Island Air completed 91.3 percent of its 1,119 scheduled flights on time in August with no cancellations, the company reported Friday.
The U.S. Department of Transportation counts a flight on time if it arrives within 14 minutes of its scheduled arrival time.
“Our Island Air team did a fantastic job this past month to ensure our overall operations ran as smoothly as possible during the busy end-of-summer travel period,” Island Air President and CEO David Uchiyama said.
Island Air, the state’s second-largest carrier, offers 238 flights each week between Oahu, Maui, Kauai and Hawaii island.
Caravan to celebrate Electric Vehicle Day
Gov. David Ige has signed a proclamation making today Electric Vehicle Day.
“The day is coming when most vehicles will be electric,” Ige said Friday in a statement. “While we are still early in the adoption process, electric vehicles are growing in popularity and the development of the infrastructure to support them is underway.”
There were 4,632 electric vehicles registered statewide as of August, according to the Hawaii State Energy Office.
Ige presented the proclamation to the Blue Planet Foundation. The nonprofit is putting on an “Electric Island Drive” event today.
Electric vehicle owners across the island will convene for a caravan drive through Honolulu. Interested owners can register online at ElectricIslandDrive.org or by contacting Blue Planet Foundation at info@blueplanetfoundation.org.
The event begins at 1 p.m. where participating owners will meet at preselected locations in Honolulu and Windward Oahu and will drive along routes that come together to pass through Waikiki. The caravan ends at Kapiolani Community College with a reception at 2 p.m., informational booths, gifts and prizes for participants.
3-wheeled electric vehicle to go on sale
DETROIT >> A three-wheeled electric vehicle could be on the road later this year in the U.S. and Canada.
Electra Meccanica Vehicles Corp. of Vancouver, British Columbia, officially unveiled the one-seat Solo on Friday. The Solo could go on sale as early as November pending approval by U.S. and Canadian regulators. It costs around $15,500.
On the Move
Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties has hired Realtor Associate James Park as an independent agent at the firm’s Leeward office. He also serves as a federal specialist in utilities and energy management at the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, with previous positions at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, and at the strategic underground fuel reserve of the Navy and U.S. Department of Defense.
Lili‘uokalani Trust has named Nalei Akina vice president and chief program officer. Akina joined the trust in May as assistant to the president and chief executive officer. She has more than 25 years’ experience in nonprofit management including as administrator for Lunalilo Home, health care policy analyst for HMSA’s Office of Strategy Management and 12 years at the National Asian Women’s Health Organization, where she served as director of administration and finance, chief financial officer and treasurer of its executive committee of the board of directors and executive director.
