JetBlue Airways Reports July Traffic

JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for July 2016. Traffic increased 6.6 percent from July 2015, on a capacity increase of 5.5 percent.

Load factor for July 2016 was 87.8 percent, an increase of 0.8 points from July 2015. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor was 98.0 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 67.8 percent. JetBlue’s preliminary revenue per available seat mile for the month of July decreased approximately two and a half percent year over year.

JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS

July 2016

July 2015

% Change

        
      
      
        
          Revenue passenger miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4,260,960
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3,998,899
        
        
        
        
        
        
          6.6%
        
      
      
        
          Available seat miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4,850,393
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4,595,540
        
        
        
        
        
        
          5.5%
        
      
      
        
          Load factor
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          87.8%
        
        
        
        
        
        
          87.0%
        
        
        
        
        
        
          0.8 pts.
        
      
      
        
          Revenue passengers
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3,529,151
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3,319,630
        
        
        
        
        
        
          6.3%
        
      
      
        
          Departures
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          30,065
        
        
        
        
        
        
          29,120
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3.2%
        
      
      
        
          Average stage length (miles)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,109
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,107
        
        
        
        
        
        
          0.2%
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
           
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          

Y-T-D 2016

Y-T-D 2015

% Change

        
      
      
        
          Revenue passenger miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          26,789,697
        
        
        
        
        
        
          24,092,238
        
        
        
        
        
        
          11.2%
        
      
      
        
          Available seat miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          31,476,054
        
        
        
        
        
        
          28,251,669
        
        
        
        
        
        
          11.4%
        
      
      
        
          Load factor
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          85.1%
        
        
        
        
        
        
          85.3%
        
        
        
        
        
        
          -0.2 pts.
        
      
      
        
          Revenue passengers
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          22,307,606
        
        
        
        
        
        
          20,272,194
        
        
        
        
        
        
          10.0%
        
      
      
        
          Departures
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          196,589
        
        
        
        
        
        
          182,501
        
        
        
        
        
        
          7.7%
        
      
      
        
          Average stage length (miles)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,104
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,093
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1.0%
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
           
        
      
    
    

(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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