Hawaiian Airlines Inaugurates Service To SLC

Hawaiian Airlines becomes the second airline with daily service between HNL and SLC. HAL84 launched its first flight to SLC today with its A321-271N, N223HA "Hau" (msn 9060, f/n 223) making the flight. Hawaiian held a pre-boarding event at the gate, complete with Hawaiian music and hula. The return flight, HAL83 will depart SLC tomorrow morning.

Hawaiian Airlines' press release for HAL84.

Hawaiian Airlines Shifts 787-9s To LAX And PHX

Hawaiian Airlines moved its 787-9 service to HAL1/2 [HNL-LAX-HNL] yesterday. The airline launched 787-9 to PHX today, as HAL36/35. N781HA "Kupuahi" made the inaugural flights to both destinations. Both 787-9s are operating the routes.

Hawaiian's service to SFO reverted back to their A330-243s.

Asian Airlines' HL8360

Asian Airlines' A350-941, HL8360 (msn 234), is making a brief fuel stop at HNL, as it transits between LAX and ICN, as AAR2059. It flew to LAX from ICN yesterday as AAR2069.

N437YV

N437YV (msn 437), a Dash8-202 owned by Berry Aviation, is making a flight from CCR to HNL today, and is flying as BYA437. It's scheduled to continue onto KWA.

N437YV's History:

Jun 1996: Delivered to Mesa Airlines (f/n 437) to operate for United Express.

Dec 1997: Operated for America West Express.

Sep 2005: Operated for US Airways Express (f/n MDA).

Jan 2011: Acquired by Berry Aviation.

Flair Airlines' C-FLHI

Flair Airlines is ferrying C-FLHI "Bruce" (c/n 61804, l/n 7863, f/n 903) back to YYC from MCY, after the shutdown of sister-airline Bonza Airline in Australia. This 737-8, with a hybrid livery, is making a stop at HNL tonight as FLE903.

C-FLHI's History:

Jun 2021: Delivered to Flair Airlines, under lease from BOC.

Dec 2023: Sub-leased to Bonza Airline, and to be registered as VH-8AV, but retained the Canadian registration.

Mar 2024: Stored at MCY.

Super Air Jetʻs PK-SJC

Indonesia's Super Air Jet is taking delivery of PK-SJC (msn 3497), under lease from Avolon, today. This white-tail A320-232 making its delivery flight from TUS to CGK, via HNL, MAJ, and DJJ [Sentani Airport, Jayapura, Papua].

3497's History:

May 2008: Delivered to IndiGo as VT-INT, under lease from Allco Aviation.

Jun 2011: Sold to HKAC, and the lease transferred.

Jan 2016: Sold to Avolon, and the lease transferred.

Mar 2020: Withdrawn from service, and stored at DEL.

Dec 2020: Returned to Avolon, and registered as OE-IRL.

Jan 2021: Ferried to TUS for storage.

Aloha Air Cargo To End HNL-LAX Service

FreightWaves.com reports that Aloha Air Cargo will end its HNL-LAX 767-300F air cargo service on 01 June 2024. Citing weak demand from a competitive market, the airline will shelve the route. Their 737 inter-island operation will continue.

Ukraine Air Alliance's UR-CGV

Ukraine Air Alliance's An-12BK UR-CGV (msn 6344610) is making a stop at HNL from SBD today as UKL5007. It will make a brief fuel stop before continuing onto MAJ. UKL5007 originated in LRD [Laredo International Airport, Laredo, TX].

N175AN

N175AN (c/n 32394, l/n 992), a 757-223F owned by AerSale, is being ferried from XMN to GYR, via GUM and HNL. It's being ferried by Nomadic Aviation as OMD219. This white-tail 757 completed its freighter conversion at XMN, after being ferried there last May. Its JRF stop tonight will be a brief fuel stop.

QantasLink's VH-NXN

National Jet Systems is having VH-NXN "Freycinet National Park" (c/n 55095, l/n 5087) from CBR to VCV, via APW and HNL. This QantasLink-liveried 717-231, is being ferried by Southern Cross International as SXI2435. The APW-HNL segment is being flown as QFA6070.

55095's History:

Nov 2001: Delivered to Trans World Airlines as N428TW (f/n 2428), under lease from Pembroke.

Dec 2001: Integrated into the American Airlines fleet following the merger.

Apr 2002: Leased to Impulse Airlines, and operated as QantasLink, as VH-VQI.

May 2004: Leased to Jetstar Airways.

