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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Unusual or Infrequent Items, or Both [Abstract]  
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Due to the rapid and unprecedented spread of COVID-19, what began with the Company's suspension of service to South Korea and Japan in late February accelerated in March when governments instituted requirements of self-isolation or quarantine for incoming travelers. This was followed by the announcement in March 2020 of a 14-day mandatory quarantine for all travelers to, from and within the State of Hawai`i. These restrictions, combined with the ongoing spread and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic globally, have continued to suppress customer demand.

Despite the easing of travel restrictions in recent months within the United States, restrictions for travel to and within the State of Hawai`i as well as travel to and from various international locations, including those in the Hawaiian network, remain in effect. In September 2020, the Governor of the State of Hawai`i announced that a program allowing travelers from the U.S. mainland coming to Hawai`i to bypass the quarantine requirement with proof of a negative COVID-19 test from a state-approved testing partner would begin on October 15, 2020. Following this announcement, the Company saw increases in bookings and has slowly begun rebuilding its Neighbor Island and North America flight schedule commensurate with the anticipated increases in demand.

The exact timing and pace of the recovery of passenger demand continues to remain uncertain. Certain markets have reopened, some of which have since experienced a resurgence of COVID-19 cases, while others, particularly international markets, remain closed or are enforcing extended quarantines for most U.S. residents. See Note 6, for a discussion of the recognition of passenger revenue, the Company's air traffic liability and ticket breakage.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company implemented various measures to mitigate declining demand through capacity and cost reductions, while managing cash flow and liquidity.

Capacity Reductions. Beginning in the second half of March, the Company experienced a significant decline in demand as COVID-19 spread globally. In response, the Company significantly reduced system capacity to a level that maintained essential services to align capacity with expected demand. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company reduced capacity by 86.5% and 60.2%, respectively, as compared to the same period in 2019. As a result of capacity reductions, the Company temporarily parked approximately 29% of its fleet as of September 30, 2020.

Expense Management. In response to the reduction in revenue, the Company has implemented, and will continue to implement cost savings and liquidity measures, including:

In the first quarter 2020, the Company instituted a temporary hiring freeze, except with respect to operationally critical and essential positions.
The Company reduced capital expenditures for 2020 and continues to evaluate non-essential, non-aircraft capital expenditures. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, capital expenditures were approximately $7.8 million and $101.8 million, respectively.
The Company’s officers reduced their base salaries between 10% and 50% through September 30, 2020. Members of the Board of Directors also reduced their compensation.
During the third quarter of 2020, the Company announced and completed voluntary separation and temporary leave programs across each of its labor groups. Additionally, the Company completed involuntary terminations, the majority of which were effective October 1, 2020. Combined, separation and temporary leave programs resulted in an approximately 32% reduction of the Company's total workforce.
On October 26, 2020, the Company entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to its 787-9 purchase agreement with Boeing, which provides for, among other things, a change in the aircraft delivery schedule from 2021 through 2025 to 2022 through 2026, with the first delivery now scheduled in September 2022. Refer to Note 11 for additional discussion, including the impact of the Amendment on the Company's future financial commitments.

The Company anticipates it may implement further discretionary changes and other cost reduction and liquidity preservation measures as needed to address the volatile and quickly-changing dynamics of passenger demand and changes in revenue, regulatory and public health directives and prevailing government policy and financial market conditions.

Cash Flow and Liquidity Management. The Company's cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments as of September 30, 2020 was $979.1 million. The Company has taken various actions to increase liquidity and strengthen our financial position during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, including, but not limited to:

During the first quarter 2020, the Company fully drew down its previously undrawn $235.0 million revolving credit facility. Refer to Note 9 for additional discussion.
During the first and second quarters of 2020, the Company suspended its stock repurchase program and payment of dividends.
During the second and third quarters of 2020, the Company received $240.6 million in grants and $60.3 million in loans from the U.S. Department of Treasury (the Treasury) pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act) Payroll Support Program (PSP), as discussed in further detail below.
During the third quarter 2020, the Company entered into a Loan and Guarantee Agreement (Loan Agreement) with Treasury pursuant to the CARES Act Economic Relief Program (ERP) to provide for a secured term loan which permits the Company to borrow up to $420.0 million. As of September 30, 2020, the Company had borrowed $45 million under the program as discussed in further detail below.
During the third quarter 2020, the Company completed $376.0 million in other financings secured by aircraft, including the issuance of enhanced equipment trust certificates and two sale-leaseback transactions. Refer to Note 9 and the sale-leaseback transactions section in this Note 2 for more information on the Company's financing activities during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020.

