Tag: Hawaiian airlines

Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330 Experiences Runway Incursion

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330-200, performing flight from Tokyo Haneda (Japan) to Honolulu (USA), experienced runway incursion. Aircraft was taxiing for departure in contact with ground control. The aircraft was assigned runway 16L for departure and was cleared to taxi via taxiway B to hold short of taxiway B-7 (runway 22 was active for landing traffic). […]

Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A321 Experiences Engine Problem

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A321-200N, performing flight from San Diego to Kahului (USA) with 178 passengers and 7 crew, faced engine problem. Aircraft was enroute at FL310 about 220nm west of San Diego when the crew decided to return to continental USA due to an indication of an engine problem. The aircraft descended to FL300 and […]

Longest US Domestic Flight. Which Is It?

Reading Time: < 1 minute While Singapore Airlines passengers are in eager anticipation of world’s longest direct nonstop flight from Singapore to New York with a brand new Airbus A350ULR, Hawaiian Airlines are about to launch the longest US domestic flight. Flight time from Boston to Honolulu will take up to 11 hours, 40 minutes. This will be the longest […]

Hawaiian Airlines Receives its First US-Produced Aircraft

Reading Time: < 1 minute Hawaiian Airlines has taken delivery of its first U.S.-produced A321. The aircraft, delivered from the Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile, Alabama, is also the first new engine option aircraft delivered from Airbus’ U.S. facility. It is powered by a Pratt & Whitney PW1000G high-bypass geared turbofan engine. Executives and employees from Airbus and Hawaiian, […]

Hawaiian Airlines to Launch $100mn Share Buyback Plan

Reading Time: < 1 minute Hawaiian Airlines has announced plans to repurchase USD100 million worth of its own stock by the end of 2019. The new stock repurchase programme will extend the existing one, which also covers USD100 million worth of shares. Hawaiian Airlines has repurchased 2.27 million shares worth USD90.5 million in 2017 alone. According to an SEC filing, […]

Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330 Engine Catches Fire on Roll Out

Reading Time: < 1 minute Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330 was performing positioning flight from Everett to Seattle when during roll out streaks of flame became visible from the left hand engine. Tower immediately dispatched emergency services, couple of seconds later the crew called tower, tower instantly reported emergency services are already on their way and advised there was fire visible […]

New Airborne Technologies Promise to Better Link Planes & Satellites

Reading Time: 3 minutes Hawaiian Airlines and FedEx Corp. are trying novel airborne technologies that promise to cut the cost, reduce the weight and exponentially increase the capacity of communication systems connecting aircraft with satellites. But the moves also raise cybersecurity issues, because experts say such links eventually could blur longstanding distinctions between the way information is sent to […]