Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., a subsidiary of Hawaiian Holdings, Inc., today announced its system-wide traffic statistics for the month ended October 31, 2018.
Hawaiian welcomed over 971,000 guests in October 2018, a record for the month of October and an increase of 0.5 percent over the same period last year. Total traffic (revenue passenger miles) increased 3.6 percent on an increase of 6.3 percent in capacity (available seat miles). Load factor decreased 2.1 points to 85.6 percent.
The table below summarizes October and year-to-date traffic statistics compared to the respective prior-year periods.
SYSTEM-WIDE OPERATIONS
OCTOBER 2018 2017 % CHANGE
PAX 971,817 967,377 0.5%
RPMs (000) 1,461,020 1,409,669 3.6%
ASMs (000) 1,707,350 1,606,515 6.3%
LF 85.6% 87.7% (2.1) pts
YEAR-TO-DATE 2018 2017 % CHANGE
PAX 9,920,792 9,559,110 3.8%
RPMs (000) 14,382,687 13,600,514 5.8%
ASMs (000) 16,811,849 15,815,158 6.3%
LF 85.6% 86.0% (0.4) 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