Jan 2006: Re-registered as VH-YQI.

Dec 2007: Leased to National Jet Systems as VH-NXN, and named "Freycinet National Park".

Oct 2011: Acquired by BBAM, and the lease transferred.

Mar 2013: Acquired by Falko, and the lease transferred.

Oct 2015: Purchased by National Jet Systems.

___ 2019: Painted in the current livery.

Mar 2024: Withdrawn from service.

N486AY

N486AY (c/n 23486, l/n 1286), a 737-376F owned by the Qantas Group, is ferrying from MEL to BXM [Brunswick Executive Airport, Brunswick, ME], via BNE, MAJ, HNL, and PHX. It arrived at HNL, a bit past midnight, and will depart for PHX later today.

23486's History:

Dec 1986: Delivered to Australian Airlines as VH-TAU "Enterprise".

Oct 1993: Integrated into the Qantas Airways fleet after the merger.

Oct 2002: Transferred to Jetconnect as ZK-JNF.

Sep 2006: Returned to Qantas as VH-XML.

Jun 2007: Converted to a freighter, and assigned to Australian airExpress.

May 2013: Assigned to Express Freighters, and operated under the QantasFreight brand.

Oct 2016: Star Tracks titles applied.

Oct 2018: Repainted in the current livery.

Apr 2024: Re-registered as N486AY, and withdrawn from service.

Upcoming 737MAX Deliveries

With airlines around Asia and Oceania ordering the 737 MAX series, a majority of these airliners will stop through Hawai‘i (mainly HNL) during the first segment of their island-hopping delivery flights from Boeing Field (BFI) [map]. Boeing has indicated that the variants will be referred to as the -x without the MAX name, we will do the same.

We launched our own Google Sheet documenting the 737 information below, as well as deliveries as of 2021.

Boeing P-8As and E-7As on order for armed forces around the Pacific Rim have been added below.

This post will be continuously updated as new information becomes available.

According to the Boeing Test Fights Google Sheet and PlaneSpotters.net's 737 MAX Production List, these listed below are the airframes that have begun final assembly, made its first flight from RNT, or are being readied for delivery on the BFI flightline. Those listed below, should make a stopover in Hawai‘i on their first segment out of BFI on their delivery flights in the near future. In the past, additional information was also provided by Tyke's Aero Blog, and The Boeing Test Flights website.

DELIVERED

» Ferrying to HSN [Zhoushan, China] for cabin completion, with a Boeing flight code.

• • • • •

ON ORDER

737 MAX

7263 | B-206L | 61374 | 9 Air | -8 (orange) | BOE452 « VCV
7323 | B-208H | 61377 | 9 Air | -8 (blue) | BOE453 « BFI
7346 | B-208J | 61142 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE935 « BFI » Air India Express VT-___
7351 | B-208E | 63276 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE692 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___
7371 | B-209A | 63284 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE693 « VCV » Air India Express VT-___
7408 | B-209C | 63287 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE694 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___
7415 | B-208F | 63277 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE695 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___
7440 | B-20A3 | 61637 | Shanghai Airlines | -8 | BOE616 « BFI

7493 | B-209V | 61143 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE936 « BFI » Air India Express VT-___
7496 | B-209T | 63279 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE697 « BFI
7506 | B-20A6 | 60910 | Air China | -8 | BOE267 « BFI » Air India Express VT-___
7508 | B-20A0 | 61448 | Shandong Airlines | -8 * | BOE658 « SKF » Air India Express VT-___
7511 | B-209S | 63278 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE698 « SKF

7519 | B-209W | 61144 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE937 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___
7530 | B-209U | 63289 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE699 « SKF » Air India Express VT-___

7546 | B-20AY | 61644 | Shanghai Airlines | -8 | BOE618 « VCV 

7575 | B-20AG | 61449 | Shandong Airlines | -8 | BOE659 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___

7595 | B-20C7 | 63281 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE696 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___
7613 | B-20AU | 63290 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE701 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___

7619 | B-20AQ | 42961 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE336 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___
7624 | B-____ | 61712 | Kunming Airlines | -8 | BOE201 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___
7625 | B-20AR | 61451 | Shandong Airlines | -8 | BOE660 « BFI » Air India Express VT-___
7638 | B-20AS | 43832 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE337 « VCV » Air India Express VT-BWB
7645 | B-20CC | 61645 | Shanghai Airlines | -8 | BOE619 « MWH
7646 | B-20AT | 63280 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE702 « VCV
7651 | B-20AX | 61450 | Shandong Airlines | -8 | BOE661 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___

