Heiheionakeiki is a Polynesian constellation which mariners used to navigate to Tahiti. [1] It contains the seven main stars of the western constellation Orion: [2]
As all of Hawaiian Airlines’s Airbus A330-200s are named for a constellation or star used by the ancient Polynesians for celestial navigation when making their voyages across the Pacific to Hawaii, the airline has named its seventh Airbus A330-200 (N386HA) aircraft after the constellation. [3]
Heiheionakeiki is a Polynesian constellation which mariners used to navigate to Tahiti. [1] It contains the seven main stars of the western constellation Orion: [2]
As all of Hawaiian Airlines’s Airbus A330-200s are named for a constellation or star used by the ancient Polynesians for celestial navigation when making their voyages across the Pacific to Hawaii, the airline has named its seventh Airbus A330-200 (N386HA) aircraft after the constellation. [3]