I just moved to Hawaii and the process to get our animals over here has been horrendous to say the least.
I am happy to say that we FINALLY have our bulldog home and we will get our cat next week.
Pay attention to the rules and follow them to the letter; I assume your buyer is paying for direct-release? Pay attention to when the animal's flight will arrive in Hawaii, if the animal arrives after the quarantine station closes then they will not be released, and the owner will have to pay for the 5-days-or-less program instead (about $100 more). You may have to split the flights, which is what we had to do with Dozer. Try to get a flight through Minneapolis, they have a kennel service that will get the animal, exercise them and feed them, and then put them on the flight the next day. This service is an extra $70 but it was worth it to us.
Also try to fly Northwest DASH if you can. They are the only airline that recognizes the 85 degree heat restriction doesn't apply to flights coming in to Hawaii. This is because the quarantine officers immediately remove the animals from the plane and they are not sitting in the cargo hold for more than 30 minutes. I literally fought with every single airline for HOURS about this temp. restriction...especially when it came to our snub-nose which requires a 75 degree restriction. I can tell you right now, it's RARELY below 85 degrees in Hawaii, even now. The lows are about 76 during the night and 86-90 during the day.
BE SURE the buyer arrives with a vehicle large enough to TRANSPORT the entire kennel with the dog INSIDE. You are not allowed to remove the animal from the kennel ANYWHERE on airport property.
FoxyWench, I'm not sure where you got the 6 month quarantine from...it's only 120 days. Not that I would have my animal quarantined for that long, but it's a 3-month difference. If the animal arrives BEFORE the 90 days after the FAVN blood test, they will be quarantined until the 90 days is up.
Also, the only island you can ship animals to is Oahu. So if the buyer is on a neighboring island, they will have to arrange for travel to the other island after the animal has gone through the q. station.
It was a long and STRESSFUL process, but I followed the rules and when my dog finally arrived here on Oahu, I took him STRAIGHT HOME!!!!