The Company continues to explore and pursue options to raise additional financing by leveraging its unencumbered assets, which as of September 30, 2020, included 12 aircraft with an estimated fair value of approximately $242.7 million.

Based on these actions, including revenue recovery assumptions made for the impact of COVID-19, the Company has concluded that it will be able to generate sufficient liquidity to satisfy its obligations and remain in compliance with existing covenants in the Company's financing agreements for more than the next twelve months, prior to giving effect to any additional financing that may occur. The Company's assumptions about future conditions used to estimate liquidity requirements, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and other ongoing impacts to the business, are subject to uncertainty, and actual results could differ from these estimates. The Company will continue to monitor these conditions as new information becomes available and will update its analyses accordingly.

Valuation of Goodwill and Indefinite-Lived Intangibles

Goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives are not amortized. The Company applies a fair value-based impairment test to the carrying value of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets on an annual basis and, if certain events or circumstances indicate that an impairment loss may have been incurred, on an interim basis. The Company assesses the value of our goodwill and indefinite-lived assets under either a qualitative or quantitative approach.

During the first quarter of 2020, the adverse economic impact and declining passenger demand attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic drove the Company's stock price to 52-week lows and significantly reduced future cash flow projections. The Company qualitatively assessed that an impairment loss may have been incurred as of March 31, 2020 and performed an
interim test of the recoverability of its goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets. The Company determined that the estimated fair value of the Company's one reporting unit was less than its carrying value and that the deficit between fair value and the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeded the amount of goodwill on the Company's unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets, leading to the recognition of a goodwill impairment charge of $106.7 million in the first quarter of 2020.

Fair value was determined using a combination of an income approach, which estimates fair value based upon projections of future revenues, expenses, and cash flows discounted to its present value, and a market approach. The valuation methodology and underlying financial information included in the Company's determination of fair value required significant judgments by management. The principal assumptions used in the Company's discounted cash flow analysis consisted of (a) the long-term projections of future financial performance and (b) the weighted-average cost of capital of market participants, adjusted for the risk attributable to the Company and the industry in which it operates. Under the market approach, the principal assumption included an estimate for a control premium.

As of September 30, 2020, the Company had approximately $13.5 million in indefinite-lived intangible assets subject to impairment. The Company determined that the fair value of its indefinite-lived intangible assets exceeded its carrying value and was not impaired.

Valuation of Long-Lived Assets

The Company's long-lived assets, consisting principally of aircraft and other non-aircraft equipment, are classified as property and equipment, net on the Company's unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets, and have a recorded value of approximately $2.1 billion at September 30, 2020. The Company reviews long-lived assets used in operations for impairment when events and circumstances indicate the assets may be impaired.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, including capacity reductions, the temporary grounding of the majority of its fleet, as well as reduced future cash flow projections, the Company previously identified, and continues to identify, indicators of impairment of its long-lived assets.

In the second quarter of 2020, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $34.0 million related to its ATR-42 and ATR-72 fleets, assets held under its commercial real estate subsidiary, and software-related projects that were discontinued as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Company estimated the fair value of its ATR-42 and ATR-72 fleets using a third-party valuation and estimated the fair value of the assets held in its commercial real-estate subsidiary using a combination of a market and income-based approach, which estimates fair value based upon projections of future revenues, expenses, and cash flows discounted to its present value. The principal assumptions used in the Company's discounted cash flow analysis consisted of (a) the long-term projections of future financial performance and (b) the weighted-average cost of capital of market participants, adjusted for the risk attributable to the Company and the industry in which it operates.

To determine whether impairment exists for aircraft used in operations, assets are grouped by fleet-type (the lowest level for which there are identifiable cash flows) and future cash flows are estimated based on projections of capacity, yield, fuel costs, labor costs and other relevant factors. Given the substantial reduction in the Company's active aircraft and diminished projections of future cash flows in the near term, the Company evaluated the remainder of its fleet and determined that only the fleet types discussed above were impaired as the future cash flows from operation of the fleet through the respective retirement dates exceeded the carrying value. The Company will continue to monitor the duration and extent of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its business and will continue to evaluate its current fleet and other long-lived assets for impairment accordingly.

