JetBlue Airways Reports May Traffic

JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for May 2017. Traffic in May increased 3.8 percent from May 2016, on a capacity increase of 3.7 percent.

Load factor for May 2017 was 84.7 percent, an increase of 0.1 points from May 2016. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor was 97.4 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 67.2 percent. For the second quarter of 2017 JetBlue continues to expect revenue per available seat mile (RASM) to increase between 4.0 and 6.0 percent compared to the second quarter of 2016.

JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS

May 2017

May 2016

% Change

        
      
      
        
          Revenue passenger miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3,986,132
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3,838,752
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3.8%
        
      
      
        
          Available seat miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4,704,410
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4,537,104
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3.7%
        
      
      
        
          Load factor
        
        
        
        
        
        
          84.7%
        
        
        
        
        
        
          84.6%
        
        
        
        
        
        
          0.1 pts.
        
      
      
        
          Revenue passengers
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3,402,018
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3,244,635
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4.9%
        
      
      
        
          Departures
        
        
        
        
        
        
          30,008
        
        
        
        
        
        
          28,852
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4.0%
        
      
      
        
          Average stage length (miles)
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,061
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,081
        
        
        
        
        
        
          -1.9%
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
           
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          

Y-T-D 2017

Y-T-D 2016

% Change

        
      
      
        
          Revenue passenger miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
          19,453,288
        
        
        
        
        
        
          18,575,026
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4.7%
        
      
      
        
          Available seat miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
          23,052,788
        
        
        
        
        
        
          22,038,078
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4.6%
        
      
      
        
          Load factor
        
        
        
        
        
        
          84.4%
        
        
        
        
        
        
          84.3%
        
        
        
        
        
        
          0.1 pts.
        
      
      
        
          Revenue passengers
        
        
        
        
        
        
          16,570,359
        
        
        
        
        
        
          15,492,396
        
        
        
        
        
        
          7.0%
        
      
      
        
          Departures
        
        
        
        
        
        
          145,746
        
        
        
        
        
        
          137,838
        
        
        
        
        
        
          5.7%
        
      
      
        
          Average stage length (miles)
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,076
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,104
        
        
        
        
        
        
          -2.5%
        
      
    
    

(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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