HDOT Reveals New HNL Parking Structure

The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation revealed that a new parking structure will be built on the outskirts of HNL. The $350million project, located at the corner of Ualena Street and Paiea Street, will be used for employee and passenger parking, as well as retail space on the ground floor. Currently, it's called Lot 101, and used for employee parking.

Further details in this KHON report.

Hawai‘i Rainbow Warriors Team Charter

The Hawai‘i Rainbow Warriors football team is chartering a Hawaiian Airlines A321-271N for their road trip to FAT for their game against the Fresno State Bulldogs. N214HA "Kukui" (msn 8157, f/n 214) is flying the team as HAL760. The Rainbow Warriors will return following the game.

03 November 2024 UPDATE

The victorious Rainbow Warriors returned home early this morning aboard N230HA "Wauke" (msn 9547, f/n 230), as HAL763.

N713TS

N713TS (msn 19000632), an ERJ-190-100 ECJ Lineage 1000 owned by Cactus Jack Airlines, is making a stop at HNL from AKL. This Lineage 1000 has been associated with rapper Travis Scott.

19000632's History:

Dec 2015: Delivered to Mirage Resorts as N730MM.

Jan 2017: Sold to Embraer Executive Aircraft.

Oct 2018: Sold to Gainjet Ireland as EJ-OBN.

Dec 2020: Sold to Cactus Jack Airlines.

Shanghai Airlines' B-20AY

Shanghai Airlines is taking delivery of B-20AY (c/n 61644, l/n 7546) today. This 737-8 is making its delivery flight from BFI to PVG, via HNL and GUM, as CSH9012. the stops at HNL and GUM will be overnighters.

VP-CTT

Phenix Jet's VP-CTT (c/n 38751, l/n 3796) is making another stop at HNL. This 737-7ZH BBJ arrived from HND this morning as CPJ88. It's the third time this year that this BBJ has stopped off at HNL.

02 November 2024 UPDATE

VP-CTT departed this afternoon for HND.

Hawaiian Airlines To Have Three Moana 2 Theme Jets

Hawaiian Airlines announced today, that they will be promoting "Moana 2", the sequel to the 2016 Disney animated motion picture "Moana". Three airliners will wear "Moana 2" decals: an A330-243, N381HA "Hōkūleʻa" (msn 1114, f/n 381); an A321-271N, N208HA "Koa" (msn 8123, f/n 208); and a 717-22A, N476HA "ʻElepaio" (c/n 55118, l/n 5053, f/n 476). These three airliners were selected based upon their fleet name in relation to voyaging methods. This promotion is also tied into the airlines "Navigate Your Own Adventure" sweepstakes Hawaiian is conducting.

Hawaiian Airlines published a behind-the-scenes video go "Hōkūleʻa" having its decals applied on their YouTube channel.

In October 2016, Hawaiian Airlines had decals of the original "Moana" motion picture applied to three A330-243s: N390HA "Nāmāhoe", N391HA "Hōkūlei", and N392HA "Hikianalia".

Cargojet's C-GUAJ

Cargojet's 767-35EERF, C-GUAJ (c/n 26063, l/n 434), is making a brief fuel stop at HNL from IAD as CJT3465. It will continue onto POM, then CNS.

26063's History:

Jun 1992: Delivered to EVA Airways as B-16603, under lease from GECAS.

Aug 2006: Leased to First Choice Airways as G-DBLA.

May 2009: Transferred to Thomson Airways Group, but under the First Choice brand.

Oct 2014: Sold to Cargojet Airways as C-GUAJ.

27 October 2024 UPDATE

C-GUAJ is returning from CNS to YHM, via HNL and YVR, as CJT3466.

Honolulu Fire Department's N305HF

The Honolulu Fire Department has taken delivery of their new Bell Textron Canada 429 Global Ranger helicopter, N305HF (msn 57517). This Bell 429 will eventually replace one of the three MD520Ns in HFD's fleet. The helicopter is currently at JRF, where it will perform training flights before being inducted into service.

31 October 2024 UPDATE

HFD held a blessing ceremony at JRF for N305HF.

Royal New Zealand Air Force's NZ7014

The Royal New Zealand Air Force is taking delivery of their fourth C-130J-30, NZ7014 (msn 5990). This new Super Hercules, flying as KIW784, departed MGE yesterday for SUU, and will make two-day stop at HIK, before continuing onto PPG then MHB.

