JetBlue Airways Reports April Traffic

JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for April 2016. Traffic in April increased 8.6 percent from April 2015, on a capacity increase of 10.8 percent.

Load factor for April 2016 was 84.1 percent, a decrease of 1.6 points from April 2015. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor was 99.3 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 78.9 percent. JetBlue’s preliminary revenue per available seat mile for the month of April decreased approximately 12.5 percent year over year.

JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS

April 2016

April 2015

% Change

        
      
      
        
          Revenue passenger miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3,760,747
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3,461,591
        
        
        
        
        
        
          8.6%
        
      
      
        
          Available seat miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4,472,393
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4,037,798
        
        
        
        
        
        
          10.8%
        
      
      
        
          Load factor
        
        
        
        
        
        
          84.1%
        
        
        
        
        
        
          85.7%
        
        
        
        
        
        
          -1.6 pts.
        
      
      
        
          Revenue passengers
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3,129,098
        
        
        
        
        
        
          2,922,624
        
        
        
        
        
        
          7.1%
        
      
      
        
          Departures
        
        
        
        
        
        
          27,747
        
        
        
        
        
        
          26,187
        
        
        
        
        
        
          6.0%
        
      
      
        
          Average stage length (miles)
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,111
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,093
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1.6%
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
           
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          

Y-T-D 2016

Y-T-D 2015

% Change

        
      
      
        
          Revenue passenger miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
          14,736,274
        
        
        
        
        
        
          13,083,206
        
        
        
        
        
        
          12.6%
        
      
      
        
          Available seat miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
          17,500,974
        
        
        
        
        
        
          15,456,450
        
        
        
        
        
        
          13.2%
        
      
      
        
          Load factor
        
        
        
        
        
        
          84.2%
        
        
        
        
        
        
          84.6%
        
        
        
        
        
        
          -0.4 pts.
        
      
      
        
          Revenue passengers
        
        
        
        
        
        
          12,247,761
        
        
        
        
        
        
          11,017,470
        
        
        
        
        
        
          11.2%
        
      
      
        
          Departures
        
        
        
        
        
        
          108,986
        
        
        
        
        
        
          100,010
        
        
        
        
        
        
          9.0%
        
      
      
        
          Average stage length (miles)
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,110
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,096
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1.3%
        
      
    
    

(1) The U.S. Department of Transportation considers on-time arrivals to be those domestic flights arriving within 14 minutes of schedule.

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