JetBlue Airways Reports July Traffic

JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for July 2017. Traffic in July increased 5.1 percent from July 2016, on a capacity increase of 5.9 percent.

Load factor for July 2017 was 87.1 percent, a decrease of 0.7 points from July 2016. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor was 97.5 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 63.5 percent. JetBlue continues to expect third quarter revenue per available seat mile (RASM) to range between (0.5) percent and 2.5 percent compared to the third quarter of 2016.

JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS

July 2017

July 2016

% Change

        
      
      
        
          Revenue passenger miles (000)
        
        
        
        
          4,476,806
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4,260,960
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          5.1
        
        
          %
        
      
      
        
          Available seat miles (000)
        
        
        
        
          5,138,529
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4,850,393
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          5.9
        
        
          %
        
      
      
        
          Load factor
        
        
        
        
          87.1
        
        
          %
        
        
        
        
        
        
          87.8
        
        
          %
        
        
        
        
        
        
          (0.7) pts.
        
      
      
        
          Revenue passengers
        
        
        
        
          3,752,577
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3,529,151
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          6.3
        
        
          %
        
      
      
        
          Departures
        
        
        
        
          32,087
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          30,065
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          6.7
        
        
          %
        
      
      
        
          Average stage length (miles)
        
        
        
        
          1,079
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,109
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          (2.7
        
        
          )%
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
           
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
          

Y-T-D 2017

Y-T-D 2016

% Change

        
      
      
        
          Revenue passenger miles (000)
        
        
        
        
          28,009,071
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          26,789,697
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4.6
        
        
          %
        
      
      
        
          Available seat miles (000)
        
        
        
        
          32,964,107
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          31,476,054
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4.7
        
        
          %
        
      
      
        
          Load factor
        
        
        
        
          85.0
        
        
          %
        
        
        
        
        
        
          85.1
        
        
          %
        
        
        
        
        
        
          (0.1) pts.
        
      
      
        
          Revenue passengers
        
        
        
        
          23,776,429
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          22,307,606
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          6.6
        
        
          %
        
      
      
        
          Departures
        
        
        
        
          208,046
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          196,589
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          5.8
        
        
          %
        
      
      
        
          Average stage length (miles)
        
        
        
        
          1,075
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,104
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          (2.6
        
        
          )%
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
           
        
      
    
    
      
        
          (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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