Hawaiian Airlines passenger traffic jumps 14.6 percent
Hawaiian Airlines’ passenger traffic jumped in October as the fast-expanding carrier added more flights.
The state’s largest airline transported 810,201 passengers, up 14.6 percent from 707,203 a year earlier. Available seat miles, or one seat transported one mile, increased 31.9 percent to 1.3 million from 1 million. Hawaiian’s load factor, or the percentage of seats filled, slipped 1.5 percentage points to 83.3 percent from 84.8 percent.
Revenue passenger miles, or one paying passenger transported one mile, increased 29.7 percent to 1.1 milliion from 860,114.