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United cuts Honolulu flight

United Airlines is cutting one of its San Francisco-Honolulu flights in May because of a drop in bookings since the start of the war in Iraq.

United operates four daily flights from Honolulu to San Francisco and will reduce that to three from May 5 to June 11, said spokesman Joe Hopkins. The rest of the Hawai'i schedule will remain the same, he said.

United said it would reduce its flight schedule systemwide by 12 percent in May.

"Our hope is the demand will rebound, that then we'll add back flying when we get to June," Hopkins said.

United operates 11 daily flights to Honolulu, including two from Japan. It also has 13 flights a day to other islands.

Chief picked for Waiawa project

Gentry Investment Properties has hired former Campbell Estate chief executive David McCoy to head its massive housing plan for Waiawa in Central O'ahu.

McCoy will oversee planning and development as director of Waiawa development, which has been in the works since the mid-1980s and is envisioned to be a master-planned community with around 5,000 homes, schools, recreational and shopping centers over 1,100 acres.

McCoy in November resigned after 10 years with Campbell Estate, the developer of Kapolei.