Marianas Pacific Airlines To Hawai‘i?

CH-Aviation.com reports that start-up airline, Marianas Pacific Airlines [Saipan, CNMI] is interested eventually launching service to HNL. The new airline would initially begin international passenger and cargo service between the US territory and Australia (Sydney and Brisbane) and South Korea (Seoul and Busan), using three second-hand 757-200s in the first quarter of 2022. Guam; Osaka and Tokyo, Japan; and Honolulu would be the next route expansion. The airline needs US government approval before it can begin operations. The source of the second-hand 757-200s was not given, as well as a timeline when it would launch operations.