Hawaiian Airlines Reports August 2018 Traffic Statistics

PR Newswire

HONOLULU, Sept. 10, 2018

HONOLULU, Sept. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., a subsidiary of Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. HA ("Hawaiian"), today announced its system-wide traffic statistics for the month ended August 31, 2018.

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Hawaiian welcomed more than one million guests in August 2018, a decrease of 0.2 percent over the same period last year. Total traffic (revenue passenger miles) increased 7.6 percent on an increase of 9.9 percent in capacity (available seat miles). Load factor decreased 1.8 points to 84.4 percent.

The table below summarizes August and year-to-date traffic statistics compared to the respective prior-year periods.

SYSTEM-WIDE OPERATIONS¹

AUGUST	2018	2017	% CHANGE
PAX	1,021,383	1,023,482	(0.2%)
RPMs (000)	1,558,394	1,448,992	7.6%
ASMs (000)	1,847,326	1,681,543	9.9%
LF	84.4%	86.2%	(1.8 pts.)

YEAR-TO-DATE	2018	2017	% CHANGE
PAX	8,030,260	7,678,245	4.6%
RPMs (000)	11,474,899	10,823,498	6.0%
ASMs (000)	13,374,777	12,630,258	5.9%
LF	85.8%	85.7%	0.1 pts.

PAX	Passengers transported
RPM	Revenue Passenger Mile; one paying passenger transported one mile
ASM	Available Seat Mile; one seat transported one mile
LF	Load Factor; percentage of seating capacity filled

¹Includes the operations of contract carriers under capacity purchase agreements.

About Hawaiian Airlines
Hawaiian® has led all U.S. carriers in on-time performance for each of the past 14 years (2004-2017) as reported by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Consumer surveys by Condé Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure and TripAdvisor have placed Hawaiian among the top of all domestic airlines serving Hawai'i.

Now in its 89^th year of continuous service, Hawaiian is Hawai'i's biggest and longest-serving airline. Hawaiian offers non-stop service to Hawai'i from more U.S. gateway cities (12) than any other airline, along with service from Japan, South Korea, China, Australia, New Zealand, American Samoa and Tahiti. Hawaiian also provides approximately 170 jet flights daily between the Hawaiian Islands, with a total of more than 250 daily flights system-wide.

Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. is a subsidiary of Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. HA. Additional information is available at HawaiianAirlines.com. Follow Hawaiian's Twitter updates (@HawaiianAir), become a fan on Facebook (Hawaiian Airlines), and follow us on Instagram (hawaiianairlines). For career postings and updates, follow Hawaiian's LinkedIn page.

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