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Business Briefs
For Tuesday, June 1, 2010
By Star-Bulletin Staff and News Services
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jun 01, 2010
iPad sales top 2 million
CUPERTINO, Calif. » Apple Inc. said yesterday that iPad sales have topped 2 million since its launch almost two months ago.
The Cupertino, Calif., company began selling the iPad on Friday in Asia and Europe. The iPad launched April 3 in the United States.
The company does not publicly break out sales figures by region, according to Natalie Harrison, an Apple spokeswoman.
The company previously said it sold 1 million iPads in the United States just 28 days after its launch.
The iPad can be used to send e-mails, draw pictures and play games. It can also be used as an electronic reader.
The basic model costs $499 in the United States, not including extras.
Hawaiian brings in second Airbus
Hawaiian Airlines, which will unveil the interior of its first leased Airbus A330-200 today, brought in its second Airbus Saturday following a 16-hour nonstop flight from Toulouse, France, to Honolulu.
The latest aircraft is scheduled to begin commercial service with its inaugural flight on June 17 from Honolulu to Los Angeles. Hawaiian's first A330, which was delivered last month, will begin service Friday and also will serve the Honolulu-Los Angeles route. Hawaiian expects to bring in an additional A330 in November.
Altogether, Hawaiian plans to have up to 27 new Airbus aircraft in its fleet by the end of the decade.
Jetstar to offer iPads onboard
Jetstar, the budget carrier of Qantas Airways Ltd., will commence a trial of Apple Inc.'s iPad tablet computers for in-flight entertainment later this month.
The airline will charge passengers $8.40 to use the iPads for movies, books, games and television programs, Melbourne, Australia-based Jetstar said yesterday. Internet browsing will be disabled in keeping with the airline's policy on use of mobile phones and computers, spokeswoman Andrea Wait said.
Mesa to fly for Delta through August
Mesa Air Group Inc. will continue flying Delta Connection, the regional carrier for Delta Air Lines Inc., until Aug. 31 to allow for an orderly wind-down of their relationship. Phoenix-based Mesa, parent company of interisland carrier go! Mokulele, lost a lawsuit last month when a federal judge ruled that Delta had the right to cancel a contract where Mesa was flying 22 aircraft as Delta Connection. The judge determined that Mesa's substandard performance permitted Delta to cancel.
ON THE MOVE
Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa has appointed Lisa DeCambra-Morrill to director of sales and marketing. She is a former director of sales and marketing at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel and director of leisure sales for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Hawaii.
NAIOP Hawaii, a commercial real estate development association, has presented Castle & Cooke Hawaii the 2010 Ku Ho'okela Award and named the company developer of the year at the annual Kukulu Hale Awards program. Retired A&B Properties executive Robert K. Sasaki was honored with the Holo Pono Award for Lifetime Achievement, and Timothy E. Johns, president and chief executive officer of the Bishop Museum, received the Outstanding Service Award.
The Best Lawyers of America and Chambers USA have recognized Deborah M. Chun and Janel M. Yoshimoto as top attorneys. They are partners in Chun Yoshimoto LLP.
The William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii at Manoa has announced that professor James H. Pietsch was awarded the Secretary of the Army Public Service Award for extraordinary contributions to the Law and Order Task Force, Multi-National Force in Iraq in 2007.
iPad sales top 2 million
CUPERTINO, Calif. » Apple Inc. said yesterday that iPad sales have topped 2 million since its launch almost two months ago.
The Cupertino, Calif., company began selling the iPad on Friday in Asia and Europe. The iPad launched April 3 in the United States.
The company does not publicly break out sales figures by region, according to Natalie Harrison, an Apple spokeswoman.
The company previously said it sold 1 million iPads in the United States just 28 days after its launch.
The iPad can be used to send e-mails, draw pictures and play games. It can also be used as an electronic reader.
The basic model costs $499 in the United States, not including extras.
Hawaiian brings in second Airbus
Hawaiian Airlines, which will unveil the interior of its first leased Airbus A330-200 today, brought in its second Airbus Saturday following a 16-hour nonstop flight from Toulouse, France, to Honolulu.
The latest aircraft is scheduled to begin commercial service with its inaugural flight on June 17 from Honolulu to Los Angeles. Hawaiian's first A330, which was delivered last month, will begin service Friday and also will serve the Honolulu-Los Angeles route. Hawaiian expects to bring in an additional A330 in November.
Altogether, Hawaiian plans to have up to 27 new Airbus aircraft in its fleet by the end of the decade.
Jetstar to offer iPads onboard
Jetstar, the budget carrier of Qantas Airways Ltd., will commence a trial of Apple Inc.'s iPad tablet computers for in-flight entertainment later this month.
The airline will charge passengers $8.40 to use the iPads for movies, books, games and television programs, Melbourne, Australia-based Jetstar said yesterday. Internet browsing will be disabled in keeping with the airline's policy on use of mobile phones and computers, spokeswoman Andrea Wait said.
Mesa to fly for Delta through August
Mesa Air Group Inc. will continue flying Delta Connection, the regional carrier for Delta Air Lines Inc., until Aug. 31 to allow for an orderly wind-down of their relationship. Phoenix-based Mesa, parent company of interisland carrier go! Mokulele, lost a lawsuit last month when a federal judge ruled that Delta had the right to cancel a contract where Mesa was flying 22 aircraft as Delta Connection. The judge determined that Mesa's substandard performance permitted Delta to cancel.
ON THE MOVE
Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa has appointed Lisa DeCambra-Morrill to director of sales and marketing. She is a former director of sales and marketing at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel and director of leisure sales for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Hawaii.
NAIOP Hawaii, a commercial real estate development association, has presented Castle & Cooke Hawaii the 2010 Ku Ho'okela Award and named the company developer of the year at the annual Kukulu Hale Awards program. Retired A&B Properties executive Robert K. Sasaki was honored with the Holo Pono Award for Lifetime Achievement, and Timothy E. Johns, president and chief executive officer of the Bishop Museum, received the Outstanding Service Award.
The Best Lawyers of America and Chambers USA have recognized Deborah M. Chun and Janel M. Yoshimoto as top attorneys. They are partners in Chun Yoshimoto LLP.
The William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii at Manoa has announced that professor James H. Pietsch was awarded the Secretary of the Army Public Service Award for extraordinary contributions to the Law and Order Task Force, Multi-National Force in Iraq in 2007.
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