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Hawaiian ends Moloka'i flights

Advertiser Staff

Hawaiian Airlines has bid aloha to Moloka'i and Lana'i.

After announcing in June that it planned to cut the only daily flight that stops at Moloka'i and Lana'i from O'ahu, Hawaiian made its last flight to Moloka'i on Sunday.

Hawaiian said the move was made in response to low passenger seating aboard its 123-seat Boeing jets and greater demand for Honolulu-Hilo and Honolulu-Maui flights.

Coral Wireless given extension

A Delaware, Md.-based wireless communications company planning to do business in Honolulu was granted a nine-month extension of a federal deadline requiring services start this September.

Under the extension granted by the Federal Communications Commission yesterday, Coral Wireless LLC has until late June of 2005 to finish construction of its communications network and offer service to at least one-third of O'ahu's population or face losing its wireless spectrum license.

'Rebranding Hawai'i' is topic

Frank Haas, tourism marketing director for the Hawai'i Tourism Authority, will discuss "Rebranding Hawai'i — How HTA is Creating Fresh Appeal for a Mature Product" at a seminar Aug. 25 in Macy's at Ala Moana Center.

The seminar will offer a behind-the-scenes look at Aloha Shoyu's successful branding and positioning of its product for Mainland markets.