11 September, 2018

August results from Hawaii

Hawaiian Airlines announced its system-wide traffic statistics for the month of August this week, which showed the airline welcomed more than one million guests during the month.

Total traffic (revenue passenger miles) increased 7.6% on an increase of 9.9 % in capacity (available seat miles).  Load factor decreased by 1.8 points to 84.4%.  The airline is now in its 89th year of continuous service. It currently offers non-stop services from Hawai'i to more U.S. gateway cities (12) than any other airline. The carrier also offers flights to Japan, South Korea, China, Australia, New Zealand, American Samoa and Tahiti.




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.

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