Rising airfares and fewer flight choices could spoil some travelers' plans to visit Hawaii this summer.

From June to August, airlines have scheduled 14% fewer seats than last year between the mainland USA and Hawaii, according to a USA TODAY analysis of flight schedules. The biggest cuts came about six weeks ago, when two passenger airlines went out of business — and prices jumped.

"There are fewer seats in the market, therefore the airlines are able to raise their prices," says Rex Johnson, CEO of the Hawaii Tourism Board.

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Round-trip tickets from California for July and August are running from about $700 to $1,100 each — more than the $600 to $650 that clients are used to paying for peak-season flights, she says.

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