JetBlue Airways Reports March Traffic

JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for March 2016. Traffic in March increased 12.1 percent from March 2015, on a capacity increase of 12.5 percent.

Load factor for March 2016 was 86.8 percent, a decrease of 0.4 points from March 2015. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor was 99.5 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 76.0 percent. JetBlue’s preliminary revenue per available seat mile for the month of March decreased approximately seven percent year over year.

JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS

March 2016

March 2015

% Change

        
      
      
        
          Revenue passenger miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3,965,162
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3,537,850
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          12.1%
        
      
      
        
          Available seat miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4,567,104
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4,057,967
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          12.5%
        
      
      
        
          Load factor
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          86.8%
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          87.2%
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          -0.4 pts.
        
      
      
        
          Revenue passengers
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3,309,300
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          2,998,769
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          10.4%
        
      
      
        
          Departures
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          28,530
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          26,397
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          8.1%
        
      
      
        
          Average stage length (miles)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,106
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,090
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1.5%
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
           
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          

Y-T-D 2016

Y-T-D 2015

% Change

        
      
      
        
          Revenue passenger miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          10,975,527
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          9,621,615
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          14.1%
        
      
      
        
          Available seat miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          13,028,581
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          11,418,652
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          14.1%
        
      
      
        
          Load factor
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          84.2%
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          84.3%
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          0.1 pts.
        
      
      
        
          Revenue passengers
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          9,118,663
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          8,094,846
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          12.6%
        
      
      
        
          Departures
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          81,239
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          73,823
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          10.0%
        
      
      
        
          Average stage length (miles)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,109
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,097
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1.1%
        
      
      
        
           
        
      
    
    

(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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