Me nā hana haʻahaʻa e like me Southwest Airlines e hōʻike ana i nā loaʻa kālā a me nā mea lawe pūnaewele e like me Delta Air Lines e hoʻolaha ana i kā lākou pohō liʻiliʻi loa i loko o ʻelua mau makahiki, ua hoʻomaikaʻi ka ʻoihana mokulele i kāna mau palena hana holoʻokoʻa i ka hapaha lua.
Wahi a ka ʻikepili i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka Pōʻakahi e ka US Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), ua hoʻokele ka hui pūnaewele i ka 0.5 pakeneka poho ma ka lua o ka hapaha - ʻo nā hapaha ʻehiku pololei me ka poho akā ʻo ka hapaha maikaʻi loa mai Kepakemapa 2007.
Ua loaʻa iā American Airlines he 5.3 pakeneka o ka hana ʻana i ka make margin, ʻo ka mea ʻino loa i ka hui. ʻO ʻAmelika, ka lua o ka mea lawe kaʻa ma Raleigh-Durham International Airport, nalowale $260 miliona i ka hapaha, e like me ka BTS.
ʻO ka ʻāpana waiwai o ka hui haʻahaʻa he 7 pākēneka ka nui loa mai ka hapaha ʻelua o 2007. ʻO ka palena waiwai o nā mea lawe kaʻa ʻāpana he 7.2 pakeneka ka nui loa mai ka hapahā ʻehā o 2006.
ʻO Southwest Airlines, ke alakaʻi mokulele ma RDU, he 4.7 pākēneka o ka hana ma ka loaʻa kālā he $123 miliona.
