Hawaiian Airlines Reports November Traffic Statistics

HONOLULU, December 16, 1999 - In systemwide service during November 1999, Hawaiian Airlines recorded Revenue Passenger Miles (RPMs) of 407,663,000, an increase of 18.0 percent from 345,467,000 RPMs reported for the same month in 1998.

Available Seat Miles (ASMs) in November 1999 were 536,914,000, an increase of 16.6 percent from 460,474,000 ASMs recorded in November 1998.

Systemwide Load Factor (LF) in November 1999 was 75.9 percent, an increase of 0.9 point from 75.0 percent in November 1998.

Hawaiian carried 481,020 passengers in November 1999, an increase of 11.6 percent from 431,028 passengers reported for November 1998.

Year-to-date

For the first 11 months of 1999, Hawaiian recorded total RPMs of 4,467,975,000, an increase of 12.4 percent from 3,976,199,000 RPMs recorded for the same period in 1998.

Through November, total 1999 ASMs were 5,739,496,000, an increase of 10.6 percent from 5,188,868,000 ASMs recorded for the first 11 months in 1998.

Average 1999 systemwide Load Factor through November was 77.8 percent, an increase of 1.2 points from 76.6 percent for the same period in 1998.

Hawaiian carried a total of 5,264,640 passengers during the first 11 months of 1999, an increase of 8.9 percent from 4,834,785 carried during the same period in 1998.

RPM = one paying passenger transported one mile
ASM = one seat transported one mile
LF = percentage of seating capacity utilized