Kauai tour helicopter company Air Kauai Inc. stopped flying last week after Bank of Hawaii repossessed the company’s two helicopters.
The Lihue-based company, in response, on Friday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, which could allow it to try to get the helicopters back while the case is being reviewed, said attorney Jerrold Guben, who is [...]

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The new company will be based in Hilo, named Hawai’i Nui Brewing
The merger of two local breweries announced yesterday will bring more beer flowing into the Hawaii market and the addition of about five jobs on the Big Island.
Keoki Brewing Co. in Lihue and Hilo-based Mehana Brewing Co. are merging to create Hawai’i Nui Brewing, [...]

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The “deterioration” of tourism has gotten worse, a report says
The bottom line for Hawaii hotels is getting significantly smaller.
Hotels throughout the state suffered a more than $37 million loss in September room revenue and a more than $58 million drop in total revenue, including retail and food and beverage operations, as statewide occupancy plunged 11 [...]

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Undisclosed operational changes cited for missing October deadline
The release of a draft environmental impact statement on state harbors improvements to accommodate the Hawaii Superferry has been delayed until January because the Superferry has changed its operational plans, state transportation officials said Friday.
The draft EIS was to have been completed by October.
A critic of the Superferry [...]

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After struggling to get back on its feet after Hurricane Iniki more than 15 years ago, Kauai’s tourism industry now faces another tough challenge during our slumping economy.
From moving a little more than a hundred thousand dollars of its budget to immediate publicity campaigns, to billboards in New York City, the Kauai Visitors Bureau hopes [...]

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A Kauai company has been awarded a $229-million contract to take over the government-owned sewer systems on U.S. Army bases on Oahu and run them for the next 50 years.
Under a contract signed this week, Aqua Engineers, Inc. of Kalaheo will take over wastewater installations at Fort Shafter, Aliamanu Military Reservation, Fort DeRussy, Tripler Army [...]

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