Hawaiian Airlines' passenger traffic grew 10.7 percent during a year that saw the demise of Aloha Airlines and ATA Airlines.

The state's largest airline said it flew a total of 7.86 million passengers in 2008, up from the year-earlier's 7.09 million.

The increased passenger traffic came as Hawaiian added planes and flights after the twin shutdowns of Aloha and ATA.

The additional capacity resulted in a slight decrease in the airline's load factor. Hawaiian said its planes flew 82.6 percent full last year, down from 87.3 percent in 2007.