JetBlue Airways Reports November Traffic

JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for November 2016. Traffic in November increased 7.1 percent from November 2015, on a capacity increase of 5.2 percent.

Load factor for November 2016 was 85.4 percent, an increase of 1.5 points from November 2015. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor was 99.8 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 84.3 percent. JetBlue’s preliminary revenue per available seat mile (RASM) for the month of November was approximately unchanged year over year. For the fourth quarter of 2016, RASM is expected to decrease between one and two percent year over year. December RASM is expected to be positively impacted by approximately one percent by incentive payments related to our cobrand credit card agreement.

JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS

November 2016

November 2015

% Change

        
      
      
        
          Revenue passenger miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3,641,649
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3,399,688
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          7.1%
        
      
      
        
          Available seat miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4,264,682
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          4,052,314
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          5.2%
        
      
      
        
          Load factor
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          85.4%
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          83.9%
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1.5 pts.
        
      
      
        
          Revenue passengers
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          3,120,368
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          2,879,581
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          8.4%
        
      
      
        
          Departures
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          27,356
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          25,764
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          6.2%
        
      
      
        
          Average stage length (miles)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,072
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,090
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          -1.7%
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
           
        
      
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          

Y-T-D 2016

Y-T-D 2015

% Change

        
      
      
        
          Revenue passenger miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          41,647,933
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          37,911,143
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          9.9%
        
      
      
        
          Available seat miles (000)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          48,897,959
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          44,678,567
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          9.4%
        
      
      
        
          Load factor
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          85.2%
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          84.9%
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          0.3 pts.
        
      
      
        
          Revenue passengers
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          34,886,121
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          31,942,652
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          9.2%
        
      
      
        
          Departures
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          307,635
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          288,003
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          6.8%
        
      
      
        
          Average stage length (miles)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,094
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          1,090
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
          0.4%
        
      
    
    

(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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