islandhopper
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Also, (the end of) this newspaper story confirms many rumors floating around Honolulu the past few months. Its kind of spooky how close Hawaiian just came to losing their 717 fleet and three 767's. Monday could have been it for them. Their lease extensions expired August 30th and Boeing held out to the last minute on Friday. Hawaiian gets another 30 days to make things happen. Nice Hula!
Hawaiian also publicly admits their intentions to re-fleet which I first posted on here as a question to Jim and HAL 4 months ago.
http://starbulletin.com/2003/08/30/business/story1.html
Meanwhile, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Robert Faris approved restructured lease agreements yesterday between Hawaiian and International Lease Finance Corp. on four Boeing 767s. He also approved a fourth extension with Boeing Capital, which leases Hawaiian three 767s and 13 Boeing 717s. The new extension will expire Sept. 30.
"I view these extensions as an expression of goodwill on Boeing's part,"
...Hawaiian might consider another type of plane than the 717 for its interisland routes. Glasgow, in his letter to the pilots, alluded to the same thing, saying that "the future interisland aircraft is still unknown."
Some of Hawaiian's pilots have been discussing the possibility of the return of the McDonnell Douglas MD-80, which Hawaiian flew a decade ago.
Hawaiian also publicly admits their intentions to re-fleet which I first posted on here as a question to Jim and HAL 4 months ago.
http://starbulletin.com/2003/08/30/business/story1.html
Meanwhile, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Robert Faris approved restructured lease agreements yesterday between Hawaiian and International Lease Finance Corp. on four Boeing 767s. He also approved a fourth extension with Boeing Capital, which leases Hawaiian three 767s and 13 Boeing 717s. The new extension will expire Sept. 30.
"I view these extensions as an expression of goodwill on Boeing's part,"
...Hawaiian might consider another type of plane than the 717 for its interisland routes. Glasgow, in his letter to the pilots, alluded to the same thing, saying that "the future interisland aircraft is still unknown."
Some of Hawaiian's pilots have been discussing the possibility of the return of the McDonnell Douglas MD-80, which Hawaiian flew a decade ago.
