December 1, 2010 (FinancialWire) (http://www.financialwire.net/) — Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.’s (NASDAQ: HA) Hawaiian Airlines unit said that it has increased its firm commitments for new long-range Airbus A330-200 aircraft from 10 (including three already in service) to 16, with the additional six to be delivered between 2012 and 2015.

Hawaiian said it exercised six Airbus A330 purchase rights under the terms of its 2008 purchase agreement with Airbus and acquired additional purchase rights in this transaction, leaving it with a total of four purchase rights remaining.

The airline took delivery of its third new A330 from aircraft leasing company AWAS earlier this month and will accept two deliveries in the coming year.

All of Hawaiian's new A330 aircraft will carry 294 passengers in a two-class configuration – 30 more per aircraft than its current fleet of Boeing 767-300ER aircraft.

The A330 also has a longer operating range that the 767, enabling nonstop service between Hawaii and points throughout all of North America, eastern Asia and Australasia.

Hawaiian is expanding its service into Asia. It inaugurated nonstop service between Honolulu and Tokyo's Haneda Airport on November 17 and will start nonstop flights between Honolulu and Seoul, South Korea's Incheon International Airport in January of 2011.

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