BUSINESS BRIEFS
New airport parking job launched
Advertiser Staff
Gov. Linda Lingle helped break ground yesterday on a long-awaited 1,800-stall parking structure at Honolulu International Airport.
Lingle also announced that she released $75,532,466 for four projects at Honolulu Airport as part of a $2.3 billion, 12-year airports modernization plan.
The money also will finance construction of the second phase of a new in-line baggage-screening system and improvements to the airport's flight information display system and public address system.
The $16.2 million parking structure will be at the existing open parking lot between the Interisland Terminal and Overseas Terminal parking structures. Construction is scheduled to be completed in December 2008.
HOKU SCIENTIFIC ON NASDAQ INDEXES
Honolulu-based Hoku Scientific Inc. is one of a dozen companies that have been added to the Nasdaq Stock Market's Clean Edge U.S. Index and the Clean Edge Liquid Series Index.
Hoku was one of 12 stocks added to the indexes, the first of which was introduced in May 2006 and focuses on the clean-energy sector. There are a total of 53 companies in the index.
The NASDAQ Clean Edge U.S. Liquid Series Index and the NASDAQ Clean Edge U.S. Index have returned 27.4 percent and 21.6 percent, respectively, year-to-date as of Sept. 14.
IN-FLIGHT WIRELESS SERVICE COMING
SEATTLE — Alaska Airlines said yesterday it will become the first U.S. carrier to test a satellite-based in-flight wireless Internet service on one of its planes next year and may equip its entire fleet.
The Seattle-based airline plans to install Westlake Village, Calif.-based Row 44 Inc.'s broadband service on a Boeing 737 jet next spring, and if it works well, it may add it to all of its 114 aircraft.
Row 44's system is designed to work over water and across international borders. Alaska Airlines said that will allow it to offer the service throughout its network, which includes Alaska, Hawai'i, Canada and Mexico.
HOMELAND SECURITY EXPO ON O'AHU
Government leaders, senior business executives, security, technology and anti-terrorism experts are convening in Hawai'i from Oct. 9 to 11 for the fifth annual 2007 Asia-Pacific Homeland Security Summit and Expo.
The summit will be at the JW Marriott Ihilani Resort & Spa at Ko Olina. Registration is open until Friday.
This year's summit will explore the region's changing environment, the balance of power in the region, how to keep the ocean safe and security issues.
SEWAGE DISINFECTION TO BE DISCUSSED
Ultraviolet disinfection of primary treated sewage at the state's largest wastewater treatment plant will be the topic of this week's lecture at the Water Resources Research Center.
Researcher Victor Moreland will speak at 3 p.m. tomorrow at the Marine Sciences Building 114, the University of Hawai'i-Manoa campus.
He will discuss ultraviolet disinfection at the city's Sand Island Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Ultraviolet light is used for disinfecting many water types: drinking water, recycled water, secondary effluent, including low-quality waters such as primary effluent and combined sewer overflows. This type of system has been installed at the Sand Island plant.
