JetBlue Airways Reports December Traffic

JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for December 2017. Traffic in December increased 2.7 percent from December 2016, on a capacity increase of 4.4 percent.

Load factor for December 2017 was 82.7 percent, a decrease of 1.4 points from December 2016. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor was 99.8 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 74.1 percent.

The following reflects revised guidance for the fourth quarter of 2017:

• Fourth quarter revenue per available seat mile (RASM) is expected to increase approximately 1.8% year-over-year.
• CASM ex-fuel growth is expected to include approximately $23 million of additional expenses associated with the $1,000 bonus for each Crewmember, which will raise our previously provided guidance by 2.0 percentage points.
• JetBlue expects fuel cost per gallon of $1.89 to $1.92 in the fourth quarter.

JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS

December 2017

December 2016

% Change

        
      
      
        
          Revenue passenger miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4,079,287
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3,970,702
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          2.7
        
        
          %
        
      
      
        
          Available seat miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4,931,590
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4,721,577
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4.4
        
        
          %
        
      
      
        
          Load factor
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          82.7
        
        
          %
        
        
        
        
        
        
          84.1
        
        
          %
        
        
        
        
        
        
          (1.4) pts.
        
      
      
        
          Revenue passengers
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3,430,346
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3,376,983
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1.6
        
        
          %
        
      
      
        
          Departures
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          30,659
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          29,667
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3.3
        
        
          %
        
      
      
        
          Average stage length (miles)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,091
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,087
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          0.4
        
        
          %
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
           
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          

Y-T-D 2017

Y-T-D 2016

% Change

        
      
      
        
          Revenue passenger miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          47,239,706
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          45,618,635
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3.6
        
        
          %
        
      
      
        
          Available seat miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          56,007,224
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          53,619,536
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4.5
        
        
          %
        
      
      
        
          Load factor
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          84.3
        
        
          %
        
        
        
        
        
        
          85.1
        
        
          %
        
        
        
        
        
        
          (0.8) pts.
        
      
      
        
          Revenue passengers
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          40,038,090
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          38,263,104
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4.6
        
        
          %
        
      
      
        
          Departures
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          353,681
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          337,302
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4.9
        
        
          %
        
      
      
        
          Average stage length (miles)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,072
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,093
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          (1.9
        
        
          )%
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
           
        
      
    
    

(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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