HONOLULU, Sept. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Hawaiian
Airlines, Inc., a subsidiary of Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:
HA) ("Hawaiian"), today announced its system-wide traffic
statistics for the month ended August
31, 2019.
Hawaiian welcomed more than one million guests in August 2019, an increase of 4.0 percent over the
same period last year. Total traffic (revenue passenger
miles) increased 2.8 percent on a decrease of 1.9 percent in
capacity (available seat miles) compared to August 2018. Load factor increased 4.0
points year-over-year to 88.4 percent.
The table below summarizes August and year-to-date statistics
compared to the respective prior-year periods.
SYSTEM-WIDE
OPERATIONS1
|
|
AUGUST
|
2019
|
2018
|
% CHANGE
|
PAX
|
1,062,375
|
1,021,383
|
4.0%
|
RPMs (000)
|
1,601,769
|
1,558,394
|
2.8%
|
ASMs (000)
|
1,812,484
|
1,847,326
|
(1.9%)
|
LF
|
88.4%
|
84.4%
|
4.0 pts
|
|
|
|
|
YEAR-TO-DATE
|
2019
|
2018
|
% CHANGE
|
PAX
|
7,921,772
|
8,030,260
|
(1.4%)
|
RPMS (000)
|
11,809,608
|
11,474,899
|
2.9%
|
ASMS (000)
|
13,599,262
|
13,374,777
|
1.7%
|
LF
|
86.8%
|
85.8%
|
1.0 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.
|
About Hawaiian Airlines
Hawaiian® has led all U.S. carriers in on-time performance for
each of the past 15 years (2004-2018) as reported by the U.S.
Department of Transportation. Consumer surveys by Condé Nast
Traveler, Travel + Leisure and TripAdvisor have
placed Hawaiian among the top of all domestic airlines serving
Hawai'i.
Now in its 90th year of continuous service, Hawaiian is
Hawai'i's biggest and longest-serving airline. Hawaiian offers
non-stop service to Hawai'i from more U.S. gateway cities (13) than
any other airline, along with service from Japan, South
Korea, Australia,
New Zealand, American Samoa and Tahiti. Hawaiian also
provides, on average, more than 170 jet flights daily between the
Hawaiian Islands, and over 260 daily flights system-wide.
Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. is a subsidiary of Hawaiian Holdings,
Inc. (NASDAQ: HA). Additional information is available at
HawaiianAirlines.com. Follow Hawaiian's Twitter updates
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and updates, follow Hawaiian's LinkedIn page.
For media inquiries, please visit Hawaiian Airlines' online
newsroom.
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