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Fewer
seats, higher airfares cast a shadow over Hawaii
Rising airfares and fewer flight choices could spoil some travelers'
plans to visit Hawaii this summer.
Aloha Airlines
lender GMAC promises to pay employees
Aloha Airlines' lender said yesterday that even
though it is not legally obligated, it will pay pilots and other employees who
worked without compensation between April 16 and April 28, but not until after Saltchuk
Resources Inc.
closes its deal Wednesday to acquire the cargo division from Aloha.
Kona's
Mokulele spreads its wings
Mokulele Airlines broke ground yesterday on
a $4.2 million hangar and maintenance facility at Honolulu International
Airport.
Island
Air awarded Midwest flights
The Honolulu-based
carrier will operate the routes that US Airways Express currently operates from
Kansas City International Airport to Joplin, Mo.; Grand Island, Neb.; and
Harrison, Ark., connecting to Hot Springs, Ark.
UAL
pilots say US Air merger should be last resort
The Air Line Pilots Association said in a statement it had "serious
concerns" that a merger would not yield the financial benefits some
industry experts predict.
Hawaiian
Air Moving to Fill Void
Hawaiian has
seized the opportunity, particularly this week, when it began Oakland to
Honolulu service, raised interisland fares, added a fee for extra baggage on
the trans-Pacific routes, and settled a lawsuit that brought it $52.5 million
in cash.
Boeing
finalizes $2.2 bln Iraq plane sale
Boeing Co said on Monday it sealed a $2.2 billion airliner order with
the government of Iraq, as the country looks to ramp up commercial flights in
the region.
Oakland-to-Hawaii
flights return
Soon after Hawaiian Airlines kicked off service
between here and Honolulu on Thursday, company officials said they are mulling
the possibility of new service to Maui.
Impact of
airline shutdowns has ‘striking similarity’ to 9/11 aftermath
As a result of the abrupt closures of Aloha Airlines and ATA
Airlines, the bank's latest forecast predicts a 3.9 percent drop in visitor
arrivals in 2008.
Aloha’s planes aloft but case idles in court
The trustee
for the bankrupt airline wants union contracts declared invalid
A block party raises funds for former airline employees' medical
expenses
Airlines
Are Reducing Their Speed to Save Fuel Costs
Southwest Airlines started flying more slowly about two
months ago, and projects that it will save $42 million in fuel this year by
extending each flight by one to three minutes.
Hawaiian
Holdings Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results
"Like every other US carrier, record fuel prices and
excess capacity were the major negative influences on our first quarter
results," commented Mark Dunkerley, the
Company's President and Chief Executive Officer.
Aloha
close to selling cargo unit to Young Bros. owner
Aloha
Airlines Chief Executive Officer David Banmiller said
discussions are under way to turn over the company's cargo unit to a new owner.
Mesa to pay
Hawaiian $52.5 million
Mesa Air
Group Inc. agreed to pay $52.5 million to Hawaiian
Airlines to settle claims it misused confidential information obtained in
bankruptcy court to launch a competing airline. Related
Hawaiian
names Al Hoffman senior VP
Hawaiian Airlines has named Al
Hoffman senior vice president of corporate communications and public affairs,
effective Thursday.
Cargo
unit's shutdown hovers over air travel
The
potential loss of Aloha's last
division threatens air carriers. Related
Delta
raises U.S. fares from $10 to $40 per round trip
Travelers aren't just feeling the pinch at the gas pump, but also in the
air as carriers continue to hike fares to deal with high jet fuel prices.
Aloha
Airlines shuts down cargo operations
Aloha, which
carries 85 percent of all goods by air between the islands, said its lender,
GMAC Commercial Finance LLC was unwiling to provide
further financing.
UAL
and US Air merger talks advance: sources
A deal could be finalized within the next few weeks and could include
meaningful capacity cuts, the sources said.
Eos Airlines, the all business-class carrier, has declared bankruptcy and stopped
operations Sunday.
Honolulu's
international travelers to receive a better welcome
Honolulu International Airport is among 20 airports across the country
where U.S. Customs and Border Protection will improve the process of clearing
and welcoming overseas travelers to the United States.
American
Airlines to charge $25 for second bag
American
Airlines today became the latest carrier to announce that it would require passengers
to pack light, or pay up.
The decision
is made to wait and see how bidding discussions proceed this weekend
Aloha unit
buyer will try to keep workers
Pacific
Air Cargo says the employees are the 'heart' of the company
Oil
prices likely to remain high for a long time
Oil's meteoric rise to near $120 a barrel looks like more than just
another economic bubble
Skies
not so bright for China pilots
Overworked
aviators laboring under lifetime contracts are losing altitude as the nation's
volume of air travel booms.
Oakland Goes Hawaiian With New Nonstop Flights to Hawaii
Hawaiian will inaugurate
its new daily nonstop service between Oakland International Airport and
Honolulu on Thursday, May 1. The first flight departs Oakland at 9 a.m. and
arrives in Honolulu at 11:05 a.m.
