Hawaiian Airlines’ passenger traffic rose 5.3 percent in January as the carrier offered more flights and filled a higher percentage of its seats.

The state’s largest carrier said Monday it transported 932,157 people compared with 884,990 in January 2016, and had a load factor, or percentage of seats filled, of 83.9 percent versus 81.1 percent in the year-earlier period.

Revenue passenger miles, or one paying passenger transported 1 mile, jumped 9.5 percent to 1.33 million from 1.22 million while available seat miles, or one seat transported 1 mile, rose 5.8 percent to 1.59 million from 1.50 million.

ON THE MOVE

Klick Communications Hawaii announced two new hires:

>> Vanessa Revera Williamson is the communications director overseeing Klick Hawaii’s events and brand partnerships portfolio. She has 20 years of fashion, entertainment, sports and media partnership experience. As a global vice president at IMG Fashion, Williamson worked at various media and high-profile fashion events, including New York Fashion Week and Mercedes-Benz Fashion Weeks in Berlin, Sydney, Miami, Los Angeles and Tokyo.

>> Tahiti Huetter is Klick Hawaii’s content specialist. She moved to New York in 2013 and worked in media production with companies such as Estee Lauder, L’Oreal and Conde Nast Traveler. Huetter returned to Hawaii last year and worked with Saint Francis School and Buzz’s Original Steak House as well as Wings Hawaii and Olive and Oliver.