Reported by Star-Bulletin staff & wire
Monday, February 3, 1997
Reported by Star-Bulletin staff & wire
Monday, February 3, 1997
Hawaiian Airlines Inc. will use a high-powered computer management system to get the best yield it can from its aircraft and routes. Hawaiian Airlines
to computerize routingThe system will monitor a wide range of the airline's operations automatically on a minute-to-minute basis, Hawaiian said today. It will report on such factors as the popularity of certain flights at certain times and seasonal traffic to allow the airline to maximize fleet usage.
Hawaiian signed an agreement with SABRE Decision Technologies, owned by American Airlines parent company AMR Corp. to install and run the system, called AIRMAX.
The companies will start loading historical data into the system next month and expect full operation in the fall, Hawaiian said.
Harvested macadamia nuts will reach a record of 55 million pounds in the 1996-97 season, according to Hawaii Agricultural Statistics Service estimates. State: Record harvest
of mac nuts likelyThat is four million pounds more than last year. Improved weather in the major growing areas, and continuing maturity of younger trees boosted the production, said Don Martin, state agricultural statistician.
Total acreage in the macadamia crop was about 20,200 acres, only a slight decline from last year, Martin said.
Prices at the farm averaged 76.0 cents per pound, two cents more than the previous season.
ARLINGTON, Va. - AT&T Business Network, an Internet business news operation, is shutting down. AT&T closing its
’Net business news serviceLast June, AT&T Corp. formed a company with Industry.Net to run online information and transaction services for businesses. The company, called Nets Inc., led by Industry.Net chief executive Jim Manzi, handled AT&T Business Network and Industry.Net Web sites.
Manzi told USA Today the news operation did not fit his long-term strategy. He said Nets is focusing on industrial customers.
