Hawaiian Airlines (HA, Honolulu) will dry-lease an A321neo from China CALC with delivery scheduled for 2018. As previously reported, Hawaiian plans to phase out its fleet of eight B767-300s by the end of 2018. To expedite the process, it has ordered one A330-200 from Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac), and will lease one more A321neo in addition to this one.
Hawaiian plans to phase in sixteen A321neos by end of 2020, plus the two leased aircraft, which will free up some its fleet of twenty-three A330-200s for more flights to Asia. It also has eighteen B717-200s which it uses for flights between the islands of Hawaii.
