JetBlue Airways Reports December Traffic

JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for December 2016. Traffic in December increased 4.5 percent from December 2015, on a capacity increase of 3.1 percent.

Load factor for December 2016 was 84.1 percent, an increase of 1.1 points from December 2015. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor was 99.0 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 71.3 percent. JetBlue’s preliminary revenue per available seat mile for the month of December decreased approximately one and a half percent year over year.

JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS

December 2016

December 2015

% Change

        
      
      
        
          Revenue passenger miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3,970,702
        
        
        
        
          3,799,484
        
        
        
        
          4.5%
        
      
      
        
          Available seat miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4,721,577
        
        
        
        
          4,579,551
        
        
        
        
          3.1%
        
      
      
        
          Load factor
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          84.1%
        
        
        
        
          83.0%
        
        
        
        
          1.1 pts.
        
      
      
        
          Revenue passengers
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3,376,983
        
        
        
        
          3,158,334
        
        
        
        
          6.9%
        
      
      
        
          Departures
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          29,667
        
        
        
        
          28,502
        
        
        
        
          4.1%
        
      
      
        
          Average stage length (miles)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,087
        
        
        
        
          1,116
        
        
        
        
          -2.6%
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
           
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          

Y-T-D 2016

Y-T-D 2015

% Change

        
      
      
        
          Revenue passenger miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          45,618,635
        
        
        
        
          41,710,627
        
        
        
        
          9.4%
        
      
      
        
          Available seat miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          53,619,536
        
        
        
        
          49,258,118
        
        
        
        
          8.9%
        
      
      
        
          Load factor
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          85.1%
        
        
        
        
          84.7%
        
        
        
        
          0.4 pts.
        
      
      
        
          Revenue passengers
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          38,263,104
        
        
        
        
          35,100,986
        
        
        
        
          9.0%
        
      
      
        
          Departures
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          337,302
        
        
        
        
          316,505
        
        
        
        
          6.6%
        
      
      
        
          Average stage length (miles)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,093
        
        
        
        
          1,092
        
        
        
        
          0.1%
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
           
        
      
    
    

(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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