Crowds sparse at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport as Hawaii prepares to reopen tourism in October
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The curbside drop-off area for Hawaiian Airlines was barren at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on Sunday, Sept. 20.CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
The check-in kiosks for Hawaiian Airlines at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport as seen on Sunday, Sept. 20.CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
Hawaiian Airlines guest services representatives Derrick Cardoza and Lamaku Kekaualua-Nacis posed for a photo while waiting for travelers at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on Sunday, Sept. 20.CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
A family clad in personal protective equipment prepared for their flight at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on Sunday, Sept. 20. The mother, who did not wish to be identified, explained that they were taking extreme safety precautions since they contracted COVID-19 in February. Her case, in particular, was serious at the time but she has since recovered and now they were leaving Hawaii to live on the mainland.CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
The Cruz family (center from right: Rosie, Olivia and Jason) checked-in at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport for their flight back to the San Francisco Bay Area after spending most of their summer on Oahu on Sunday, Sept. 20.CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
Jason Cruz checked-in his family’s luggage at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on Sunday, Sept. 20. The Cruz family was returning to the San Francisco Bay Area after spending most of their summer on Oahu.CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
Hawaiian Airlines guest services representatives Derrick Cardoza and Lamaku Kekaualua-Nacis assisted customers as Gerardo Navarro checked-in at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on Sunday, Sept. 20.CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
Dhen Agustin checked-in for an interisland flight at the Hawaiian Airlines kiosk with Mary Jane Gaspar at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on Sunday, Sept. 20. Gaspar has to fly to Oahu for medical treatments.CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
Hawaiian Airlines guest services representative Carmen McDowell assisted Noe Silva check-in at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on Sunday, Sept. 20. Also pictured are her children Eugene, 11 and Alohi, 8.CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
Hawaiian Airlines guest services representative Carmen McDowell assisted Noe Silva with check-in at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on Sunday, Sept. 20. Also pictured are her children Eugene, 11 and Alohi, 8.CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
The interisland travel QR code sign at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on Sunday, Sept. 20.CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
Raymundo Ferdin, 75, waved a shaka before entering the security check-in at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. Also pictured is his grandaughter, Olivia Cruz.CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
A Transportation Security Administration agent checked-in a passenger behind a newly installed booth at Terminal 1 of the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport on Sunday, Sept. 20.CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
Hawaiian Airlines airplanes on the tarmac of Daniel K. Inouye International Airport as seen on Sunday, Sept. 20.CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
A fleet of Hawaiian Airlines airplanes were parked on the tarmac of Daniel K. Inouye International Airport as seen on Sunday, Sept. 20.