Experiences with Pets flying to Hawaii - (HI) - Page 2 - City-Data Forum

DROB944 · 03-15-2009, 09:37 AM

Thanks very much. I saw temp restrictions at the Phoenix airport posted, but didnt find any at LAX, I will check their website again. Thanks for the reply.

TexasBlonde · 03-15-2009, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by DROB944

Thanks very much. I saw temp restrictions at the Phoenix airport posted, but didnt find any at LAX, I will check their website again. Thanks for the reply.

I would try calling LAX. When we flew through LAX with our dog, thats what I did because I couldn't find the temp. restrictions posted online.

PacificFlights · 03-16-2009, 11:19 AM

If anyone ends up taking one of these charter flights for pets, please let us know how it turned out. We hear many trying to put one together but have never heard from anyone who completed one.

gone2maui · 10-11-2009, 02:27 AM

Hi, I just wanted to update this thread. I ended up using Pacific Air Cargo for my cat to fly from LAX to Honolulu. Everything went incredibly well. They picked my pet up on time and were very kind to deal with. They even gave her food and water. The cost wasn't bad at all. It went so smoothly that I arrived at Quarantine and she was all ready to go as soon as they opened their doors!

SantaFeSandy · 10-11-2009, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by DROB944

We are shipping our great dane to Hawaii in the cargo hold of a commercial passenger plane this summer. We will be leaving from Raleigh, NC. Does anyone know if we will be able to see her at the airport in LA after we get there so she can be walked before our flight leaves for Honolulu? It is a total of about 10 hours flight time, and we just want her to be as comfortable as possible. Mahalo.

I can only share with you what I had to go through when I shipped Astro, my Shepherd/Doberman mix from LAX to Oahu back in 1986. I flew either Delta or United in those days, and I had to retrieve my dog from the baggage hold of the plane I was on, along with his crate, disassemble it, and then Astro, me and the crate had to catch a taxi to over to the Cargo area of the terminal my departing plane was leaving from, reassemble my crate and have my boy get back in. Then I had to hurry with a taxi back to the airport and catch my flight. Whew! I was exhausted by stress, and my Astro was lightly sedated, as my vet had recommended that I tranq. him.

Well, Astro cried outloud the entire flight (didn't know about baggage hold pressurization back then), and it horrified me, and all the other people on the plane kept calling out Astro's name. They all learned to recognize his howls.

Fortunately, when I left Hawaii I did NOT tranquilize my dog but instead put a few flower leis on him and off we went, Aloha style. He shipped home to the mainland without any complications and the flight was peaceful. My advise is NO DRUGS unless totally imperative medically.

bresdo · 10-12-2009, 01:46 AM

I flew over on Hawaiin Air and my 2 dogs and a bird all had to go down below. When I boarded the plane I made sure the flight attendant told the Captain that my pets where down below and to turn on the heater for them.

Koale · 10-12-2009, 06:43 AM

Aloha,
Pets that go in Cargo have same temps and oxygen as passengers.
Now... ALL PETS are transported from the airline to the quarantine station in Honolulu by the airline staff. Passengers have no direct access to pets in cargo until they are cleared. THEN... no pet is allowed out of it crate until it is off the airport property. However... call the AG quarantine station at Honolulu Airport and ask if you will be allowed to let him out long enough pee.
They are strict, but they love their jobs are have kind hearts.
Koale.