http://www.mauilog.com Hawaii From A Visitors Point of View Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:26:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.mauilog.com/news/scary-situration-for-hawaii-tourism/ 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 ... http://www.mauilog.com/news/survey-says-85-have-yet-to-ride-superferry/ 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. http://www.mauilog.com/news/shark-mugging-caught-on-video/ With all the talk of the problems airlines are having with the high fuel costs, I began to wonder what it costs to fly an airliner to Hawaii. I decided to do a little research, here's what I found.  I'm going to use Hawaiian Airlines non-stop flight from ... http://www.mauilog.com/air-travel/50000-to-fly-to-hawaii/ 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. ... http://www.mauilog.com/news/ntsb-confirms-go-pilots-were-asleep/ 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. ... http://www.mauilog.com/news/island-headlines-island-air-expands-service-and-more/ The following article was contributed by observer, researcher, writer Brad Parsons otherwise known as MauiBrad on the net. Formerly of Maui, now living on Kauai. This article was first published on SaveKauai.Org and is reprinted here with his permission. It does not necessarily represent the view of ... http://www.mauilog.com/news/hawaii-superferry-another-point-of-view/ 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 ... http://www.mauilog.com/news/hawaii-superferry-a-reality-check/ 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 ... http://www.mauilog.com/news/hawaiian-airlines-has-a-busy-week/ A $1.1 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been received by Hawaii to repair the quake damaged Pi'ilana Highway, along the east coast of Maui, the so called "back way to Hana." The highway was damaged on Oct. 15, 2006 when a strong earthquake rocked the islands. ... http://www.mauilog.com/uncategorized/mauis-piilani-highway-to-be-repaired/