Hawaiian Makes Sense, Says Castle & Cooke
Castle & Cooke’s Honolulu facility is both a tech stop and a customs clearance stop where flights traveling from China to the U.S. can clear the formalities, typically without the passengers needing to leave the airplane.
Castle & Cooke’s Honolulu facility is both a tech stop and a customs clearance stop where flights traveling from China to the U.S. can clear the formalities, typically without the passengers needing to leave the airplane.

Among the aircraft manufacturers and charter providers appearing at ABACE, aviation service providers are also represented among the exhibitors. One that is returning for a second year is Castle & Cooke Aviation (Booth P318), which operates a string of fixed-base operations (FBOs) with locations on the U.S. West Coast and in Hawaii. “We see the China market as really high potential growth,” said Tony Marlow, general manager of the company’s facility at Honolulu International Airport. “Out here, in the middle of the ocean, we are a tech stop, as well as a customs clearance stop for flights going to the United States, so we saw [attending ABACE] as an opportunity to try to get in front of the market.”