Hoʻohui ʻo Hawaiian Airlines i ʻelua mau Airbus A330 hou

HONOLULU – Ma kahi kaʻina mua nui o kāna hoʻolālā ʻauwaʻa lōʻihi, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Hawaiian Airlines i kēia lā i ka loaʻa ʻana o ʻelua mau mokulele Airbus A330-200 hou e hoʻolalelale ai i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hui i kahi ʻauwaʻa Airbus hou i 2011.

Hoʻohui ʻia nā mokulele ʻelua i ka ʻaelike i hoʻolaha ʻia e ka Hawaiʻi ma mua o kēia makahiki e kūʻai aku i 24 mau mokulele Airbus hou.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mark Dunkerley, ka pelekikena a me ka Luna Nui o Hawaiʻi, “ʻO kēia mau mokulele hou e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻokō ʻana o ka Hawaiʻi i ka ulu ʻana o ka wā e hiki mai ana a i ka hōʻea ʻana i nā mākeke hou ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, he mea nui ia no nā huakaʻi Hawaiʻi a no ke olakino lōʻihi a me ka ʻokoʻa o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o Hawaiʻi. ”

Ke hoʻolimalima ʻia nei nā A330 ʻelua mai ka AWAS a ua manaʻo ʻia e hui pū me nā ʻauwaʻa Hawaiʻi i ka hapaha mua a me ka lua o ka makahiki 2011. Ua hoʻolaha pū ʻo Hawaiʻi i kahi ʻaelike ʻokoʻa me AWAS e hoʻolōʻihi i ka makahiki 2011 i nā hoʻolimalima o ʻelua mau mokulele Boeing 767-300ER i kēia manawa i ka ʻauwaʻa. ʻO nā A330 i hoʻolimalima hou ʻia e pani i nā B767 me nā hoʻolimalima lōʻihi.

ʻO ke kino ākea, māhoe-aisle A330-200 noho 298 mau ohua ma kahi hoʻonohonoho papa ʻelua a he 5,500 mau mile nautical ka hana, ʻoi aku ka mamao ma mua o nā mokulele B767-300ER o kēia manawa. Me ka A330-200, e hoʻonui ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi i kona hiki ke noho, e hoʻomaikaʻi i kona pono wahie, a e hiki ke hāʻawi aku i ka lawelawe pau ʻole i nā ʻāina āpau o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau a me Asia hikina.

I Feberuari, ua kakau inoa ka Hawaiian i ka aelike kuai me Airbus e loaa eono mokulele A330-200 a me eono mokulele A350XWB-800 (Extra Wide-Body) pololei mai ka mea hana, me na kuleana kuai no na A330-200 hou eono a me eono A350XWB-800s.

ʻO ka hoʻouna mua ʻana o nā A330 ma lalo o ka ʻaelike kūʻai a Hawaiʻi me Airbus e hui pū me nā ʻauwaʻa ma 2012, me nā A350s i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no ka lawe ʻana e hoʻomaka i ka makahiki 2017. ʻO ka ʻaelike kūʻai he huina kumu kūʻai papa inoa ma kahi o $4.4 biliona inā loaʻa nā kuleana kūʻai i nā mokulele 24 āpau. hoohanaia.