New surge in Hawaii
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HAWAII is expecting a new surge of growth in tourist traffic, and is planning for an expansion of air transportation into and within the is land state. The Narita-Honolulu route is now the second busiest in the world, and now two other Japanese carriers All
Nippon and Japan Air Systems may
also begin flying that route in order tq cope with the huge number of Japanese who want to fly to Hawaii.
Japan now supplies 20 per cent of the state’s tourist traffic.
The latest economic indicators report
from First Hawaiian Bank says all the
state’s major airports have now planned
developments to meet the growing de mand. Honolulu International Airport is building a US$7OO million terminal which is aimed at relieving the bot tleneck at Customs. Construction should begin within the next few months.
Keahole Airport is to get an internation al terminal and a 1740-metre extension to its runway at a cost of U 5574.4 mil lion. The bank report forsees direct Japan-Keahole flights when the Kona- Kohala Resort is fully developed. □