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Hawaiian lands top spot for on-time performance

Hawaiian Airlines was the most on-time carrier nationwide in the first 10 months of the year, with 92.1 percent of flights arriving within 15 minutes of their scheduled time, according to an analysis done by QMark Research & Polling.

The research, announced yesterday by Hawaiian, compares data collected from the airline with the most recent data of 17 other airlines as reported monthly to the U.S. Transportation Department.

Hawaiian was followed by SkyWest Airlines, which was on time 89.3 percent of the time, and Southwest Airlines, which was on time 86.6 percent of the time. Hawaiian averages approximately 30 transpacific flights and 100 interisland flights a day.

The company formed a task team to focus on improving on-time performance. Adjustments taken include procedural changes and increased staffing, the company said.

Hawaiian said it will begin filing a monthly on-time report with the DOT, starting with its November statistics.

Cruise ship allowed to leave

A German creditor tried unsuccessfully yesterday to keep a foreign cruise ship in Honolulu Harbor, arguing that it might go to a foreign port where creditors would have no way to claim their collateral.

The MV Olympia Explorer, which is carrying about 400 passengers, left on schedule last night for California, after bankruptcy Judge Robert Faris declined to issue a restraining order that could have held it in Honolulu for 10 days.

The Greek owners of the Liberian-registered ship filed in Hawaii bankruptcy court Tuesday for protection from creditors, to hold off lenders claiming more than $100 million in unpaid loans and interest. The case was filed by Royal World Cruises Inc., registered in Liberia but headquartered in Greece, which asked for permission for the ship to continue on its scheduled voyage.

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[Hawaii Inc.]

NEW JOBS

>> Dirk Peterson has joined Graham Builders as part of the architectural design team, while Nathan DeLuze has been promoted to vice president of construction. Peterson formerly did interior architecture and design in Minneapolis. DeLuze will oversee all construction on Oahu. He has been with the company for 10 years.

ON THE BOARD

>> The Honolulu Advertiser General Manager Dennis Francis has been elected to Diamond Head Theatre chairman of the board. HomeStreet Bank General Manager-Hawaii Gary Kai has been appointed president of the board. Other board officers include: Vice President Hugh C. Damon, Grubb & Ellis/CBI; Vice President William Dixon; Treasurer Gabriel Lee, American Savings Bank; and Secretary Sharen Wago. Two new members have joined the theatre's board of directors: George Chalekian and Rae McCorkle Sultan.

>> Dr. Alan D. Tice of The Queen's Medical Center has been elected to The Council of Infectious Diseases Society of America. He joined the company and the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine in 2001 and has been active in medical education, clinical research, biodefense planning and patient care.

>> Harold Dias Jr. was re-elected president of labor federation Hawaii State AFL-CIO. Since 1998, he has also represented Verizon workers as business manager-financial secretary for International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1357.