Hawaiian chooses Boeing 787-9s as future flagship

Hawaiian Airlines announced Tuesday it intends to purchase 10 Boeing 787-9s with options for 10 additional aircraft, a deal valued at US$5.4b at current list prices if all purchase rights are exercised. Hawaiian selected GE GEnx engines for the new aircraft; deliveries will begin Q1 of 2021. Hawaiian said its selection of the 787-9 came after a competitive bid process that also included the Airbus A330-900. “We were in the enviable position of choosing between two outstanding models for our flagship aircraft of the future,” Hawaiian president and CE Peter Ingram said, ultimately choosing the Dreamliner as “the best aircraft for modernising our fleet in 2021 and beyond … its expanded seat capacity and extended range will allow us to expand within our current route network and [to] new destinations in the Asia-Pacific region.” <br/>