The Hawaiian Airlines aircraft I flew to Shin-Chitose was I think one of their first 767’s. The tail number was N584HA, and the bird name was “Kioea” (Chaetoptila angustipluma), which is an extinct honeycreeper. The cabin safety card calls it out as a B-767, and indicates it is valid for tail numbers 584 to 586, so apparently there are three of this generation. According to online aircraft resources, this is a 767-3G5 ER with airframe number 24258/255, so it is an extended range 767-300 with P&W 4062 engines. The airframe was originally built for the German airline Lufttransportunternehmen (LTU) in 1989, and transferred to Hawaiian in 2002, which explained all the German labelling. I’ve been on one of their newer 767-33A ER WL wingletted aircraft on the HNL-KIX run before. Those were built new for Hawaiian and weren’t lease turnovers. None of Hawaiian’s 767’s have individual headrest screens like their Airbus A330-243’s, but the shared screens in these older 767’s were probably upgraded to LCD’s when the aircraft was refitted, as I don’t think something built in 1989 would have come with them originally. It doesn’t appear that the 2-3-2 seating was reconfigured. The seats were roomy and the German-sized legroom was enough to stretch out in. I’m repeating what I said in a live SUAR post earlier, but considering the age of this airframe, it is amazing how odor-free the interior is. I give the Hawaiian Airlines cleaning crew some major credit. All the JAL international flights I’ve been on in the past several years have been pretty stinky.
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