CARES Act

On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the CARES Act, which provides an estimated $2.2 trillion to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and stimulate the U.S. economy. The assistance includes tax relief and government loans, grants and investments for entities in affected industries. The CARES Act provides for, among other things: (a) financial relief to passenger air carriers for direct payroll support under the PSP, (b) financial relief in the form of loans and loan guarantees available for operations under the ERP, (c) temporary suspension of certain aviation taxes, (d) temporary deferral of certain employer payroll taxes, and (e) additional corporate tax benefits that are further discussed in Note 14.

Payroll Support Program

On April 22, 2020, the Company entered into a Payroll Support Program agreement (the PSP Agreement) with the Treasury under the CARES Act. In connection with the PSP Agreement, the Company entered into a Warrant Agreement
(the PSP Warrant Agreement) with the Treasury, and the Company issued a promissory note to the Treasury (the Note). Pursuant to the PSP Agreement, the Treasury provided the Company with financial assistance, paid in installments, totaling approximately $300.9 million, to be used exclusively for the purpose of continuing to pay employee salaries, wages and benefits. Under the PSP Agreement, the Company agreed to (i) refrain from conducting involuntary furloughs or reducing employee rates of pay or benefits through September 30, 2020, (ii) limit executive compensation through March 24, 2022 and (iii) suspend payment of dividends and stock repurchases through September 30, 2021. The PSP Agreement also imposes certain Treasury-mandated reporting obligations on the Company. Finally, the Company is required to continue to provide air service to markets served prior to March 1, 2020 until March 1, 2022, to the extent determined reasonable and practicable by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and subject to exemptions granted by the DOT to the Company given the absence of demand for certain of such services.

The Note issued by Hawaiian to the Treasury was in the total principal amount of approximately $60.3 million. The Note has a ten-year term and bears interest at a rate per annum equal to 1.00% until the fifth anniversary of the PSP Closing Date, and thereafter bears interest at a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate plus 2.00% until the tenth anniversary of the PSP Closing Date, which interest is payable semi-annually beginning on September 30, 2020. The Note may be prepaid at any time, without penalty and is subject to customary change of control provisions and events of default.

As compensation to the U.S. government for providing financial relief under the PSP Agreement, and pursuant to the PSP Warrant Agreement, the Company issued to the Treasury a total of 509,964 warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $11.82 per share (the PSP Warrants). The PSP Warrants are non-voting, freely transferable, may be settled as net shares or in cash at the Company’s option, expire five years from the date of issuance, and contain registration rights and customary anti-dilution provisions. Refer to Note 9 for additional discussion.

Economic Relief Program

On September 25, 2020 (ERP Closing Date), the Company entered into the Loan Agreement. The Loan Agreement provides for a secured term loan facility which permits the Company to borrow up to $420.0 million (the Facility). On the ERP Closing Date, the Company borrowed $45.0 million and may, at its option, borrow additional amounts in up to two subsequent borrowings until March 26, 2021, so long as, after giving effect to any further borrowing, the collateral coverage ratio is no less than 2.0 to 1.0. The proceeds from the Facility will be used for certain general corporate purposes and operating expenses in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement. As a condition to the drawing under the Facility, we are required to comply with all applicable provisions of the CARES Act.

Borrowings under the Facility will initially bear interest at a variable rate per annum equal to (a) the Adjusted LIBO Rate (as defined in the Loan Agreement) plus (b) 2.50% accrued interest on the loans is payable in arrears on the first business day following the 14th day of each March, June, September and December (beginning with September 15, 2021), and on the Maturity Date (as defined below). The applicable interest rate for the $45 million loan drawn on the ERP Closing Date under the Facility is 2.73% per annum for the period from the ERP Closing Date through September 15, 2021 at which time the interest rate will reset in accordance with the foregoing formula. All advances under the Facility will be in the form of term loans, all of which will mature and be due and payable in a single installment on June 30, 2024.

