9. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

Commitments

As of September 30, 2013, the Company had the following capital commitments consisting of firm aircraft and engine orders and purchase rights:

Aircraft Type	Firm Orders	Purchase Rights	Expected Delivery Dates

A330-200 aircraft	9	3	Between 2013 and 2015
A350XWB-800 aircraft	6	6	Between 2017 and 2020
A321neo aircraft	16	9	Between 2017 and 2020
Rolls-Royce spare engines:
A330-200 spare engines	2	—	In 2014
A350XWB-800 spare engines	2	—	Between 2017 and 2020
Pratt & Whitney spare engines:
A321neo spare engines	2	—	Between 2017 and 2018

The Company has operating commitments with a third-party to provide aircraft maintenance services which require fixed payments as well as variable payments based on flight hours for its Airbus fleet through 2027. The Company also has operating commitments with third-party service providers for reservations, IT, and accounting services through 2017.

Committed capital and operating expenditures include escalation and variable amounts based on estimates. The gross committed expenditures and committed financings for those deliveries during the remainder of 2013 and the next four years, and thereafter, are detailed below:

							Less: Committed
					Total Commited		Financing for Upcoming		Net Committed
	Capital		Operating		Expenditures		Aircraft Deliveries*		Expenditures
	(in thousands)
Remaining months in 2013	$	90,486	$	12,081	$	102,567	$	76,110	$	26,457
2014	421,472		49,865		471,337		368,430		102,907
2015	245,589		47,445		293,034		—		293,034
2016	147,824		36,270		184,094		—		184,094
2017	493,824		35,581		529,405		—		529,405
Thereafter	1,105,696		233,263		1,338,959		—		1,338,959

	$	2,504,891	$	414,505	$	2,919,396	$	444,540	$	2,474,856

* See below for a detailed discussion of the committed financings Hawaiian has received for its upcoming capital commitments for aircraft deliveries.

Enhanced Equipment Trust Certificates (EETC)

In May 2013, Hawaiian created two pass-through trusts, one of which issued $328.2 million aggregate principal amount of Class A pass-through certificates with a stated interest rate of 3.9% and the second of which issued $116.3 million aggregate principal amount of Class B pass-through certificates with a stated interest rate of 4.95%. The proceeds of the issuance of the Class A and Class B pass-through certificates, which amounted to $444.5 million, will be used to purchase equipment notes to be issued by Hawaiian in the future to finance the purchase of six (6) new Airbus aircraft scheduled for delivery from November 2013 through October 2014. The equipment notes will be secured by a lien on the aircraft, and the payment obligations of Hawaiian under the equipment notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Company. Hawaiian has not yet received any of the proceeds raised by the pass-through trusts. The Company expects to issue the equipment notes to the trusts as aircraft are delivered to Hawaiian. Hawaiian will record the debt obligation upon issuance of the equipment notes rather than upon the initial issuance of the pass-through certificates. The proceeds are expected to be used to fund the acquisition of new aircraft. In connection with this transaction, Hawaiian was required to deposit $16.0 million into a collateral account. The funds held in this account are under the control of a third party. Accordingly, these funds are classified as restricted cash in the Company’s unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The Company evaluated whether the pass-through trusts formed are variable interest entities (“VIEs”) required to be consolidated by the Company under applicable accounting guidance, and determined that the pass-through trusts are VIEs. The Company determined that it does not have a variable interest in the pass-through trusts. Neither the Company nor Hawaiian invested in or obtained a financial interest in the pass-through trusts. Rather, Hawaiian has an obligation to make interest and principal payments on its equipment notes held by the pass-through trusts, which will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Company. Neither the Company nor Hawaiian intends to have any voting or non-voting equity interest in the pass-through trusts or to absorb variability from the pass-through trusts. Based on this analysis, the Company determined that it is not required to consolidate the pass-through trusts.

Litigation and Contingencies

The Company is subject to legal proceedings arising in the normal course of its operations. Management does not anticipate that the disposition of any currently pending proceeding will have a material effect on the Company’s operations, business or financial condition.

General Guarantees and Indemnifications

In the normal course of business, the Company enters into numerous aircraft financing and real estate leasing arrangements that have various guarantees included in the contract. It is common in such lease transactions for the lessee to agree to indemnify the lessor and other related third-parties for tort liabilities that arise out of or relate to the lessee’s use of the leased aircraft or occupancy of the leased premises. In some cases, this indemnity extends to related liabilities arising from the negligence of the indemnified parties, but usually excludes any liabilities caused by their gross negligence or willful misconduct. Additionally, the lessee typically indemnifies such parties for any environmental liability that arises out of or relates to its use of the real estate leased premises. The Company believes that it is insured (subject to deductibles) for most tort liabilities and related indemnities described above with respect to the aircraft and real estate that it leases. The Company cannot estimate the potential amount of future payments, if any, under the foregoing indemnities and agreements.

Credit Card Holdback

Under the Company’s bank-issued credit card processing agreements, certain proceeds from advance ticket sales may be held back to serve as collateral to cover any possible chargebacks or other disputed charges that may occur. These holdbacks, which are included in restricted cash in the Company’s unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets, totaled $5.0 million at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012.

In the event of a material adverse change in the business, the holdback could increase to an amount up to 100% of the applicable credit card air traffic liability, which would also cause an increase in the level of restricted cash. If the Company is unable to obtain a waiver of, or otherwise mitigate the increase in the restriction of cash, it could also cause a covenant violation under other debt or lease obligations and have a material adverse impact on the Company.