Hawaiian Airlines flew 6.8 percent more passengers in January when compared to last year, the Honolulu-based airline said Tuesday. Hawaiian, a subsidiary of Hawaiian Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: HA), flew a total of 738,981 passengers last month, compared to 691,932 during January 2011. The airline’s traffic, or revenue passenger miles, rose 12.9 percent in January, while capacity, or available seat miles, rose 11.4 percent. Hawaiian’s load factor, or percentage of seats filled, was 83.4 percent, which was 1 percentage point higher than in January 2011.

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