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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

 

Spread a little Aloha

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 Shutdown

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.

 

Pilots union puts off strike

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.

Aloha bidding takes twist

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.