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Good luck. Really. Hope you do well. Air, not water, is your path though
Or a Young Brothers barge.
Regardless - it is very difficult to start a business on the outer islands - that supplies goods to the other islands. Everything on the outer islands (except real estate/agriculture) is in general more expensive than Oahu and hence more expensive to produce.
Regardless - it is very difficult to start a business on the outer islands - that supplies goods to the other islands. Everything on the outer islands (except real estate/agriculture) is in general more expensive than Oahu and hence more expensive to produce.
But hey - you miss all the shots you take.
Air / Young Bros. Depends on the timing requirements for what’s being supplied. But definitely easier to ship / fly from Oahu to outer … not the other ways.
Guessing the OP is imagineering at this point … doesn’t sound like they’ve been to Hawaii. Careful careful whatever you’re scheming up … this ain’t the mainland … lots to learn about how different business can be in Hawaii compared to mainland.
Regardless - it is very difficult to start a business on the outer islands - that supplies goods to the other islands. Everything on the outer islands (except real estate/agriculture) is in general more expensive than Oahu and hence more expensive to produce.
Even when there was the ferry between the islands, it never went between Oahu/Maui/Lanai and Hawaii. Kauai is a bit of a stretch, too, but the channel between Oahu and Kauai doesn't have the same funnel effect of the Alinuihaha channel between Maui and Hawaii.
The Alinuihaha channel is one of the worst in the world, since - as mentioned - it goes from open ocean to a narrow deep channel. I think maybe the last passenger service boat between Hawaii and the other islands was the Kilauea? That was a sailing vessel, wasn't it?
After sugar went down, Hawaii Island folks would fly to Oahu during the week for work and then fly back for weekends. Airline tickets were sold in 'six packs' and I think each coupon cost around $20 if you bought them in groups. Of course, then you'd have to either stay with family or friends on Oahu or pay for lodging there, too.
Which is basically the problem with doing business on more than one island. You need to duplicate the facilities on each island. When we have to go to Oahu for any medical appointments, we are usually up around 4:30 to get to the airport by 6:30 or 7:00 or so since it's just over an hour's drive to the airport. Check in at the airport forty five minutes to an hour before the flight, then the forty five minute flight, then arrive on Oahu and figure out transport there. Although, the medical folks usually have either a taxi service or van waiting. To fly back, it's in reverse with the get to the airport an hour early on Oahu due to traffic and possible TSA lines. Roughly six hours travel time per day when going inter island really eats up into the useful parts of the day.
Pay the $70 or whatever it costs nowadays for Precheck. I leave my house in Puna an hour before my flight boards. There is never anybody in the precheck line. I usually wind up waiting at least a half hour before I'm called for boarding after I get through insecurity. Mostly I give the full hour in case something unexpected happens with traffic.
Honolulu is harder to plan mostly because the traffic getting to the airport can be bad, but I've never had a problem so long as I get to the airport 15-30 minutes before scheduled boarding.
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