In re Akina Bus Service, Ltd.

*242OPINION OF THE COURT BY

HEEN, J.

On September 25, 1989, Applicant-Appellee Akina Bus Service, Ltd. (Akina), was the holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) issued to it by the Public Utilities Commission (Commission). The CPCN authorized Akina to operate on Maui as a common carrier of passengers by over-17 passenger motor vehicles. Akina’s authority was limited, however, to conducting tours originating in the Kihei-Wailea-Makena area. On the above date, Akina applied to the Commission for an expansion of its authority under the CPCN, asking the Commission to eliminate…