV flew as LNI1, and LGW flew as PKLGW. Both 739s parked on the Castle & Cooke ramp.

Mahalo to team member Lono_68 for the photo!

Delta To Add NGO-HNL Service

On December 22nd, Delta Air Lines will add service between NGO and HNL using their 767-300ERs.

DL611: HNL-NGO
DL612: NGO-HNL

Delta has this information on their website on a downloadable schedule.

Hawaiian To Launch ICN Service

Beginning January 2011, Hawaiian Air will launch service to ICN (Incheon, Seoul, South Korea), pending approval by the South Korean Transport Ministry. HAL459/460 will operate four days a week with their 767-300ERs, and also code-share with Korean Air (which already has two flights between HNL and ICN).

The above photo, courtesy of Hawaiian Air, shows HA CEO Mark Dunkerley with dancers from the Chum Sa Rang the Traditional Korean Dance Institute at this morning's announcement.

This will be Hawaiian Air's third flight to Asia, after their service to HND, which will launch later this year, and their current service to MNL. It is also their sixth international destination.

HAL459: HNL-ICN
HAL460: ICN-HNL

Delta's MD-90s

These are the US registrations for the nine China Eastern MD-90-30s being acquired by Delta Air Lines:
(Information from Planespotters.net)

N920DN (c/n 53582) was B-2256
N921DN (c/n 53583) was B-2257
N922DX (c/n 53584) was B-2258
N923DN (c/n 53585) was B-2262
N924DN (c/n 53586) was B-2263
N925DN (c/n 53587) was B-2265
N926DH (c/n 53588) was B-2268
N927DN (c/n 53589) was B-2269
N928DN (c/n 53590) was B-2270
* Yet to be transferred to DL

These nine MD-90s brings Delta's MD-90 fleet to 28.

Delta's A330-223

Delta's N851NW (c/n 609) is seen here substituting in place of a A330-300 as flight DL639 to Narita. It was originally delivered to Northwest in August 2004 and repainted to Delta colors 5 years later.

Scenes from '73

Snapshots a relative of mine took when visiting the islands 37 years ago.

Air New Zealand's ZK-NBW

Air New Zealand's 747-419, ZK-NBW (c/n 29375), performed a charter flight for the Royal Australian Defence Forces from TSV to HNL as ANZ1982. The flight is possibly to support RIMPAC 2010.

ZK-NBV returned to AKL as ANZ6083 a few hours later.

Mahalo to team member Aeros for the photo!

ANA Announces HND-HNL Service

Beginning October 31st, All Nippon Airlines announced that they too will begin service between HND and HNL using a 767-300ER. ANA will compete against Hawaiian Air, Japan Airlines, and China Airlines with this new route, and the opening of the new runway at HND.

NH1062: HND-HNL
NH1061: HNL-HND

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VP-BLK

VP-BLK (c/n 21961), a 747SP-31 arrived at HNL today from SIN. The 747 is registered to Las Vegas Sands Corporation, and is bound for LAS after its HNL fuel stop.

21961 was originally delivered to TWA as N58201 in 1980. Five years later, it went to United Arab Emirates' Dubai Air Wing as A6-SMR to become an executive transport.

N717AV

N717AV, a former Henson Airlines (US Airways Express) Dash8-102 is being delivered through HNL today. It was previously registered as N925HA while with Henson. In 2003, it went to Canada to fly for Provincial Airlines / Regional 1 and Canadian North.

Mahalo to team member Aeros for the photo!