Hawaiian’s Q2 results improve as travel barriers ease

Hawaiian Holdings, parent company of Hawaiian Airlines, says relaxed travel restrictions for inbound travellers from the US mainland have gone a long way to help the airline’s bottom line during Q2 2021. The Honolulu-based carrier lost $6.2m in the three-month period that ended on 30 June, compared to a $107m loss in the same period of pandemic-plagued 2020, Hawaiian reports on 27 July. Without federal aid and other special items, the Q2 2021 loss would have been $73.8m. The airline’s revenue during Q2 was $411m, down 42% from Q2 2019 but almost five times the amount the airline achieved in same period of 2020. “We made meaningful strides toward recovery during the second quarter, propelled by continued strong demand on our US mainland routes,” chief executive Peter Ingram says. “It is encouraging to see how far we’ve come and I am optimistic about our continued recovery.”<br/>