The Facility is secured by (i) the Company's frequent flyer loyalty program, HawaiianMiles, including but not limited to loyalty program partner participation agreements (including rights to receive cash flows thereunder), documents, deposit accounts, securities accounts, books and records and intellectual property primarily used in connection with the loyalty program and (ii) 14 Boeing 717-200 airframes and the related 28 Rolls Royce BR715-A1-30 engines, together with their related accessories, aircraft documents and parts (collectively, the Collateral). The Facility is also subject to various financial covenants, including a minimum collateral coverage ratio of 2.0 to 1.0 and a minimum debt service coverage ratio of 1.75 to 1.00.

In connection with its entry into the Loan Agreement, the Company also entered into a warrant agreement (the ERP Warrant Agreement), with the Treasury under the ERP. Pursuant to the ERP Warrant Agreement, the Company agreed to issue warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 3,553,299 shares of the Company's common stock (the ERP Warrants) at an exercise price of $11.82 per share (the “Exercise Price”). Pursuant to the ERP Warrant Agreement, (a) on the Closing Date, the Company issued to the Treasury an ERP Warrant to purchase up to 380,711 Warrant Shares of the Company's common stock and (b) on the date of each borrowing under the Loan Agreement, the Company will issue to the Treasury an additional ERP Warrant for a number of shares of the Company's common stock equal to 10% of such borrowing, divided by the Exercise Price. The ERP Warrants are non-voting, are freely transferable, may be settled as net shares or in cash at the Company's option, expire five years from the date of issuance, and contain registration rights and customary anti-dilution provisions.
On October 23, 2020, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Loan Agreement with the U.S. Treasury, providing for an increase to the Loan Agreement from $420 million to $622 million and correspondingly increased the aggregate number of ERP Warrants available to be issued up to 5,262,267.


Sale-Leaseback Transactions

During the three months ended September 30, 2020, the Company entered into sale-leaseback transactions for two A321-200 aircraft. The transactions qualified as a sale, generating an immaterial loss, and the associated assets were removed from property and equipment, net and recorded as operating lease right-of-use assets on the Company's unaudited consolidated Balance Sheets. The liabilities are recorded within current and noncurrent operating lease liabilities on the Company's unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Special Items
Special items in the unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations consisted of the following:
Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,
2020201920202019
(in thousands)
Operating
Collective bargaining agreement payment (1)
$— $— $20,242 $— 
Goodwill impairment (2)
— — 106,662 — 
Long-lived asset impairment (3)
— — 34,014 — 
Severance and benefit costs (4)
17,489 — 17,489 — 
Total operating special items$17,489 $— $178,407 $— 
Nonoperating
Special termination benefits (5)
$5,258 $— $5,258 $— 
Curtailment loss (5)
1,753 — 1,753 — 
Total nonoperating special items$7,011 $— $7,011 $— 

(1)In March 2020, the Company reached an agreement in principle with the flight attendants of Hawaiian, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants (the AFA) on a new five-year contract that runs through April 2025. On April 3, 2020, the Company received notice from the AFA that the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) was ratified by its members. The ratified CBA provides for, among other things, a ratification payment to be paid over a one-year term, increased medical cost sharing, improved pay scales, and a one-time medical savings contribution to eligible flights attendants upon retirement. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company recorded a $23.5 million ratification bonus, of which $20.2 million was related to service prior to January 1, 2020, and was recorded as a Special item in the unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations. The remaining $3.3 million was recorded as a component of Wages and benefits in the unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations.

(2)As discussed in Note 2, the Company recognized a goodwill impairment charge of $106.7 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

(3)As discussed in Note 2, the Company recognized an impairment of long-lived assets of $34.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

(4)During the third quarter 2020, the Company announced and completed voluntary separation program offerings across each of its labor groups. In addition to separation payments, the Company offered its employees, based on labor group, age, and years of service, special termination benefits in the form of retiree healthcare benefits as discussed below. The election and revocation windows for these programs closed during the quarter. Additionally, the Company announced involuntary separations and temporary leave programs, the majority of which were effective October 1, 2020. Combined, the separation and temporary leave programs represented a reduction of approximately 32% of the Company's workforce. The Company recorded $17.5 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 related to the workforce reduction and separation programs.

(5)During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company recorded $7.0 million in special termination benefits and curtailment losses related to the Company's pension and other postretirement benefit plans in connection with its voluntary separation programs. See Note 10 for additional information.