| Date | Airline | Flight | Type | Regn | Routing | Time | Miles | Remarks | ||
| Back | 26 Dec 16 | HA | 266 | 717-2BL | N492HA | HNL-OGG | 00:17 | 116 mi | My 1st 717-200 | |
| 26 Dec 16 | HA | 56 | A330-243 | N378HA | OGG-LAX | 05:29 | 2533 mi | Next |
After nearly two full days of birding around Oahu it was time to head back towards home. My first flight was on a new type for me: the Boeing 717.
Onboard I found the seats to be the new "slimline" type with the very small fold-down tray table found on LCC carriers like Frontier and Spirit.
Below is my photo of N492HA arriving at the gate in HNL prior to my flight to Kahului, Maui, and below that is the FlightAware screenshot of the flight.
Please scroll down for the info for HA 56 Maui-Los Angeles
My connection time at OGG was just over an hour. I was looking forward to my flight aboard another Hawaiian Airlines A330 and sitting close to the front in the Economy Plus cabin, and before long we were en route to LAX on the "red-eye" flight.
Arrival at LAX was just before sunrise. The sky was absolutely free of clouds and it was a spectacular descent and arrival at one of my favorite airports in the world. I posted a YouTube video of the arrival here.
Below is my photo of N378HA at the gate at OGG prior to my flight to LAX. Below that is the FlightAware screenshot of the flight.
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