Nevada Wolf Pack Team Charter

The University of Nevada Wolf Pack football team is chartering an Omni Air International 767-224ER for their road game on Saturday against the Hawai‘i Rainbow Warriors. N234AX (c/n 30436, l/n 833) is flying the Wolf Pack from RNO to HNL, as OAE2604.

United Kingdom Government's G-GBNI

The United Kingdom Government's G-GBNI (msn 8830) is making a brief fuel stop at HNL early this morning as it transits from STN to the South Pacific. This A321-251NX, operated by Titan Airways, also made stops at YWG and OAK, and continued onto APW and PPG, as KRF645.

8830's History:

Jun 2019: Delivered to Arkia - Israeli Airlines as 4X-AGN "Ofra Haza", under lease from MG Aviation.

Apr 2020: Withdrawn from service, and stored at TUS.

Oct 2020: Sold to Deucalion Aviation.

Nov 2022: Leased to Titan Airways as G-POWT.

Sep 2023: Re-registered as G-GBNI, painted in the new RAF VIP livery, and cabin re-configured for service with the UK Governement.

26 October 2024 UPDATE

G-GBNI is returning to STN as KRF646, with a brief fuel stop at HNL from APW.

VP-BAP

VP-BAP (c/n 19260, l/n 412), a 727-21 owned by Malibu Consulting, is making a brief fuel stop at HNL from NAN, and will continue onto VNY. This 727 began its journey on 04 October, as it flew from VNY to CNX [Chiang Mai International Airport, Chiang Mai, Thailand], via TRM, CDB, and HND. Its return to VNY is routed from CNX, via DMK, ROR, NAN and HNL.

19260's History:

May 1967: Delivered to Pan American World Airways as N358PA "Clipper David Crockett". Also was named "Clipper Berlin", "Clipper Wuchtbrumme", and "Clipper Flotte Motte".

Sep 1981: Acquired by International Executive Aircraft as N727SG.

Jun 1984: Acquired by Funair Corp. as N727LA.

Sep 2004: Sold to Malibu Consulting Corp as N727GP.

Feb 2007: Re-registered as VP-BAP.

Korean Air's HL8508

Korean Air's VIP-configured 787-8, HL8508 (c/n 41987, l/n 11), will be making a stop at OGG from AFW as KAL2455. It left GMP for AFW on two days ago as KAL2453.

21 October 2024 UPDATE

HL8508 departed for GMP this afternoon as KAL2456.

Xiamen Air's B-20DU

Xiamen Air is taking delivery of B-20DU (c/n 42963, l/n 7817) today. This 737-8 is making its delivery flight from BFI to XMN, via HNL and GUM, as CXA800. It will overnight at HNL tonight.

Shenzhen Airlines' N235BE

Boeing is ferrying Shenzhen Airlines' N235BE (c/n 61151, l/n 7856) from BFI to HSN, via JRF and GUM as BOE944. This 737-8, which already has the Chinese registration of B-20DZ, is headed for the Boeing China Completion Center for cabin completion.

ConAir's C-GVFK

ConAir's Avro RJ85 fire fighting aircraft, C-GVFK (msn E2268) will be making a stop at HNL from YXX, via OAK. It's on its way Down Under for the Australian summer fire fighting season, wearing a new tail number, 164.

QantasLink's VH-YQY

Southern Cross International is ferrying QantasLink's VH-YQY "Kuranda National Park" (c/n 55056, l/n 5015) from CBR to VCV, via PPG and KOA, as SXI2471. This 717-2K9, that was operated by National Jet Systems, will make an overnight stop at KOA tonight.

55056's History:

Dec 1999: Delivered to Olympic Aviation as SX-BOA "Andromeda", under lease from BIAL.

Dec 2003: Airline rebrands as Olympic Airlines.

Jun 2007: Leased to Spanair as EC-KFR.

May 2011: Leased to Blue1 as OH-BLO "Metsälampi / Forest Pond".

May 2013: Sold to Falko, and the lease transferred.

Jan 2016: Purchased by National Jet Systems as VH-YQY, to operate for QantasLink.

Jly 2022: Painted in the current livery, and named "Kuranda National Park".

Oct 2024: Withdrawn from service.

VP-BEL

VP-BEL (c/n 29139, l/n 189), a 737-74T BBJ owned by Orient Global Singapore, is making a stop at HNL from DAL. VP-BEL has made stops at HNL over the past several years.

