Hawaiian Airlines’s passenger traffic rose 3.2 percent in July as the company flew more flights than the year-earlier period.

The state’s largest carrier transported 1.1 million passengers compared with 1.06 million in July 2017. Hawaiian’s load factor, or the percentage of seats filled, inched up 0.1 percentage point to 87.4 percent from 87.3 percent.

Revenue passenger miles, or one paying passenger transported one mile, increased 5.1 percent to 1.55 billion from 1.48 billion. Available seat miles, or one seat transported one mile, gained 5 percent to 1.78 billion from 1.69 billion.

 ON THE MOVE

First Hawaiian Bank has announced the following promotions:

>> Valerie M. Tengan has been promoted to vice president and C&I Loan Documentation manager for the Commercial Loan Center. Tengan has 18 years of banking experience, including having joined First Hawaiian Bank in 2000 and served as an assistant in Wholesale Loan Servicing before transferring to the Commercial Loan Center in 2002.

>> Susan Kam Yokoyama has been promoted in the Corporate Communications Department and serves as vice president and public relations manager. Her responsibilities include implementation, development and management of First Hawaiian Bank’s corporate communications, public relations and media activities. Yokoyama also leads the marketing officers team so that they can execute and plan out special events in order to enhance employee and customer engagement.