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Hawaii is a very popular destination for Pacific Pet Transport, being located on the Pacific Coast may have something to do with it. Pacific Pet and Pacific Air Cargo recently joined teams to offer a complete turn key solution for shipping your pets from LAX to the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Air Cargo has a non-stop freighter out of LAX five days a week. The flight departs late in the evening and arrives around 6am, which is great because you will never encounter any heat embargoes. Pets also travel main deck, right next to the crew, and are checked on 2-3 times during transit (no other airline can offer this service). Upon arrival the pets are transferred to the airport quarantine station where they are first in line to be processed and released to their owners (only if you comply with the regulations for direct release, I'll address that later).
If Honolulu is not your pets final destination, Pacific Pet has a wonderful agent located at HNL that can pick them up from the airport, provide a comfort stop, and put them on a connecting flight. Enough with the boring services and regulations talk, lets take a look at a page from Josh's personal journal during his recent trip to Hawaii to experience the import and quarantine process:
"Aloha,
This is Josh with Pacific Pet Transport. Recently I had the opportunity to travel to Hawaii to see firsthand how the entire process works for your animals journey to paradise. It started here in Los Angeles where I hand carried "Lucy" onto the Pacific Air Cargo plane. It was nice to see how well they treat the animals, and unlike other airlines, the staff has direct access to them during the flight. Upon arrival into Honolulu, the animals are transported to Hawaii Airport Quarantine. For animals which qualify for the 5-Day-Or-Less program, paperwork and animals are checked by Hawaiian Agriculture. Owners can pick up their animals within a few hours of arrival into Hawaii, or our agents can deliver to residence on Oahu. If final destination is an Outer Island, we can arrange flight and delivery.
I had the opportunity to tour both the Airport Quarantine and Halawa Valley Quarantine Stations and was very impressed with their service, cleanliness, and genuine care for the animals. For animals that do not qualify for direct release or if the owners are arriving after their animals, they are transported to the Halawa Valley Quarantine Station which is a 10 minute drive from the airport. Located in the tropical and lush Halawa Valley, animals enjoy the care of their great staff who love what they do. The only problem is they all smoke cigarettes...... I also met with all the other airlines that fly in and out of HNL as well as our customs broker for you international travelers.
Of course you cannot visit Hawaii without a little R & R. I had a great time relaxing, site seeing, meeting new friends, and of course surfing. I stopped by my favorite restaurant to pick up some local grinds and then headed out for some surf. Up at "Pipeline" located on the North Shore of Oahu, I met some friendly locals and caught some awesome waves. Overall, it was a good trip for business and personal discovery. It was great to be back."
Mahalo,
Josh Kundrat
For those of you that may be traveling to Hawaii in the near future and plan on taking your pets, you can find the requirements for direct release here: http://hawaii.gov/hdoa/ai/aqs/info
