Southwest to add Oakland flight
Southwest Airlines will add a second, daily nonstop flight between Spokane and Oakland, Calif., on March 11, Southwest spokeswoman Marilee McInnis said Monday.
She said the new direct departure will leave Spokane daily at 2:25 p.m., arriving in Oakland at 4:35 p.m.
The return flight to be added will leave Oakland daily at 9:40 a.m., arriving in Spokane at 11:35 a.m.
All service is aboard 137-passenger capacity Boeing 737 jets .
KELLOGG
Funds raised to explore mining
New Jersey Mining Co. has raised $1 million in private funds from investors for mining exploration work.
The money will help pay for a diamond drilling rig and crews to perform the work. The rig will be used for exploration at undeveloped properties during the spring and summer. In winter, it will be moved for underground drilling at the company’s Golden Chest Mine in Murray, Idaho, or the New Jersey Mine near Kellogg.
SEATTLE
Air New Zealand orders four 787s
Boeing Co. said Monday that Air New Zealand has ordered four fuel-efficient 787 jets.
The order would be worth about $700 million at list prices, although airlines typically negotiate significant discounts.
Boeing said it was scheduled to deliver the airplanes between 2011 and 2013.
Boeing had previously recorded the orders but had not attributed them to a particular customer. The airline announced in December that it planned to place an order.
Also on Monday, Boeing said LOT Polish Airlines had added another 787 to its previous order for seven of the airplanes. The single plane has a list value of $153 million.
Boeing had previously recorded the additional LOT order, but the buyer had not been identified.
Boeing said 37 customers have placed 468 orders and commitments for the 787, which is scheduled to enter service in mid-2008.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.
Wal-Mart: Stores will aid economies
Wal-Mart said Monday that it has plans to open nine stores in areas in need of economic revitalization and said it will use those stores to help other businesses in the area develop.
“We’re looking at working families that need us the most,” said Wal-Mart Vice Chairman John Menzer. “That’s where we want to go.”
In April, Wal-Mart Chief Executive Lee Scott said the company planned to build 50 stores in areas with high crime or high unemployment. Two stores are already open – in Chicago and Portsmouth, Va.
The goal? Menzer says that as jobs are created around the new Wal-Mart stores, tax revenue will rise and the neighborhood economy will improve.
The Wal-Marts will be in: Cleveland; Decatur, Ga., outside Atlanta; East Hills, Pa., near Pittsburgh; El Mirage, Ariz., near Luke Air Force Base; Indianapolis; Landover Hills, Md., near Washington, D.C.; Portsmouth, Va.; Richmond, Calif., in the Bay Area; and Sanger, Calif., near Fresno.
From staff and wire reports