Hawaiian Airlines sets passenger record

Hawaiian Airlines carried a record 1.05 million passengers in June, a 2.9 percent increase over 1.02 million in the year-earlier period.

The state’s largest carrier said Tuesday that its load factor, or the percentage of seats filled, edged up 0.2 percentage points to 87.8 percent from 87.6 percent in the year-earlier period.

Hawaiian’s revenue passenger miles, or one paying passenger transported one mile, gained 4.6 percent to 1.5 billion from 1.43 billion. Available seat miles, or one passenger transported one mile, rose 4.3 percent to 1.71 billion from 1.64 billion.

Through midyear Hawaiian has carried 5.91 million passengers, up 5.7 percent from 5.59 million in the year-earlier period. At that pace Hawaiian will surpass the company record it achieved in 2017 when it transported 11.51 million passengers.