Aloha Air loses
bidder for cargo
Saltchuk
Resources Inc., parent company of interisland ocean shipper Young Bros. Ltd.,
officially withdrew yesterday from the bidding for Aloha Airlines' cargo unit just hours before Aloha's pilots voted
overwhelmingly to give their union authorization to call a strike.
Dreamliner Delayed a Fourth Time
The new delay was expected by investors
and customers but is still viewed as a setback for European airplane
manufacturer Airbus' chief rival.
What
Airbus Learned from the Dreamliner
As the planemaker
finalizes its superlight A350, it's paying close attention to Boeing's
mistakes.
Union asks
court to force Aloha cargo unit buyer to retain pilots
Aloha
Airlines' pilots union
is asking U.S. Bankruptcy Court to make the sale of the company's cargo unit
contingent upon the buyer retaining the unit's pilots.
Delta, Northwest report combined $10.5B loss on fuel costs
Delta Air
Lines Inc., the nation's third-largest carrier, said Wednesday
its loss widened in the first quarter to a whopping $6.39 billion because of
soaring fuel prices and the steep decline in the company's market value.
Buckle
up: Airfares taking off
Record oil prices that hit an all-time peak of $119.90 a barrel
yesterday are pushing the nation's airlines into crisis mode.
United
Airlines parent loses $537 million, cuts 1,100 jobs
UAL said its
nearly 8% growth in revenue from the first quarter of 2007 was more than offset
by a $618 million jump in fuel costs, which rose nearly 50% in a year.
Pacific Air Cargo, a Los Angeles-based, woman-owned
company, has emerged as the top bidder for Aloha
Airlines' contract
aviation services unit during an auction held yesterday at the law offices of Bingham
McCutchen LLP in San Francisco, according to two people familiar
with the proceedings.
$2.2M
offer for Hawaii airline unit
L.A. firm Pacific Air Cargo
offers $2.2M for 1,100-worker division
Hawaii
feels sting of higher airfares
Rising fuel prices and extra charges for things like a second piece of luggage
mean that a $600 to $800 round-trip flight from Honolulu to the West Coast now
costs as much as off-season airfare to Europe just a few years ago.
Hedge fund now No. 2 Hawaiian Air
shareholder
A New
York-based hedge fund is now the second-largest shareholder of Hawaiian Airlines' parent company, in
the wake of purchases made following the shutdowns of Aloha
Airlines and ATA
Airlines.
Delta
says merger will be plus for Hawaii
Delta
says it still plans to offer new service from Los Angeles to Kona and Lihue
starting in June. Reduced
Capacity
Boeing could
gain from Delta merger
"Airbus probably has more to lose in all of this than
Boeing," Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group, an
industry consulting firm, said in a recent interview.
Delta/Northwest
may spark more airline mergers
If the long-awaited consolidation wave were, in fact, at
hand, the airlines most likely to follow suit would be UAL Corp's United Airlines and Continental Airlines Inc, which
reportedly have been in talks for months.
Pilots
expand warnings to US airlines on mergers
Airline pilots unions sharpened their rhetoric on Tuesday as industry consolidation
heated up with labor expanding its warning to carriers about trying to merge
without their consent.
Dollar
forces Airbus to rethink methods
Airbus is
pondering fundamental changes to the way it builds aircraft as part of ongoing
restructuring efforts driven by a slide in the value of the dollar, the head of
parent EADS said on Tuesday.
Hawaiian Air
spreads its wings
In a festive
setting replete with cultural Filipino singing and dancing, Hawaiian
Airlines
launched its first-ever service to Asia yesterday with a nonstop flight to
Manila.
Carriers
have years to comply with new wave of inspections
Federal regulators on Monday ordered inspections for hundreds of Boeing jetliners
over potential problems with wing de-icing systems, certain planes' main
landing gear and the oxygen masks used by passengers.
Mesa
Group Reports Large Traffic Drop
Mesa
Air Group, Inc. reported that its preliminary
traffic figures for March dropped significantly, another indication of
declining fortunes in the once high-flying airline industry.
Delta, Northwest agree to combine
The announcement could spur other airline
combinations. The most likely scenario that has been talked about is a
potential deal between United and Continental airlines. Related
Mesa
Air insists it can recover from setbacks
Mesa Air
Group has long been Phoenix's under-the-radar airline, quietly flying short
hops for US Airways and other major
carriers on its way to $1 billion in annual sales.
Delta-Northwest
Merger Talks Pick Up Pace Again
Merger talks
between Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines picked up pace again on
Sunday, and people briefed on the negotiations said an announcement of a deal
could come as soon as Tuesday.
Wi-Fi
poised for pilot flights at 4 airlines
A handful of airlines are poised to offer wireless Internet access
inside their planes, giving passengers the ability to answer e-mails, conduct
work, social network and otherwise entertain themselves.
Aloha
clouds Honolulu airport plan
$2.3 billion modernization could be revised due to shutdowns of Aloha, ATA
Airline
woes spell trouble for summer traffic
The record rise in jet fuel costs is especially bad news
for Hawaii because it could lead airlines to further trim their flights to the
Islands.
Hawaii
CEOs average $2.3M in pay
Hawaiian
Airlines Inc. CEO Mark Dunkerley saw
his pay decrease by 5.8 percent to $2.3 million a year.