LIHUE — Hawaiian Airlines has an agreement to purchase of 10 Boeing 787-9 aircraft with purchase rights for an additional 10 aircraft, the airline announced Tuesday.
LIHUE — Hawaiian Airlines has an agreement to purchase of 10 Boeing 787-9 aircraft with purchase rights for an additional 10 aircraft, the airline announced Tuesday.
The first fuel-efficient, lightweight, passenger-friendly “Dreamliner” is scheduled to arrive in the first quarter of 2021. Hawaiian has selected the General Electric GEnx engine to power the additions to its fleet.
The 787-9 features a spacious wide-body cabin with extra-large windows.
The innovative composite airframe will allow Hawaiian to pressurize Dreamliner cabins at a far lower altitude, creating a more comfortable in-cabin atmosphere. Additional features include a quiet cabin, dimmable LED window shades, and larger overhead luggage bins.
“The Dreamliner combines excellent comfort for our guests with fantastic operational performance and will allow us to continue modernizing our fleet into the next decade,” said Hawaiian Airlines President and CEO Peter Ingram. “It has more seating capacity than Hawaiian’s current wide-body fleet, which will allow us to further build upon our successful growth in Asia.”
Hawaiian operates a mainline fleet of 54 aircraft: 24 Airbus A330-200 and 8 Boeing 767 wide- body aircraft, 2 A321neo and 20 717 narrow-body aircraft. The company selected the 787-9 as part of a competitive bid process that also included the Airbus A330-900.
