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| But I'd come back to the point that our revenue has been strong in the North America routes |
| Altea will provide a stronger technology foundation on which to build new revenue-generating products and digital experiences for our guests |
| For that, I am incredibly grateful |
| Leisure demand remains robust throughout our network reflected in strong second quarter revenue performance and encouraging advanced bookings for the back half of the year |
| We continue to make important progress on the strategic initiatives that will make us an even better airline |
| What I would say is we're pretty pleased with the revenue environment right now |
| And I think we feel pretty good about that, and we feel pretty good about how bookings are coming in going forward |
| As you have seen in our press release today, RASM came in above the range that we guided to during our last earnings call, a testament to the robust demand environment |
| Mainland to Hawaii, the largest part of our network remains strong, continuing the trend we have seen for several quarters |
| With Australia, New Zealand and South Korea, all seeing solid demand in the second quarter |
| And on our Neighbor Island network, we continue to be decisively outperform Southwest on load factor, unit revenue and customer preference in an environment that remains challenging in terms of fares and supply |
| So I think we're on a good track |
| We're going to have I think, a really strong third quarter and the pace that we're building into the fourth quarter is really encouraging |
| I think the only thing I would add is that we've got that positive -- excluding those couple of items, we would be positive on the RASM side |
| We're investing in our future, and we're executing on multiple initiatives to build a stronger business that will generate significant shareholder value |
| We've also seen a positive shift in our operations |
| As expected, we delivered a significantly improved on-time performance in June and are trending even more favorably in July |
| And when you look at what our stage link growth, given almost all of our capacity growth is on the international side, pretty encouraging results and pretty good progress from where we had been and relative to the rest of the industry as we look out in the third quarter |
| International continues to improve, and that's really on the strength of Japan and the strength we're seeing on the traffic basis there |
| Looking back at the first-half of the year, while we acknowledge that there is still work to be done, our year-over-year progress is significant and very encouraging |
| With the exciting prospects of our 787 fleet, rolling out StarLink delivering the benefits from our Amadeus investment and the momentum we're seeing in our markets, in particular, Japan, we're encouraged about what we can accomplish for the rest of the year and into next year |
| The premium cabin on our 787s not only has an enhanced live flat seat product as mentioned, but also has nearly twice as many seats in the premium cabin as our A330s, allowing us to capture more of the demand for premium products in our markets that we've seen over a sustained period of time |
| So we feel pretty good about where we are |
| In the Neighbor Islands, we continue to demonstrate that we are the market carrier of choice with strong demand and load factors throughout the quarter |
| By in-sourcing management of our A330 maintenance, we're taking full ownership of our A330 fleet reliability, which will provide a lower steady-state cost structure and better control and flexibility to accommodate changes in our business, especially as we bring the freighter fleet into service |
| We will soon overlap last year's introduction of $39 fares on every seat by Southwest, anticipate a year-over-year improvement in PRASM as we move into the back half of the year |
| Even as capacity does come back, we're confident that our product and brand remain well regarded by Japanese consumers and that we will compete well in a resurgent Japanese market |
| Bookings and fare levels for the Japan outbound August holiday period are strong with fare levels above 2019 despite the headwinds of a weaker yen |
| And I do feel good that we're making good progress |
| The most recent DOT statistics show us generating unit revenue that was 2.5 times Southwest with a load factor that was 32 points higher, proving that customers continue to value our superior schedule, high-quality service and loyalty value proposition |
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| As I previously shared, the construction project resulted in a reduced arrival rate at the airport during peak periods and frequent ground holds for some of our Neighbor Island flights, which severely affected our operations and on-time performance |
| The worst period saw us with five of our 18 aircraft on the ground awaiting engines |
| I was looking at some numbers today from the Hawaii Tourism Authority and they showed the second quarter travel to the islands was down 6.5% in the domestic market |
| We also have other continuing headwinds impacting our RASM comparisons year-over-year |
| Our pilot wages came in a little higher-than-expected due to operational disruptions that resulted in upgauges and other scheduled changes that caused closing changes to pilot scheduling, offset by maintenance credits we received for grounded A321s, due to engine unavailability |
| Fuel consumption was lower-than-expected due to slightly less flying during the quarter |
| And every month sequentially was worse than the month before |
| Although revenue continues to be affected by competitive supply and unsustainably low fares |
| One, industry capacity right now is a little bit lower than it was |
| In viewing our entire network, we expect RASM to be down roughly 4% on capacity growth of just over 6% compared to the same period in 2022 |
| Spoilage continues to be a headwind of over 4 points this quarter and will likely continue to be a headwind for the remainder of 2023 |
| My first question is, are you concerned about the revenue outlook or maybe the unit revenue outlook being down relative to capacity being up so much? Maybe capacity is not up so much, but up |
| To give a little more color in North America, our capacity is forecasted to be down a few percentage points year-over-year |
| As Peter mentioned, we received notification from Boeing that our first 787 delivery will be slightly delayed from November of this year to January next year, and will also impact our remaining 2024 deliveries |
| We've also seen some improvement in the availability of our A321 aircraft, which have been constrained in recent months by our engine supplier's inability to meet spare engine commitments as we detailed on previous calls |
| Even as the situation improved recently, we always knew that it remained dynamic |
| So we will have to see a continued growth in demand as capacity comes back, both as a result of demand and the likely conclusion of slot relief measures |
| And we had a couple of factors that Brent called out in this call in terms of spoilage and cargo revenue that we're running at unusually high rates last year in the third quarter that aren't in the third quarter |
| Hawaii is an incredibly desirable destination and we're blessed to be here every day |
| I want to start with the sincere mahalo for our line team, who have been working in a challenging operating environment for the past several months |
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