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HAWAII
Andy's Pool Service takes top honors
Andy Mertz, owner of Andy's Pool Service and Repair, was named SBH Small Business Person of the Year today at the Small Business Hawaii 27th annual business conference at the Ala Moana Hotel.Gov. Linda Lingle was the keynote speaker at the luncheon in the Hibiscus Ballroom.
City Councilmember Ann Kobayashi was named Lawmaker of the Year.
The other winners were:
>> Jean Fukuda SBH Civic Leadership Award -- Jack Schneider, JS Services;>> Small Business Booster Award -- Mike Rossell, Production Hawaii Inc.
>> Outstanding Business Publication Award -- HawaiiReporter.com (Jay McWilliams and Malia Zimmerman)
>> SBH-George Mason Business Editorial Award -- Lee Cataluna, The Honolulu Advertiser.
>> Outstanding Business Reporting Award -- Darryl Huff, KITV-4
>> SBH Success Story -- Mary Paulson, Security One Inc.; Bill Green, Kahala Shell Quick Lube; Wayne Samiere, Honolulu Fish Co.
Aloha cuts back on Maui-Canada
Aloha Airlines will cut its direct flights between Maui and Vancouver to four a week from daily starting Monday, citing lack of demand.Aloha said, however, that the Maui-Canada flights will go back to daily on March 15 and its daily Honolulu-Vancouver schedule will continue unchanged.
Aloha began its Hawaii-Vancouver service in June last year, starting with Honolulu, and added daily Maui-Vancouver service in November. The service uses Aloha's Boeing 737-700s, carrying 124 passengers.
MAINLAND
United flight attendants ratify cuts
CHICAGO >> United Airlines flight attendants today approved temporary wage cuts of 9 percent that the world's second largest airline says it needs to satisfy lenders providing key financing for its bankruptcy restructuring.Rank-and-file workers at all but one of United's five unions have now agreed to temporary pay cuts, which may give United, a unit of UAL Corp., more time to negotiate permanent contract changes.
A judge will decide Friday whether to impose 13 percent pay cuts on the last big union, the International Association of Machinists, which has formally opposed the cuts.
JAPAN
JAL, ANA passenger count up
Tokyo >> Japan Airlines System Corp. and All Nippon Airways Co. carried as much as 14.5 percent more passengers during the peak year-end period from a year earlier as travel demand recovered after the Sept. 2001 terrorist attacks, according to a Bloomberg News report.Japan Airlines said international passenger numbers rose 11 percent to 395,981 between Dec. 20 and Jan. 7 period. All Nippon international passenger numbers rose 14.5 percent to 100,000, the company said in a statement.
Growing demand for travel to Hawaii and Europe led to more trips during the year-end season. JAL said the number of passengers traveling to Hawaii rose 40 percent to 74,343.
