Hawaiian Air releases March, Q1 traffic report

Hawaiian Airlines announced Monday its system-wide traffic results for March and Q1 of 2017. Passenger numbers were up 2.6% in March at 943,363. For the quarter, Hawaiian carried 2.7m people, a 2.2% increase on 2016. RPM traffic was up 7.2% in March on ASM capacity increase of 4.5%. Load factor increased 2.1 percentage points to 85%. For the quarter to end March, Hawaiian’s RPM traffic also rose 7.2%, with capacity up 3.5%, resulting in a 2.9 percentage point improvement in load factor to 84%. Hawaiian raised its expectations for Q1 with CASM excluding fuel and special items guidance increased to between 6 and 8% from the previous guidance of 3 to 6%. Operating revenue per ASM guidance was also revised up to between 6.5 and 8%, from 4 to 7% previously. <br/>
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4/10/17