Hawaiian Air targets London, considers role for A380 superjumbo

Hawaiian Airlines is waiting to see whether 6 A330neo jetliners ordered from Airbus will enable it to begin service to Europe. The carrier also is looking at adding more routes to China and the eastern US, and examining whether it should consider acquiring the A380 superjumbo, according to its CE. Flights to London are a goal but may be at the limit of what’s attainable after the carrier swapped its order for Airbus A350-800 jets to the shorter-range A330neo in 2014, Hawaiian Holdings CE Mark Dunkerley said Wednesday. “We certainly hope the answer is yes but we don’t have all the information we need,” he said. “It’s going to depend on what our final seating configuration is and therefore the weight of the Neo and its exact performance and statistics when it’s actually built.” <br/>