In what Hawaii tourism authorities are calling a “scary” situation tourism to the islands declined 13.6% in June. Visitations from Hawaii’s biggest market, the U.S. West Coast, were down a whopping 16.5% and down from the East Coast 17%. This along with the loss of two cruise ships added up the the […]
Pacific Business News reports that a majority of people responding to a recent survey have yet to ride the Superferry. Of the over 700 responders 85% say they have not yet ridden the ferry, 14% say they have and I guess the other 1% is not sure.
What surprises me is that this is […]
Here’s a link to a video you may have seen making the rounds on NBC. A group of sharks approaches some Hawaii beachgoers playing in the surf and surprisingly a few of the men stay in the water.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has confirmed that two go! airlines pilots unintentionally fell asleep during a flight from Oahu to the Big Island in February. The flight flew 15 miles past Hilo, it’s intended destination, as air traffic controllers franticly tried to contact the crew. The flight landed safely at […]
Island Air Expanding Interisland Service Pacific Business News is reporting that Island Air is expanding it’s interisland schedule. Flights from Honolulu to Lihue; Honolulu to Maui and between Maui and Kona, and Maui and Lihue were added. Island Air now operates 444 interisland flights weekly. The carrier has also decided […]
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HSF Business Viability notes from […]
Hawaii Superferry reports that it’s ridership has been steadily increasing during May. The company estimates that, based on current bookings, it will surpass 21,000 passengers and 5,800 vehicles during the month. It carried more than 5,500 passengers and 1500 vehicles on the Memorial weekend alone.
Superferry has also announced that it will extend […]
Hawaiian Airlines has been in the news a lot this week, some good and some bad.
First of all they’ve entered into a codeshare agreement with United Airlines. This will allow passengers flying to Hawaii on United to connect seamlessly with Hawaiian Airlines interisland flights. Hawaiian passengers will also be able to earn […]
In response to a projected decline in visitors to Hawaii in 2008 the Hawaii Tourism Authority has approved $3 million in additional funds to market the state on the mainland.
HTA estimates a potential 11% drop in visitors to the Islands in 2008 from the 2007 total of 7.4 million.
The shutdowns of Aloha Airlines and ATA […]
Island Air Expands to Nebraska - Hawaii Island Air has been selected by the Department of Transportation to provide essential air service between Kearney Nebraska and Kansas City. They’ll replace Mesa Airlines. (As our savvy readers know, that’s the parent of Hawaii’s Go! Airline) The service will be subsidised by the […]