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ANA reconsiders Honolulu service
All Nippon Airways said yesterday the company is evaluating whether to continue its daily air service between Nagoya and Honolulu as it weighs implications of expansion at Tokyo International Airport in Narita.
ANA spokesman Tom Fredo said company officials are studying the feasibility of maintaining non-stop service from Nagoya, but won't make any decisions until they can determine whether the planned 2002 opening of Narita's new runway will lead to more takeoff slots for company flights to Hawai'i.
ANA operates 18 flights a week between Japan and Hawai'i, including one flight a day between Honolulu and Nagoya, Japan's third-largest city. Other flights are from Narita and Osaka's Kansai International Airport.
The Narita expansion coincides with the expected spike in tourism for the 2002 World Cup soccer tournament. Japan and South Korea are co-hosts of the competition.
Seminar includes China delegates
A public seminar Friday on doing business with China will feature comments from an 18-member delegation visiting Honolulu from Guangdong province.
Titled "China in Transition: How to Succeed through Partnerships and Other Strategic Alliances," the seminar will run from 11 a.m. through 5 p.m. at the East-West Center's Garden Room adjacent to the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
The visiting Chinese government and business leaders will team with Honolulu-based experts to discuss how businesspeople here can build ties in Guangdong and in China, according to organizers with the state Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism.
Cost of the seminar, including lunch and a reception, is $30.
Interested people can register at the door or by calling 734-9211.
Other sponsors are the U.S. Department of Commerce's Honolulu Export Assistance Center, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Hawai'i and Kapi'olani Community College.
Guangdong, Hawai'i's sister province in China, has a population of 70 million. Partly because of its coastal location in the south, near Hong Kong, it has become the country's leading center for exports.
