The future looks bright and interesting, as Hawaiian Airlines prepares to announce more new planes.
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I’d bet that neither of the planes you mentioned are going to be the 717 replacement. I see 319s with V2500s in HALs future.
Quite an interesting and informative article. Regardless of what they choose, I hope the inter-island plane chosen has a smooth replacement of the B717
Would any of these new designs offer an ADA bathroom, so that an aisle wheelchair could bring a passenger to the bathroom to use the toilet? I had to move from Hawaii because I thought you were discontinuing using your larger planes with Ada access.
Something a little different for Hawiian might be a plane that could accommodate through flights such as depart from Kauai, stop in Honolulu or Maui then on to the mainland with passengers not having to change planes.
The prefect aircraft replacement should have been the 737-MAX7.THE LEAP1B engines are more reliable than any of the P/W ENGINES. Should be a consideration.
You may want to note the following:
The A220 is a more flexible plane with its longer range. However, there are very few markets within its range that are not being currently served by existing aircraft with high occupancy.
The A220 is quite a bit more expensive to buy and operate.
There is a long wait for customers to receive A220 orders.
The 195-E2 actually carries 120 passengers in a 3 class configuration.
Both are great planes….it will come down to the financials but availability is also important.
Hi David.
Yes, we too pointed out that the E2 presents a unique business opportunity for Hawaiian.
Aloha.