Hawaiian Airlines reported the acquisition of two new wide-body Airbus A330-200 aircraft that will accelerate the start of the company’s transition to a new Airbus fleet to 2011. The two jets are in addition to the agreement that Hawaiian announced earlier this year to purchase up to 24 new Airbus aircraft.
The two A330s are being leased from AWAS and are scheduled to join Hawaiian’s fleet in the first and second quarters of 2011, respectively. Hawaiian also announced a separate agreement with AWAS to extend to 2011 the leases of two Boeing 767-300ER jets currently in the fleet. The newly leased A330s will ultimately replace the B767s with the extended leases.
