Interisland carrier go! said its passenger count increased by more than 9,400 in March.

The company said it flew a total of 64,093 passengers last month, compared with 54,604 in the year-earlier period.

The airline said its plane were 66.6 percent full in March, which was down slightly from the year-earlier month's 67.8 percent.

"We continue to be encouraged by the strong growth in passenger numbers year over year in spite of the present difficult economic climate and a decline in the number of visitors to Hawai'i," said Jonathan Ornstein, CEO of Mesa Air Group, which owns the local carrier.