BUSINESS BRIEFS
Hawaiian Air flies more passengers
Advertiser Staff and News Services
Hawaiian Airlines said its passenger count increased by nearly 40,000 in October compared with the same month a year earlier.
The state's largest carrier said it flew a total of 646,756 customers last month, up 6.5 percent from 607,393 in October 2007. Through the first 10 months of the year, Hawaiian Airlines has flown 6.58 million passengers, up nearly 11 percent from the same period last year.
Hawaiian also said its planes were 82.9 percent full last month, compared with 89.9 percent in October 2007. The lower load factor came after the airline increased its passenger capacity following the shutdowns of Aloha Airlines and ATA Airlines this spring.
Load factor through the first 10 months of the year was 83.3 percent, down from 87.7 percent a year earlier.
Hawaiian also said that Peter Ingram, the company's chief financial officer, will make a presentation at the Imperial Capital Global Opportunities Conference Nov. 17-18 in New York.
DISNEY SET TO START KO OLINA PROJECT
Disney plans a traditional Hawaiian blessing and ground-breaking next week to mark the start of construction for its new family resort at the Ko Olina Resort & Marina development.
The ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. Nov. 19.
The company said the ceremony will include: Jay Rasulo, chairman, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts; Lt. Gov. James "Duke" Aiona; Sen. Colleen Hanabusa; Honolulu Managing Director Wayne Hashiro; Djuan Rivers, vice president of Disney Vacation Club Hawai'i; and Jeff Stone, master developer of Ko Olina Resort & Marina.
The Disney resort at Ko Olina, scheduled to open in 2011, will have more than 800 units including hotel rooms and villas for Disney Vacation Club, Disney's timeshare division. Disney Vacation Club has grown to serve more than 350,000 individual members from approximately 100 countries and all 50 states. Upon completion, the resort is expected to create nearly 1,000 jobs in Hawai'i and cost an estimated $800 million.
SIMPLY ORGANIZED TO OPEN NOV. 22
Simply Organized, a new concept store in Kapolei developed by the owners of City Mill, has scheduled a grand opening Nov. 22.
In the Crossroads at Kapolei Shopping Center, the 12,000-square-foot store will specialize in organization and storage products.
Festivities planned for the grand opening include a blessing, a live radio broadcast on KCCN, music, prizes and games. There will be a "We'll Organize your Garage and Fill it!" contest where contestants will have an opportunity to win a $1,000 Simply Organized shopping spree.
The store said it has hired 20 employees from West O'ahu.
NET TV PROVIDER OFFERS DISCOUNT
Hawaii IPTV LLC, which provides local television programming globally via the Internet, is offering a 10 percent discount to military personnel when they sign up during this holiday season.
Hawaii IPTV, which launched service in 2007, has agreements with KHNL, KFVE, KGMB and about 25 local producers to carry a wide variety of local sports news and entertainment programming. The service is targeted at local residents who have moved away from Hawai'i.
For information on pricing, visit https://www.tvfromhawaii.com. The service is not available to residents of Hawai'i.
