Reported by Star-Bulletin staff & wire
Wednesday, September 8, 1999
Pacific Wings signs deal with Island Air
Pacific Wings, a small commuter airline that serves parts of Maui and Molokai, has signed a code-sharing deal with Island Air, an affiliate company to Aloha Airlines.The deal connects Pacific Wings flights with Island Air's, boosts Pacific Wings' service and allows it to use Aloha's "AQ" code in ticketing.
Pacific Wings this week began new services, starting with the first nonstop link between Honolulu and Hana, Maui. It is flying two flights a day on the route. It also offers daily flights to Kalaupapa, Molokai, from Honolulu, Kahului and the main Molokai airport.
Island Air said it is reducing its own service at Hana and Kalaupapa. Some travelers booking through Island Air to the Molokai and Maui destinations will be placed on Pacific Wings flights.
Sabre president abruptly resigns
FORT WORTH, Texas -- The president of Sabre Group Holdings has quit after three years at the top of the travel information company.Michael J. Durham, a longtime AMR Corp. executive, had been entrusted with Sabre since it was spun off by AMR in 1996. According to a company statement issued late yesterday, Durham resigned to pursue other business opportunities. "It was a personal decision that Durham made," Sabre spokeswoman Barbara Kiecker said. "He felt it was the right point and time to move on."
AMR chairman and chief executive Donald Carty will serve as Sabre's interim chief executive while a search for a permanent successor gets under way.
In other news. . .
WALTHAM, Mass. -- Lycos Inc. is acquiring Mountain View, Calif.-based Quote.com in a $78 million deal that will add more financial content to the portal's Web site. Quote.com provides investment information such as stock quotes, mutual fund information, earnings forecasts and company profiles. Quote.com will become the main provider of financial information on the Lycos Web site, the company said.