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Noah Broderick, of Maui asks Kahului Airport security officer Manolo Martin a question at the main exit. Tuesday began the start of a state pilot program that allows travelers who were fully vaccinated in Hawaii and who are traveling interisland to bypass Safe Travels Hawaii restrictions, which includes pre-travel and post-arrival tests or a mandatory quarantine. The Maui News / KEHAULANI CERIZO photos
KAHULUI– Whether traveling for work, family, school, medical appointments or other reasons in between, Hawaii residents at Kahului Airport Tuesday said the inter-county travel vaccine exemption will reduce some of the stress and delay that comes with flying during the pandemic.
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Maui is far from pre-pandemic traffic congestion, but, as this line of vehicles on Honoapiilani Highway in Kaanapali on March 23 shows, traffic and tourism are picking up. Amid high demand and a shortage of rental cars on Maui, prices are skyrocketing at major rental car companies. Locally owned rental car companies, which typically offer lower rates, are benefiting from the return to business. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photos
High demand and short supply that are causing exorbitant prices for rental autos have also been a boon to locally owned rental car companies on Maui.
The 140 working cars in Kimo’s Rent-A-Car fleet in Kahului are “all out,” Manager Daniel Biho said with a chuckle on Wednesday. “If we had 400, we would be all out, too.”
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Surveyor Danny Miranda of RM Towill Corporation looks through a total station while surveying at Kahului Airport Tuesday afternoon. Maui Airports District Manager Marvin Moniz said the surveying project was in preparation for the installation of new weather and aircraft guidance instruments by the Federal Aviation Administration.
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