Go! Mokulele’s passenger traffic declined 5.8 percent in October from the year-earlier month even though its load factor, or percentage of seats filled, rose 2.94 percentage points to 67.75 percent from 64.81 percent.

The interisland carrier operated by Phoenix-based Mesa Air Group Inc. transported 58,143 people last month compared with 61,746 a year ago.

Revenue passenger miles, or one paying passenger transported one mile, fell 9.1 percent to 7.5 million from 8.2 million while available seat miles, or one seat transported one mile, declined 13.1 percent to 11 million from 12.7 million.