Hawaiian Airlines Reports May 2019 Traffic Statistics

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Jun 06, 2019, 16:01 ET

HONOLULU, June 6, 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 May 31, 2019.

Hawaiian welcomed more than one million guests in May. Total traffic (revenue passenger miles) increased 5.8 percent on an increase of 4.1 percent in capacity (available seat miles) compared to May 2018. Load factor increased 1.4 points year-over-year to 87.3 percent.

The table below summarizes May and year-to-date statistics compared to the respective prior-year periods.

SYSTEM-WIDE OPERATIONS¹

MAY	2019	2018	% CHANGE
PAX	1,006,639	1,011,175	(0.4%)
RPMs (000)	1,529,088	1,445,663	5.8%
ASMs (000)	1,752,268	1,683,228	4.1%
LF	87.3%	85.9%	1.4 pts

YEAR-TO-DATE	2019	2018	% CHANGE
PAX	4,776,711	4,864,128	(1.8%)
RPMS (000)	7,095,143	6,863,068	3.4%
ASMS (000)	8,296,158	8,042,653	3.2%
LF	85.5%	85.3%	0.2 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.

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