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New this morning: Hawaiian Airlines has reported traffic for April, its first month of the post-Aloha era. It flew 88% full, up a tenth from year-ago levels.

The Chicago Times reports that United Airlines and US Airways are still talking merger -- and have settled two key points -- that the combined airline would use the United headquarters in Chicago -- but the top two US Airways executives would run it.

Matson executives in Oakland are crunching the numbers this morning to decide whether to precisely match the fuel surcharge Horizon Lines plans to charge in June. Horizon plans to hike its surcharge a point and a half to more than 35%.

First Hawaiian Telcom changed out its top management -- now other local companies are following suit. Jim Romig is selling Hilo Hattie to the owner of local Fantastic Sam's franchises, and Hattie CEO John Reed is out. At Y-Hata, CEO Laurence Vogel is retiring and the founder's grandson Russell Hata is taking the con while a successor is sought.

Honolulu-based Barnwell Industries quarterly profit is up a third to almost 1.7 million. It credits rising oil prices -- it has oil and gas leases in Alberta.

New visitor inventory on the Garden Isle -- Westin Princeville Ocean Resort Villas -- more than a hundred of them, starting from 600 a night.

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