By Pilar Wolfsteller2021-07-27T23:09:00+01:00
Hawaiian Airlines may consider acquiring electric aircraft in the future for its inter-island flights, chief executive Peter Ingram says on 27 July.
The Honolulu-headquartered carrier, which operates a robust network of connections to neighbour islands with a fleet of 19 ageing Boeing 717s, will be looking to replace them with more modern aircraft in the coming decade.
According to Cirium fleets data, the 128-seat jets, which fly up to 16 cycles every day in punishing tropical conditions, have an average age of 19.3 years.
Source: Hawaiian Airlines
Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 717
“Neighbour island routes provide an interesting application for electrification of aircraft,” Ingram says on the airline’s quarterly analyst call. “We have a lot of traffic that travels between 100 and 250 miles, so the replacement with electric aircraft on those routes is more foreseeable rather than [an aircraft] that has to fly 2,500 miles t
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