Fiji Airways 737 MAX 8 Apia to Honolulu

[1930_Granada]

Fijian airline Fiji Airways serves a total of 27 destinations, ranging from local hops throughout the island nation to as far away as Dallas. In between the tiny de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters and ATRs and the big A330s and A350s are the 737s, 6 of them, split between 1x 737-800 and 5x 737 MAX 8. These aircraft connect Australia, Tonga, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Tuvalu, and Hawaii to Fiji. The last one is where we’ll be flying today, from the capital of Samoa.

Server: Solo
Airline: Fiji Airways
Aircraft: Boeing 737 MAX 8
Origin: Faleolo International Airport, Apia, Samoa (APW)
Destination: Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, Honolulu, Hawaii (HNL)
Flight Number: FJ853
Route: NSFA-PHNL
Seat: 15A (Economy)
Time En Route: 5 Hours 36 Minutes

Boarding in the afternoon in Apia. FJ853 is a once-weekly flight, operating as a continuation of the Nadi-Apia service on Fridays. In addition to the one-stop route via APW operates daily non-stop service to Honolulu, also on the 737 MAX 8.

Taxiing out of the ramp. For Americans not living in Hawaii, it’s almost surreal to see the Fiji Airways branding on something not an A330-200 or an A350-900, sort of like Singapore Airlines operating 737s.

Departure from APW. Up until 1984, a 737 was the largest aircraft the airport can handle.

Turning out of Apia. The airframe we’re on is Fiji Airways’s 3rd-oldest 737 MAX, registered DQ-FAE, and named “Island of Koro”.

Cruising northeast to Hawaii

Dusk over the Central Pacific

Final descent into Oahu. The lights of HNL are visible to our left.

Landing in Honolulu

Parked at Terminal 2, handling all international flights

Viewing our aircraft as we head off for the baggage claim

[canton]

Nice trip report as always! I might try this route but on the 737-700.

[QFA_12]

Beautiful trip report love to see Oceania getting some love another Fiji Route i would recommend is Nadi to Canberra on the Max 8!

[MyGoal_isNASA]

I have to salute you for giving attention to a very underrated airline. Plus, Fiji’s Islands always amaze me, the sceneries there are out of this world.

Nice job

[1930_Granada]

Getting retro with it aye

[1930_Granada]

Thank you! Yeah, it’s kind of hard when Nadi isn’t 3D yet, but hopefully that’ll change soon.

[1930_Granada]

Will do once we get Nadi in 3D!

[RomeoDelta]

I love this report iam gonna have to do a flight with fiji airlines one day also i love the pics great work.

[1930_Granada]

Thank you!

[United403]

Oooh
Now I definitely need to do Nadi - Apia - Honolulu

[Aeroplane747]

Daniel K Inouye Airport Terminal 1 is for Hawaiian interisland and U.S Mainland Flights. Terminal 2 is the overseas terminal handling both US Mainland flights and international flights to Canada, Seoul, Japan, Philippines, New Zealand, Australia and several pacific islands destinations. Terminal 3 is a small terminal home to mokulele airline which is an air taxi service with routes to both major and small rural airports across the state.

[1930_Granada]

I’ll correct the caption, because that is definitely not Terminal 3 that I parked at

[QFA_12]

I will just add on that sometimes HNL’s Terminal 1 will receive international flights as last year i flew out of of Terminal 1 to Sydney on Hawaiian!

[Aeroplane747]

International departure may be conducted at Terminal 1 by Hawaiian Airlines to select destinations however terminal 1 cannot accept arriving international flights. Only Terminal 2 can handle international arrivals since that is the terminal where passengers will go through customs and immigration

[QFA_12]

That’s sort of what i was thinking as i went back through the flight details and saw that the aircraft came in from Los Angeles. Thanks for the info its very helpful!