Hawai‘i Rainbow Warriors Team Charter

The Hawai‘i Rainbow Warriors football team is chartering a Hawaiian Airlines A321-271N for their road trip to Pullman, WA to play the Washington State Cougars on Saturday. N204HA "ʻŌhiʻa Lehua" (msn 7959) is flying the team to GEG as HAL758. The A321N will remain at GEG, and bring the 'Bows home following the game.

19 October 2024 UPDATE

N204HA is bringing the Rainbow Warriors home as HAL759 tonight, following their 42-10 loss to the Cougars.

NASA's N436NA

NASA's HC-130H, N436NA (msn 382-5104), is making a stop at HIK, from WAL, via RIV, as NASA436. It's bound for CRK.

18 October 2024 UPDATE

N436NA departed for UAM this morning.

28 October 2024 UPDATE

N436NA arrived from UAM today, and will continue onto RIV tomorrow.

Air Niugini's C-FFOY

Air Niugini is taking delivery of their fourth Dash8-Q400, with C-FFOY (msn 4327). This Dash8-402Q is making its delivery flight from YQA to POM, via YLK, YWG, YYJ, HNL, and MAJ.

4327'S History:

Dec 2010: Delivered to Olympic Air as SX-OBH, under lease from MIG Aviation.

Jly 2012: Sold to Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC), and the lease transferred.

Jan 2020: Air ambulance decals added.

Jun 2022: WIthdrawn from service, and stored at EXT.

Aug 2022: Re-registered as OY-FFA, and ferried to YYZ for storage.

Oct 2022: Due to lease to Connect Airlines as N885WM (f/n 885), but not taken up.

Nov 2022: Ferried to YQA for storage.

May 2024: Acquired by World Wide Ferry as C-FFOY to prep for Air Niugini.

26 October 2024 UPDATE

This Q400 has been registered as P2-PXT.

Korean Air Launches ICN-HNL 787-10 Service

Korean Air launched 787-10 service today on their ICN-HNL service, KAL53/54. HL8515 (c/n 66878, l/n 1152) is making the first B78X flight. Korean Air becomes the second airline to have 787-10s serving HNL, along with United Airlines.

Airnorth's N197JB

Southern Cross International is delivering N197JB (msn 19000020) to Airnorth from SJO to DRW, via SDM, HNL, and MAJ, as SXI2477. This ERJ-190AR is owned by Alliance Airlines, and is being leased to Airnorth. It will be registered as VH-A2A in Australia.

19000020's History

Feb 2006: Delivered to jetBlue as N197JB "Color Me Blue" (f/n 197) with the "Dots" tail livery, under lease from GECAS.

Dec 2014: Tail livery repainted in the "Tartan" design.

Aug 2020: Withdrawn from service, and stored at MZJ, returned to service six months later.

Nov 2021: Sold to AerCap, and the lease transferred.

Dec 2023: Withdrawn from service, and stored at MCN.

May 2024: Acquired by TVPX Trust Services

Jun 2024: Ferried to SJO for prep to Alliance Airlines to lease to Airnorth.

17 October 2024 UPDATE

SXI2477 departed for MAJ this morning, but has since turned back to HNL.

19 October 2024 UPDATE

SXI2477 departed this morning for SDM, then returning to SJO.

N706GD

N706GD (msn 87006), the Gulfstream G700 prototype, is making a stop at HNL from SAV [Savannah / Hilton Head International Airport, Savannah, GA]. It will continue onto DAD [Da Nang International Airport, Da Nang, Vietnam].

16 October 2024 UPDATE

N706GD returned from DAD, and will return to SAV the next morning.

Boise State Broncos Team Charter

The Boise State Broncos football team is chartering an Omni Air International 767-224ER for their road trip to play the Hawai‘i Rainbow Warriors on Saturday. N234AX (c/n 30436, l/n 833) is making the flight as OAE2070.

The Broncos will return to BOI following the game.

Royal Canadian Air Force's 330002

The Royal Canadian Air Force's CC-330, 330002 (msn 1653), is making a brief fuel stop at HNL from YOW, as it transits westward as CFC1. This VIP-configured A330-243 is transporting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. During its brief fuel stop, 330002 parked on the south cargo ramp.

1653's History:

Aug 2015: Delivered to Kuwait airways as 9K-APC "Al Sabahiya".

Mar 2019: 65th Anniversary decals applied, and renamed "Al-Jalboot".

