ABG Trip #133 (Returning)
Honolulu International Airport (HNL) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
Hawaiian Airlines - HA12 (Friday, December 22, 2017)
Aircraft: Airbus A330-243
Registration: N375HA
Named: Humu
First Flight: 02/25/2015
Original Delivery: Hawaiian Airlines
Scheduled Departure: 2:15 PM HST
Scheduled Arrival: 9:20 PM PST
Flight Time: 5 hours
Boarding Zone: 2
Departing Gate: 34
Arriving Gate: A4
Livery: White engines and fuselage with “Hawaiian” appearing in purple above the windows on the forward section of the aircraft. Pualani (Flower of the Sky), the icon of Hawaiian’s brand for more than four decades, appeared on the tail gazing forward. Pualani, fashioning a red/orange Hibiscus in her hair, is surrounded with tones of pink to represent the sunset and purple to represent regal flowers. The purple floral pattern can also be found on either side of the winglets at the end of each wing. The name of the aircraft, “Humu” appeared between the flight deck windows and the L1 door on the left side and the R1 door on the right side.
Wings: Standard canted winglets for the A330
My Seat: 16J (window, right side)
Interior: The aircraft had the OEM A330 interior for aircraft built in 2014. Featured pink, purple, and blue mood lighting throughout the cabin.
Sidewalls: Updated design without contours around the windows. This design is characterized by a lack of window reveals and recessed cove lighting located above in a separate panel. These sidewalls were decorated with a small silver and pearl white checker pattern.
Seating & Upholstery: Dual-class service consisting of a First Class and Main Cabin. Seat 16J was in Main Cabin Extra Comfort. All seats in Main Cabin were upholstered with light blue patterned material. The headrests were upholstered in brown leather. The seats in Extra Comfort had “Extra Comfort Premium Seating” stitched into the leather headrest. Each of these seats were equipped with LCD touch-screen monitors loaded with inflight entertainment. The seats in Main Cabin were 2-4-2 configuration and offered a 31 inch to 32 inch pitch. All seats in the Main Cabin had power-ports and adjustable headrests.
First Class pod seats were upholstered in brown leather with light blue and silver accents. Leather upholstered armrests offered a retractable tablet holder for inflight entertainment, bamboo patterned screen divider, tray tables, and seat position controls.
Snack & Meals: There were a variety of beverage, snack, and meal choices available, as well as, duty free shopping. Hawaiian has their Pau Hana Snack Cart available on domestic flights and on select international routes. The Pau Hana Snack Cart has aa selection of island inspired snacks and beverages, as well as, pillows and blankets for added comfort. Beverages included: water, juice, coffee, tea, soda, diet soda, sparkling water, ginger ale, red and white wine, hard alcohol, and beer. The complementary meal on their flight was a teriyaki chicken sandwich with Sweet Maui Onion Chips. I had guava juice to drink. After the meal service, chocolate covered macadamia nuts and more beverages were offered. I had some tea.