Posted on: Saturday, June 25, 2005

BUSINESS BRIEFS
A&B promotes executives

Advertiser Staff

Alexander & Baldwin Inc. said it will promote Chief Financial Officer Chris J. Benjamin to senior vice president from vice president.

Stanley Kuriyama will be promoted to chief executive officer of the company's Land Group, a new organizational structure combining the company's agribusiness and real estate subsidiaries, Alexander & Baldwin said in a statement on its Web site. The moves are effective July 1.

The company said G. Stephen Holaday will be president of the Agribusiness unit, including sugar and coffee functions, reporting to Kuriyama.

Reno-San Diego flight to be cut

Aloha Airlines is cutting its Reno-San Diego flight after July 5.

Ticketed passengers after that date will be transferred to Southwest Airlines for the Reno-San Diego route, the company announced. Aloha began the route, which then continued to Maui, in December, the same month it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

The airline said it will retain a Reno-Orange County flight that continues to Hawai'i, but will change the final destination from Honolulu to Maui beginning Aug. 22. Passengers will also have the option to switch planes in Orange County to go to other Hawaii destinations.

Home showcase set for October

The Building Industry Association of Hawaii will hold the 49th annual Parade of Homes during the weekends of Oct. 1-2 and Oct. 8-9.

The premier statewide showcase of new homes in Hawai'i will provide consumers with information on the latest trends, technology and design innovations in residential construction. The deadline for entries is Thursday.

For more information, or to obtain an entry form, call 847-4666, ext. 206, or go to www.paradeofhomeshawaii.com.

Telcom outages traced to Kona

Wireless and landline calls between the Big Island, O'ahu and the Mainland were subject to outages from Thursday afternoon until 1 p.m. yesterday after a truck snagged overhead phone lines in Kona.

The incident at about 2:30 p.m. Thursday on Mamalahoa Highway reduced Hawaiian Telcom's capacity to route calls between the Big Island and Honolulu, said Hawaiian Telcom spokeswoman Ann Nishida. Most of the service was restored by 9:30 a.m. yesterday and emergency 911 calls were not affected, she said.