Hawaiian Airlines Reports May Traffic Statistics

HONOLULU, June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., a subsidiary of Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: HA), today announced its systemwide traffic statistics for May and year-to-date.

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For the month of May 2009, systemwide load factor declined 2.4 percentage points to 83.3% compared to 85.7% in the year earlier period with traffic declining 2.0% compared to a 0.9% increase in capacity. Hawaiian's statistics for May 2008 reflect the immediate impact of a surge in passengers following the collapse of two of its competitors.

    Systemwide Operations
    MAY                 2009             2008           % Change
    PAX              694,543          740,865             (6.3%)
    RPMS (000)       682,642          696,236             (2.0%)
    ASMS (000)       819,471          812,227              0.9%
    LF                  83.3%            85.7%        (2.4 pts.)

    YEAR-TO-DATE        2009             2008           % Change
    PAX            3,371,627        3,192,628              5.6%
    RPMS (000)     3,310,104        3,319,893             (0.3%)
    ASMS (000)     4,002,397        3,871,371              3.4%
    LF                  82.7%            85.8%        (3.1 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
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