It is far, very far, from the competition heyday between Hawaiian Airlines and now-defunct Aloha Airlines, but we’ll root for any uptick in the interisland airline market.

Island Air is planning to nearly double its number of interisland flights by May — from the 266 one-way flights per week currently offered, to 476 per week. Hawaiian Air is looking to add two new jets to its fleet by next month. Hopefully, all this will give travelers between Oahu, Maui, Kauai and Hawaii island even more options than they have now, and — locals hope? — a bit-lower prices to travel interisland.

Don’t hold your breath, though. If Hawaii’s record tourism numbers are any indication, the demand is not coming from the kamaaina.

Deconstructing homes: a better recycling idea

The economics of recycling construction materials may not always pencil out, but it shouldn’t be for lack of trying.

Re-use Hawaii, a nonprofit company, is certainly trying. Its recent venture involved stripping what it could from 77 Pearl City military houses doomed to demolition. Financial constraints and federal contracting rules prevented the salvaging of some good stuff, like most of the mahogany boards used to build the 1960s-vintage homes.

They most likely will end up in a landfill, which is unfortunate. In these days of particle board and drywall, it’s true what they say: They don’t build ‘em like they used to.