Feb 2023: Withdrawn from service, and stored at BSL.

Aug 2023: Acquired by the Royal Canadian Air Force, to be configured with a VIP cabin, and registered as 330002.

REX Airlines' VH-PAG

REX Airlines is returning VH-PAG (c/n 37821, l/n 3288) to its lessor, Castlelake. This 737-8FE is ferrying from MEL to MZJ, via BNE, GUM, MAJ, and HNL. It's making an overnight stop at HNL.

37821's History:

May 2010: Delivered to Virgin Blue as VH-VUV "Ruby Blue".

May 2011: Airline rebrands as Virgin Australia, and renamed "Binalong Bay".

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

Feb 2021: Sold to Castlelake, and leased to REX Airlines as VH-PAG.

NSW Rural Fire Service's N138CG

NSW Rural Fire Service's N138CG "Marie Bashir" (c/29728, l/n 2742) is making is way from TRM to XRH, via SMX, KOA, PPG, and NLK, as CUL138 for the Australian summer fire season. This fire fighting 737-3H4, operated by Coulson Aviation, with the tail number B210, will fly as BMBR210 while on Australian missions. It will make an overnight stop at KOA tonight.

US Navy's 160770 PlaneTags

When MotoArt came down to the Kalaeloa Airport, the second former Naval Air Museum at Barbers Point aircraft they dismantled, was the former US Navy Lockheed P-3C Orion, BuNo 160770 (msn 285A-5679). MotoArt released the PlaneTags for 160770 today.

160770's history is noted in this blog piece on the PlaneTags website.

QantasLink's VH-8NZ

Network Aviation is taking delivery of VH-8NZ "Abrolhos Islands" (msn 3395). This QantasLink-liveried A319-132 departed BQN for BNE yesterday. It's being flown by Southern Cross International as SXI2468 from BQN to PHX, then as SXI2467 from PHX to HNL. Other stops en route to PER, are APW and CNS; they are being flown as SXI2468.

3395's History:

Feb 2008: Delivered to Spirit Airlines as N534NK (f/n 534), under lease from GECAS.

Jun 2014: Painted in the current livery.

Jun 2018: Sold to Merx Aviation, and the lease transferred.

Jan 2020: Given the fleet number 1534.

Jun 2021: Purchased by Spirit Airlines.

Feb 2023: Withdrawn from service, and stored at P08 [Coolidge Muni Airport, Coolidge, AZ].

Mar 2023: Acquired by Gryphon Aviation Leasing.

May 2024: Ferried to MCN, then BQN [Rafael Hernandez Airport, Aguadilla, PR] to prep for Network Aviation to operate for QantasLink.

Kamaka Air's N99131

We're bringing back "HNL RareBirds Classic", this time, on a quarterly basis. This quarter, we are featuring Kamaka Air's C-47A-65-DL Skytrain, N99131 (c/n 18949), as it sat on HNL's South Ramp in 2005. While it never formally wore Kamaka Air titles, the faint outline of "Aero Venezuela" titles can be seen. This C-47A made appearances in the motion picture "Pearl Harbor" and "Outbreak"; and the television series "Magnum P.I." [episodes "Let Me Hear The Music" (1985) and "Going Home" (1985)] that were filmed in Hawai‘i.

N99131 was donated by James Petrides to the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum in April 2012, and was restored and repainted to its World War II US Army Air Force livery.

18949's History:

Oct 1943: Delivered to the US Army Air Force as 42-100486 "Cheeky Charlie".

Dec 1943: Assigned to the 40th TCS, 371th TCG, 5th AF.

Mar 1945: Assigned to the 6th TCS, 374th TCG, 5th AF.

Dec 1945: Sold to Australian National Airlines as VH-ANX "Tarrana".

Oct 1957: Transferred to Ansett-ANA.

Apr 1966: Transferred to Ansett-Airline of South Australia.

Mar 1970: Converted to a freighter, and transferred to Ansett-McRoberston Miller Airlines.

Aug 1972: Sold to Island Air Transfer as N99131.

Mar 1976: Leased to Genavco Corp and named "Tyranna".

Mar 1978: Acquired by Genavco.

Apr 1986: Loaned to Aloha Airlines to celebrate its 40th Anniversary.

Mar 2001: Transferred to the Kamaka Air fleet after the airline acquired Genavco.

Jan 2010: Sold to James Petrides.

Apr 2012: Donated to the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum.