Posted at 11:27 a.m., Friday, June 30, 2006
Business briefs: Go! launches Honolulu-Hilo service
Advertiser Staff
Hawaii's newest interisland airline, go!, today launched nonstop service between Honolulu and Hilo.Go!, a division of Mesa Air Group Inc., added five roundtrip flights a day between the two cities, with a sixth flight to be added July 14. With the additions, go! now offers 62 daily flights with service between Honolulu and Lihue, Kahului, Kona, and Hilo.
"I am heartened that go! has kept to its word and has started service to Hilo," Sen. Lorraine Inouye, D-1st (Hamakua, S. Hilo), said in a written statement. "The added competition has helped make interisland travel more affordable for our residents and will encourage visitors to visit the island of Hawaii," she added.
Loea Corp. moves headquarters from Maui to Honolulu
Loea Corp., a Kahului-based high-speed wireless communications company, announced today that it is moving its corporate headquarters to Honolulu.
Loea's executive and business development functions will be based out of downtown Honolulu while its research and next-generation product development will continue in Kahului. Manufacturing for new products will be conducted in Hawaii.
"We are committed to building Loea Corporation's work force in Hawaii and our customer base locally, nationally and internationally," said Admiral Thomas B. Fargo, USN (Ret), Loea's chairman and chief executive officer.
