Posted at 11:22 a.m., Monday, April 3, 2006
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Hawai'i's jobless rate edges up to 2.5%
Advertiser Staff
Hawai'i had a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 2.5 percent for February, up slightly from January's 2.4 percent that had set a 15-year record low.Nationally, the seasonally adjusted rate also rose by 0.1 percentage point in February to 4.8 percent.
In Hawai'i, 630,350 people had jobs while 16,240 remained unemployed.
Hawaiian Airlines has best on-time performance
For the 28th consecutive month, Hawaiian Airlines led the nation's airline industry with the best on-time performance in February.
In its monthly Air Travel Consumer Report, the U.S. Department of Transportation rated Hawaiian best for punctuality with 94.3 percent of its flights arriving on time in February. The local airline also received top ranking for baggage handling and fewest cancellations.
