Word: honolulu
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Reagan headed for the country of the Great Helmsman-Mao-he kept calling himself "the great salesman." Indeed, both sides were most aggressive about pushing the commercial side of international chumminess. "The Pacific Basin is one of our fastest-growing markets," Reagan said at Honolulu's Hickam Field, using the geographical buzzword of the week. "We must work with our friends to keep the Pacific truly peaceful-an ocean for commerce, not conflict...
...baby; Chambers' wife is expecting her own in July. Not incidentally, the band also has a smashing new album called Learning to Crawl (No. 13 on the charts) that has no current rival for tough rock and straight talk. There is the present sellout U.S. concert tour from Honolulu to Radio City Music Hall, ending May 6 in Buffalo. And there are, apparently, quite a few lessons that have been learned...
...Selleck Honolulu...
...upstart airlines are succeeding by finding markets either overlooked or ignored by the big trunk carriers. One such newcomer is Hawaiian Pacific, a new Los Angeles-based airline that has begun advertising nonstop service to Honolulu. Founded by a former TV game-show producer, Hawaiian Pacific plans to serve 15 mainland cities as far east as New York City, where nonstop flights to Hawaii have mostly been unavailable. Still awaiting the resolution of questions about its financing and Civil Aeronautics Board certification, the new airline hopes to begin service on Feb. 15 with five leased 747s. After only two weeks...
Perhaps the biggest weapon in the arsenal of the upstarts is price. Hawaiian Pacific will charge only $338 for a round-trip ticket between Honolulu and Denver, vs. the usual fare of $700. The leader in bargain-basement flying is three-year-old People Express. It jolted the industry last summer by offering flights from Newark to London for only $149, vs. $275 for most regular coach fares...