7662 | B-20AZ | 43833 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE338 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___
7676 | B-20DK | 61147 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE940 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___

7677 | B-20D3 | 63286 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE703 « BFI
7687 | B-20C3 | 61452 | Shandong Airlines | -8 | BOE662 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___
7690 | B-20CQ | 64677 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE339 « MWH
7691 | B-20C9 | 63283 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE704 « BFI
7697 | B-20CR | 64678 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE340 « MWH
7706 | B-20CM | 43834 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE341 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___

7715 | B-20D6 | 65258 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE712 « MWH
7720 | B-20CF | 61454 | Shandong Airlines | -8 | BOE663 « BFI » Air India Express VT-___

7723 | B-20DL | 61148 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE941 « MWH
7728 | B-20CU | 65274 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE713  « VCV

7738 | B-20D5 | 63288 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE706 « MWH
7741 | B-20CZ | 61453 | Shandong Airlines | -8 | BOE664 « BFI » Air India Express VT-___
7750 | B-20CL | 43836 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE342 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___
7751 | B-20CT | 65251 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE714 « MWH
7760 | B-20CN | 43835 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE343 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___
7761 | B-20DH | 60922 | Air China | -8 BOE275 « MWH
7764 | B-____ | 65275 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE715 « MWH

7775 | B-20D0 | 61455 | Shandong Airlines | -8 | BOE665 « MWH » Boeing N230BE
7782 | B-20CP | 43837 | Xiamen Air | -8* BOE370 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___
7784 | B-____ | 65253 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE716 « MWH
7792 | B-225H | 64708 | Fuzhou Airlines | -8 | BOE513 « MWH
7795 | B-____ | 65257 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE717 « MWH
7798 | B-20DP | 61157 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE942 « MWH
7809 | B-20DN | 61150 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE943 « BFI
7813 | B-20DJ | 60923 | Air China | -8 | BOE276 « MWH
7817 | B-20DU | 42963 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE3711 « MWH
7826 | B-____ | 61652 | China Eastern Airlines | -8 | BOE622 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___
7831 | B-20DV | 42964 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE372 « MWH
7848 | B-20DW | 42962 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE373 « MWH
7856 | B-20DZ | 61151 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE944 « VCV

7860 | B-20E0 | 43838 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE374 « VCV
7865 | B-20DQ | 60924 | Air China | -8 | BOE278  « MWH
7867 | B-20E1 | 64679 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE375 « VCV
7875 | B-____ | 65250 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE719 « VCV
7878 | B-20E2 | 61456 | Shandong Airlines | -8 | BOE666 « VCV
7887 | B-____ | 63291 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE708  « MWH

7919 | B-225G | 61654 | Shanghai Airlines | -8 | BOE623  « VCV
7929 | B-____ | 61385 | 9 Air | -8 | BOE454  « MWH
7931 | B-20DS | 60826 | Air China | -8 | BOE279 « MWH
7934 | B-20DX | 64680 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE376  « MWH
7944 | B-20E3 | 60928 | Air China | -8 | BOE280 « MWH
7948 | B-20DY | 64681 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE377 « MWH

7971 | B-____ | 60930 | Air China | -8 | BOE281  « MWH

8001 | B-224E | 61657 | Shanghai Airlines | -8 | BOE625 « VCV

8025 | B-20EA | 64682 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE378 « VCV

8038 | B-____ | 61659 | Shanghai Airlines | -8 | BOE627 « MWH

8082 | B-____ | 60939 | Air China | -8 | BOE283 « BFI

8100 | B-____ | 43840 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE380 « MWH

8125 | B-____ | 61661 | Shanghai Airlines | -8 | BOE629 « MWH

8178 | B-____ | 61154 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE950 « MWH

8181 | B-____ | 60938 | Air China | -8 | BOE284 « MWH

8186 | B-____ | 43841 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE387 « MWH

8189 | B-____ | 61460 | Shandong Airlines | -8 | BOE679 « MWH

8194 | B-____ | 43845 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE388 « MWH

8198 | B-____ | 61703 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE951 « BFI » Boeing N243BE

8206 | B-____ | 60941 | Air China | -8 | BOE287 « BFI

8212 | B-____ | 61156 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE953 « MWH » Air India Express VT-___

8213 | B-____ | 61710 | Kunming Airlines | -8 | BOE203 « BFI

8220 | B-____ | 43848 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE390 « MWH

