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JAMM AQUINO / DEC. 3
                                Alaska Airlines, left, and Hawaiian Airlines aircraft are readied for passengers at Kahului International Airport. The airlines announced a merger in December that is now threatened by a consumer lawsuit opposing the deal.
Lawsuit seeks to stop Alaska-Hawaiian merger

A consumer antitrust lawsuit filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for Hawaii seeks to stop the acquisition of the 95-year-old Hawaiian Airlines by Alaska Airlines on the grounds that the merger would result in higher fares, fewer flights, job losses, and cause injury to Hawaii’s economy. Read more

Tim Ashcraft
On the Move: Tim Ashcraft

The Hawaii Credit Union League’s and HCU Serv­ices Corp.’s boards of directors have announced Tim Ashcraft as president and CEO of the HCUL and HCUS effective May 13. Read more

ASSOCIATED PRESS / 2017
                                Boeing employees walk the new Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner down towards the delivery ramp area at the company’s facility after conducting its first test flight at Charleston International Airport in North Charleston, S.C. A Senate subcommittee has opened an investigation into the safety of Boeing jetliners, intensifying safety concerns about the company’s aircraft. The panel has summoned Boeing’s CEO, Dave Calhoun, to a hearing next week where a company engineer, Sam Salehpour, is expected to detail safety concerns about the manufacture and assembly of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner.
Boeing pushes back on whistleblower’s allegations of safety flaws

Two Boeing engineering executives went into detail Monday to describe how panels are fitted together, particularly on the 787 Dreamliner. They suggested the 787’s carbon-composite skin is nearly impervious to metal fatigue that weakens conventional aluminum fuselages. Read more


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