Hawaiian Airlines Reports April Traffic Statistics

HONOLULU, May 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., a subsidiary of Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (Amex: HA), today announced its systemwide traffic statistics for April and year-to-date (see chart below). In April, Hawaiian served 718,767 passengers, while recording Revenue Passengers Miles (RPMs) of 684.7 million, Available Seat Miles (ASMs) of 777.8 million, and Load Factor (LF) of 88.0 percent.



    HAWAIIAN AIRLINES, INC.
    TRAFFIC STATISTICS

                    APRIL    APRIL      %     APRIL YTD   APRIL YTD      %
                     2008     2007    CHANGE     2008       2007       CHANGE

    SCHEDULED OPERATIONS
      PAX         718,767 569,314       26.3%  2,448,955  2,231,961      9.7%
      RPMS (000)  684,745 653,724        4.7%  2,614,822  2,510,634      4.1%
      ASMS (000)  777,759 743,828        4.6%  3,048,643  2,867,269      6.3%
      LF            88.0%   87.9%    0.1 pts.      85.8%      87.6%  (1.8pts.)


    CHARTER OPERATIONS
      PAX              -    3,299    (100.0%)      2,808     15,468    (81.8%)

      RPMS (000)       -    9,161    (100.0%)      8,834     42,955    (79.4%)

      ASMS (000)       -   11,580    (100.0%)     10,501     49,270    (78.7%)

      LF             0.0%   79.1% (79.1 pts.)      84.1%      87.2% (3.1 pts.)


    TOTAL
      PAX         718,767 572,613       25.5%  2,451,763  2,247,429      9.1%
      RPMS (000)  684,745 662,885        3.3%  2,623,656  2,553,589      2.7%
      ASMS (000)  777,759 755,408        3.0%  3,059,144  2,916,539      4.9%
      LF            88.0%   87.8%    0.2 pts.      85.8%      87.6%  (1.8pts.)

    PAX:  Passengers transported
    RPM:  One paying passenger transported one mile
    ASM:  One seat transported one mile
    LF:   Percentage of seating capacity utilized


    Additional information is available online at HawaiianAirlines.com.

SOURCE Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. CONTACT: Keoni Wagner of Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., +1-808-838-6778,
Keoni.Wagner@hawaiianair.com
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