8221 | B-____ | 60942 | Air China | -8 | BOE289 « MWH

8229 | B-____ | 61124 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE954 « BFI

8234 | B-____ | 61457 | Shandong Airlines | -8 | BOE680 « MWH

8235 | B-____ | 61153 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 | BOE955 « MWH

8242 | B-____ | 61157 | Shenzhen Airlines | -8 BOE956 « MWH

8248 | B-____ | 43847 | Xiamen Air | -8 | BOE391 « MWH

8254 | B-224L | 65254 | China Southern Airlines | -8 | BOE171 « BFI

8532 | A__-___ | 67959 | Royal Australian Air Force | -8 BBJ | BOE8 « GED

8610 | A__-___ | 67960 | Royal Australian Air Force | -8 BBJ | BOE9  « GED

8843 | 9M-MVC | 66360 | Malaysia Airlines | -8 | BOE703 « BFI

8879 | HL7216 | 63442 | Korean Air | -8 « RNT

8882 | VH-8IE  | 66644 | Virgin Australia | -8 « RNT

8905 | VH-8IG | 66648 | Virgin Australia | -8 « RNT

8918 | HL7217 | 63445 | Jin Air | -8 | BOE386 « BFI

8919 | VH-8IF | 66647 | Virgin Australia | -8 "Maroochydore Beach" | BOE8 « MLB

8944 | VH-8IH | 66650 | Virgin Australia | -8 « RNT

• • •

P-8A and E-7A

9142 | 230921 | 66448 | Republic of Korea Navy | P-8A | « NIP

9526 | 230922 | 67012 | Republic of Korea Navy | P-8A | POSIDN1 « NIP

9602 | 230923 | 67013 | Republic of Korea Navy | P-8A « BFI

____ | 230925 | 67014 | Republic of Korea Navy | P-8A « RNT

____ | 230926 | 67015 | Republic of Korea Navy | P-8A « RNT

____ | 230927 | 67016 | Republic of Korea Navy | P-8A « RNT

The RoK Navy P-8As may be re-designated as P-8Ks.

• • • • • 

« Final Assembly / Pre-Flight Prep / First Flight from RNT

« Pre-Delivery Test Flights / Ready For Delivery
« Stored (Location [IATA])

° New / Modified Livery
* Special Livery / Markings
» New airline and registration


LOCATIONS [IATA]
RNT: Renton Municipal Airport, Renton, WA
BFI: Boeing Field International Airport, Seattle, WA

PAE: Snohomish County Airport (Paine Field), Everett, WA

MWH: Grant County International Airport, Moses Lake, WA

SKF: Kelly Field, San Antonio, TX

VCV: Southern California Logistics Airport, Victorville, CA

NIP: Naval Air Station Jacksonville / Jacksonville Airport, Jacksonville, FL

GED: Delaware Coastal Airport, Georgetown, DE

• • • • •

NOTES

In the event that a delivery flight stops through any Hawai‘i airport other than HNL, their IATA airport code will noted after the flight number. 

Delivery flights that go through ANC, KEF, or any other non-Hawai‘i airport, will only be listed on our Google Sheet.

Due to the airworthiness directive for the 737MAX series, along with delivery deferrals, some airframes may deliver from sites other than BFI, and will be noted in the flight number information. 

If an airframe listed is sold to another airline, it will be noted with a » symbol, along with the new airline and registration. If the airframe delivers through Hawai‘i, the information will be revised with the delivery information. If it's not making a delivery flight through Hawai‘i, that listing will not be changed to the new airline, then removed upon its delivery flight. That information will be kept on our Google Sheet.

Air India Express is acquiring 55 737-8s that were built for Chinese customers, and have been re-marketed by Boeing, as part of Air India's massive order with Boeing. Akasa Air is also purchasing China-bound 737-8s re-marketed by Boeing.

Most 737s delivering to airlines in India will deliver east-bound through KEF [Keflavik International Airport, Keflavik, Iceland] as their first fuel stop. 

Most 737s delivering to airlines in the Republic of Korea normally delivers through ANC [Ted Stevens International Airport, Anchorage, AK] for their first fuel stop.

In the event they deliver through Hawai‘i, they will be listed on a post, and on the deliveries page.

Some of the deliveries bound for China will ferry to the 737 Completion and Delivery Center, in Zhoushan, China, will have this » symbol following the flight number, that probably will be the Boeing test flight number assigned to the particular airframe.

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