Posted on: Friday, May 23, 2003

BUSINESS BRIEFS
Aloha fare hike just for 2 weeks

Advertiser Staff and News Services

Aloha Airlines' new rates have risen $10.50 per seat through May but will then decline on June 1, airline officials said yesterday.

The new $77.50, $85.50 and $95.50 rates went into effect Saturday. They'll be in effect until federal officials lift security fees that have been levied.

Aloha's new fares will then be $72, $80 and $90, Aloha spokesman Stu Glauberman said.

Hawaiian Airlines raised its rates to follow Aloha. But a spokesman for Hawaiian Airlines would not comment on its rate structure after June 1.

About 12 apply for trustee job

The Office of U.S. Trustee has received 12 to 14 applications from people all over the country who are interested in serving as trustee for Hawaiian Airlines through its bankruptcy reorganization.

At the same time representatives of a creditors committee and Boeing Capital Corp., which leases aircraft to Hawaiian, are trying to narrow a list of trustee candidates to three of four names. Officials with the trustee's office said they have not scheduled interviews but hope to select a trustee within two weeks.

Kinimaka firm files bankruptcy

Iva Kinimaka Enterprises Inc. filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Tuesday after closing two Hawaiian restaurants and an affiliated catering business earlier this year.

Iva's Place, at Kapalama Shopping Plaza and at Pearl Kai Shopping Center, and Iva's Komplete Katering were run by Iva Kinimaka, a musician who emerged on the local entertainment scene in the 1960s and more recently gained a following for his cooking.