Hawaiian Air Releases March, Q1 Traffic Report

April 10, 2017

Hawaiian Airlines announced on Monday its system-wide traffic results for March and the first quarter of 2017.

Passenger numbers were up 2.6 percent in March at 943,363. For the quarter, Hawaiian carried 2.7 million people, a 2.2 percent increase on 2016.

RPM (revenue passenger miles) traffic was up 7.2 percent in March on an available seat miles (ASM) capacity increase of 4.5 percent. Load factor increased 2.1 percentage points to 85 percent.

For the quarter to end March, Hawaiian’s RPM traffic also rose 7.2 percent, with capacity up 3.5 percent, resulting in a 2.9 percentage point improvement in load factor to 84 percent.

Hawaiian raised its expectations for the first quarter, with cost per ASM (CASM) excluding fuel and special items guidance increased to between 6 and 8 percent from the previous guidance of 3 to 6 percent.

Operating revenue per ASM guidance was also revised up to between 6.5 and 8 percent, from 4 to 7 percent previously.

The airline said it expects to record a special charge of about USD$20 million in the first quarter primarily related to a payment for pilot benefits.

(Airwise)