Hawaiian Airlines Fleet??

Question

Hello,

I would like to fly for Hawaiian Airlines one day, but I really want to fly boeings. I heard by 2017 all the Boeing 767s in the Hawaiian Airlines fleet are going to be replaced by Airbuses. Is this true? Can anyone explain?

THanks!

Answer 1

Ten years out is not within the order window of Airbus or Boeing.

This site gives you Airbus orders:

http://www.airbus.com/en/corporate/order...

Down at the bottom, Hawaiian is not even listed.

And for Boeing:

http://active.boeing.com/commercial/orde...

By 2017; they will probably not have any of their current aircraft in normal service.

Answer 2

Unless something goes wrong with the Airbus deal, i doubt you'll still see any 767's with them by 2017. Their fleet will be mostly Airbus.

Answer 3

On November 27, 2007, Hawaiian Airlines signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Airbus for 24 long-range jets priced at $4.4 billion. The order includes six Airbus A330-200s with a further six purchase rights and six Airbus A350-800XWBs with a further six purchase rights. Deliveries for the A330s begin in 2012 while the first A350 will be delivered in 2017.

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The airline is also exploring the likelihood of leasing new and/or used A330-200 aircraft as early as 2009. Mark Dunkerley, President and CEO of the airline has stated that the addition of the A330 aircraft will finally make nonstop flights to the U.S. East Coast economically feasible, as the current 767s face weight penalties during parts of the year. He also stated that the A350 aircraft will open previously unavailable nonstop destinations to international cities like London, Paris, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Hawaiian presently operates 18 767s.

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