Hawaiian Airlines picks Boeing's 787 Dreamliner over Airbus

Boeing has reportedly convinced Hawaiian Airlines to cancel an existing order with overseas rival Airbus in favour of an unspecified number of the Chicago-based aerospace giant's 787-9 Dreamliners. Scott Hamilton, editor of aerospace website Leeham News & Comment, was the first to report that the Honolulu-based carrier will cancel its order for six A330-800 wide-bodies built by Airbus and flip its order to Boeing. An official announcement could come by the end of this week. The cancellation would leave Airbus without any orders for the A330-800 and just over 200 orders for the larger A330-900. Boeing sees both models as potential threats to a new middle-of-the-market plane, dubbed the 797, which still hasn't officially been announced. Hamilton said Boeing "was determined to win at any cost" and offered its Dreamliners at a lower cost than the Airbus planes. The Dreamliner order would be the first for Hawaiian Airlines.<br/>