Hawaiian Airlines reports stronger financial & traffic results; American Airlines back in with JAL?

The majority of North and South American carriers made gains despite a very modest rise in the wider US market on Friday (05-Feb-2010), with the Dow ending trading up 0.1%, following mixed US jobs data. It was announced during trading that the US unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 9.7% for Dec-2009. However, job losses for the month also increased.