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Hawaiian Airlines passenger traffic up 4.3%

Hawaiian Airlines’ passenger traffic rose 4.3 percent in January from the year-earlier period as the company expanded its number of flights.

The state’s largest carrier said today it transported 972,672 last month compared with 932,157 in January 2017. Its load factor, or percentage of seats filled, edged up 0.2 percentage points to 84.1 percent from 83.9 percent.

Revenue passenger miles, or one paying passenger transported one mile, rose 2.6 percent to 1.37 million from 1.33 million. Available seat miles, or one seat transported one mile, gained 2.3 percent to 1.63 million from 1.59 million.

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