Hawaiian Airlines has some of its maintainance performed in Auckland by Air New Zealand Tech Ops. Was lucky enough to be passing by and see this Hawaiian Airlines B767-300, N582HA out of the hanger and just about to commence an engine run. Also noted was that the winglets were removed.
N582HA first flew in 2001.
On Friday morning the 7th June saw the first, and rare daylight departure of Hawaiian Airlines flight HA446 bound for Honolulu, operated by N382HA. The scheduled departure from the previous night was delayed due to logistical reasons. For the inaugural HA flight into Auckland back on the 14th March this year, which also arrived in the daylight, see my other post here,
Back on the July 16th, 2012, Hawaiian Airlines announced that it will commence flights to Auckland beginning March 2013. Today the 14th March 2013 saw the first arrival of Hawaiian Airlines first commercial passenger flight to Auckland. Hawaiian Airlines will use their A330-200 on the Honolulu - Auckland - Honolulu run.
N381HA, touched down just before 7pm local time and was welcomed to Auckland with the traditional water canon salute.
HA will operate 3 flights per week, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays until the 16th Sep when a 4th service on Fridays are added, on a seasonal basis at this stage.
This will make Hawaiian the only US carrier to fly to New Zealand.