Hawaiian Airlines’ passenger traffic rose 7 percent in March from the year-earlier period as it filled more of its seats.

The state’s largest carrier said Monday it transported 887,346 compared with 829,584 in March 2014. Hawaiian’s load factor, or the percentage of seats filled, rose 2.7 percentage points to 81.2 percent from 78.5 percent.

Revenue passenger miles, or one paying passenger transported one mile, increased 7.9 percent to 1.17 million from 1.09 million while available seat miles, or one seat transported one mile, rose 4.3 percent to 1.44 million from 1.38 million.