Y2K fears
altering air
schedules

Honolulu, unlike some
airports, plans no cutbacks

From staff and wire reports

Many airlines are canceling or scaling back flights on New Year's Eve due to a shortage of reservations and the possibility of Y2K glitches.

Officials at the Denver airport plan to have just one of the three concourses open that night, partly because it can be powered by a generator in case of a power failure and is connected to the terminal by a walkway. The other concourses are served only by underground trains.

"Part of our contingency plan for a worst-case scenario is a total loss of power, which we don't think is going to happen," airport spokesman Chuck Cannon said yesterday.

United, Delta, American airlines and other carriers said they are cutting back their schedules, primarily because there is no demand.

Honolulu Airport plans no cutbacks for New Year's Eve, said a spokeswoman, Marilyn Kali. Everything in the airport system is Y2K compatible, she said.

"We will be open because we expect flights," she said. "We intend to be fully operational."