Heiheionakeiki

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 new A330s 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 330 aircraft after the constellation.[3]

References
  1. Choo, Dave (October–November 2009). "Guiding Stars". Hana Hou!.
  2. University of Hawaii. "Hawaiian Star Lines and Names for Stars".
  3. "Hawaiian's 7th New A330-200 – Heiheionakeiki – Joins the Fleet". Retrieved 2018-06-17.


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