Hawaiian Airlines is seeking up to 70 candidates for customer and ramp service contract positions at Kahului Airport on Maui. Contract workers are Hawaiian Airlines employees who provide services to other airlines.
Customer service agents are responsible for checking in and boarding passengers, as well as cleaning aircraft and handling baggage, cargo and mail. Ramp service employees load and unload cargo and baggage, pick up and deliver cargo, and clean aircraft baggage areas, among other duties.
Visit hawaiianairlines.com/careers to apply. The deadline for applications is Thursday, with on-site interviews scheduled for Nov. 7 in Kahului. The requisition numbers for the positions are 17-1665 (customer service) and 17-1666 (ramp service).
Cebu Pacific drops plan to fly to Honolulu
Philippines-based low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific, which had been planning for the last five years to offer service to Honolulu, has scrapped plans to fly to Hawaii to focus on high-demand domestic and Asian destinations, according to media reports out of the Philippines.
“Before, there were plans. … There’s no active plan,” Cebu Pacific CEO Lance Gokongwei said Tuesday in the Philippines. “We’d rather focus our resources on existing demand for regional and domestic flights.
Gokongwei said flying to the mainland United States is still a possibility.
Philippine Airlines, the only carrier now to fly nonstop between Manila and Honolulu, offers service five days a week. Hawaiian Airlines ceased its four-days-a-week Manila-Honolulu service in 2013.
A&B shareholders approve REIT plan
Shareholders of Alexander & Baldwin Inc. have approved a plan to convert the company to a real estate investment trust, or REIT. A&B on Monday shared the results of a shareholder vote concluded Friday. About 40.4 million votes were in favor. Only 35,497 votes opposed the change.
The company’s board approved the plan in July, and operating as a REIT is anticipated to happen next year.
The change will provide the company tax benefits, require that nearly all profits go to shareholders, position A&B to more easily raise cash for investing, and limit how much business A&B can do outside of generating rental income from real estate it owns.
ON THE MOVE
Mahina & Sun’s has promoted Erik Leong to the restaurant’s executive chef. Leong has more than 10 years of experience in the restaurant industry, including working at Ed Kenney’s Town restaurant for nine years as a night cook then a sous-chef.
DTRIC Insurance has named Tawana Scott as vice president of Commercial Lines. Scott was previously an underwriting director at KB Insurance Co. and held various positions with Hamilton USA, Samsung Fire & Marine and Zurich North America.
Vintage Cave Honolulu has announced that chef Hide Yamamoto has been appointed as its head director, as of Nov. 1. He previously served as an executive chef at the inauguration ceremony of three U.S. presidents: Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
