Hawaiian Airlines Numbers up in August
Visitors traveling to the state via Hawaiian Airlines jumped last month in year-over-year arrivals, according to a company press release on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019.
Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., a subsidiary of Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: HA) (“Hawaiian”), announced its system-wide traffic statistics for the month that ended Aug. 31, 2019.
Hawaiian welcomed more than one million guests in August 2019, an increase of 4% over the same period last year, the release said. Total traffic (revenue passenger miles) increased by 2.8% on a decrease of 1.9% in capacity (available seat miles) compared to August 2018. Load factor increased 4 percentage points year-over-year to 88.4%.
The table below summarizes August and year-to-date statistics compared to the respective prior-year periods.
SYSTEM-WIDE OPERATIONS¹
AUGUST | 2019 | 2018 | % CHANGE |
PAX | 1,062,375 | 1,021,383 | 4.0% |
RPMs (000) | 1,601,769 | 1,558,394 | 2.8% |
ASMs (000) | 1,812,484 | 1,847,326 | (1.9%) |
LF | 88.4% | 84.4% | 4.0 pts |
YEAR-TO-DATE | 2019 | 2018 | % CHANGE |
PAX | 7,921,772 | 8,030,260 | (1.4%) |
RPMS (000) | 11,809,608 | 11,474,899 | 2.9% |
ASMS (000) | 13,599,262 | 13,374,777 | 1.7% |
LF | 86.8% | 85.8% | 1.0 pts |
¹Includes the operations of contract carriers under capacity purchase agreements. |