JetBlue Airways Reports April Traffic

JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for April 2017. Traffic in April increased 8.2 percent from April 2016, on a capacity increase of 6.6 percent.

Load factor for April 2017 was 85.3 percent, an increase of 1.2 points from April 2016. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor was 98.5 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 72.4 percent. JetBlue continues to expect second quarter revenue per available seat mile (RASM) to increase between 3.0 and 6.0 percent compared to the second quarter of 2016.

JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS

April 2017

April 2016

% Change

        
      
      
        
          Revenue passenger miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4,068,156
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3,760,747
        
        
        
        
        
        
          8.2%
        
      
      
        
          Available seat miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4,768,608
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4,472,393
        
        
        
        
        
        
          6.6%
        
      
      
        
          Load factor
        
        
        
        
        
        
          85.3%
        
        
        
        
        
        
          84.1%
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1.2 pts.
        
      
      
        
          Revenue passengers
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3,457,812
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3,129,098
        
        
        
        
        
        
          10.5%
        
      
      
        
          Departures
        
        
        
        
        
        
          30,014
        
        
        
        
        
        
          27,747
        
        
        
        
        
        
          8.2%
        
      
      
        
          Average stage length (miles)
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,080
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,111
        
        
        
        
        
        
          -2.8%
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
           
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          

Y-T-D 2017

Y-T-D 2016

% Change

        
      
      
        
          Revenue passenger miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
          15,467,156
        
        
        
        
        
        
          14,736,274
        
        
        
        
        
        
          5.0%
        
      
      
        
          Available seat miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
          18,348,378
        
        
        
        
        
        
          17,500,974
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4.8%
        
      
      
        
          Load factor
        
        
        
        
        
        
          84.3%
        
        
        
        
        
        
          84.2%
        
        
        
        
        
        
          0.1 pts.
        
      
      
        
          Revenue passengers
        
        
        
        
        
        
          13,168,341
        
        
        
        
        
        
          12,247,761
        
        
        
        
        
        
          7.5%
        
      
      
        
          Departures
        
        
        
        
        
        
          115,738
        
        
        
        
        
        
          108,986
        
        
        
        
        
        
          6.2%
        
      
      
        
          Average stage length (miles)
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,079
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,110
        
        
        
        
        
        
          -2.8%
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
           
        
      
    
    

(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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