#Wednesdays

Hawaiian Airlines has launched its first-ever nonstop flights between Maui and Las Vegas.  The route was announced earlier this year and has since started twice-weekly service with a wide-body Boeing 767-300 aircraft that seats up to 264 passengers.  The new service adds 2,000 seats per month to the route.  The route was initiated in response […]

Today is the county’s first government imposed furlough Friday.  Closed today are all county service centers and satellite offices, payment windows, administrative offices, permitting facilities and senior centers as well as the Maui fire department’s fire prevention bureau and the police department’s records and id section.  Pools are open—following a previously announced one-day per week […]

The County of Maui observes its first government imposed furlough Friday on July 16, 2010.  It is the first of 12 scheduled furlough days in the new fiscal year, which runs from July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011. Furloughed employees also includes all managerial staff. One day per month furloughs were proposed by Mayor […]

Hawaiian Airlines announced the planned launch of a new Honolulu to Seoul South Korea flight to begin in January (2011).  The announcement coupled with the airlines plans to begin daily service between Honolulu and Haneda International Airport in Tokyo later this year, is a significant step towards overseas expansion to Asia.  The Korea Flight will […]

Maui is launching a new pilot program for individuals with disabilities that will offer lap swimming and water aerobics.  The program will be offered at the Kahului Pool on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the month of July, with lap swimming held from noon-1:30 p.m. and water aerobics from 1:30 – 2:45 p.m. The program […]