Hawaiian Airlines Reports March Traffic Statistics

HONOLULU, April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., a subsidiary of Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (Amex: HA), today announced its systemwide traffic statistics for March and year-to-date (see chart below). In March, Hawaiian served 608,828 passengers, while recording Revenue Passengers Miles (RPMs) of 679.1 million, Available Seat Miles (ASMs) of 774.6 million, and Load Factor (LF) of 87.7 percent.

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    HAWAIIAN AIRLINES, INC.
    TRAFFIC STATISTICS

                                              MARCH       MARCH         %
                                               2008        2007       CHANGE

    SCHEDULED OPERATIONS
                PAX                          608,828     605,703        0.5%
                RPMS (000)                   679,090     679,038        0.0%
                ASMS (000)                   774,552     745,354        3.9%
                LF                             87.7%       91.1%   (3.4 pts.)

    CHARTER OPERATIONS
                PAX                              -         4,109     (100.0%)
                RPMS (000)                       -        11,411     (100.0%)
                ASMS (000)                       -        13,074     (100.0%)
                LF                              0.0%       87.3%  (87.3 pts.)

    TOTAL
                PAX                          608,828     609,812       (0.2%)
                RPMS (000)                   679,090     690,449       (1.6%)
                ASMS (000)                   774,552     758,428        2.1%
                LF                             87.7%       91.0%   (3.3 pts.)



                                             MARCH YTD    MARCH YTD      %
                                                2008         2007      CHANGE

    SCHEDULED OPERATIONS
               PAX                          1,730,188    1,662,647      4.1%
               RPMS (000)                   1,930,077    1,856,909      3.9%
               ASMS (000)                   2,270,884    2,123,441      6.9%
               LF                               85.0%        87.4% (2.4 pts.)

    CHARTER OPERATIONS
               PAX                              2,808       12,169    (76.9%)
               RPMS (000)                       8,834       33,793    (73.9%)
               ASMS (000)                      10,501       37,689    (72.1%)
               LF                               84.1%        89.7% (5.6 pts.)

    TOTAL
               PAX                          1,732,996    1,674,816      3.5%
               RPMS (000)                   1,938,911    1,890,702      2.5%
               ASMS (000)                   2,281,385    2,161,130      5.6%
               LF                               85.0%        87.5% (2.5 pts.)



    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