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Hawaiian Airlines' Traffic & Load Factor for June Increase

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Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.’s wholly owned subsidiary Hawaiian Airlines reported traffic figures for June. Traffic (measured in Revenue Passenger Miles or RPMs) increased 1.6% to 1.53 billion in the month. Available Seat Miles (ASMs) inched up 0.3% to 1.71 billion in the period. With traffic growth outpacing capacity expansion, load factor (percentage of seats filled by passengers) improved 120 basis points (bps) to 89%.

During the first six months of 2019, the carrier recorded 3.1% rise in RPMs while ASMs increased 2.6%. As a result, load factor was up 30 bps. However, passenger count slipped 2.2% on a year-to-date basis. It also dipped 3.9% in June.

We remind investors that the carrier reported an increased load factor in May as well. (Read more: Hawaiian Airlines Posts Rise in May Traffic & Load Factor). The successive rise in this key metric is encouraging especially with concerns of the carrier losing market share following Southwest’s entry in its primary market – Hawaii. This uptick also hints at the carrier’s easing capacity-related woes that it persistently battles with.


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