Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 13, 2015

JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

(State of Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)




000-49728 (Commission File Number)		87-0617894 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

27-01 Queens Plaza North, Long Island City, New York (Address of principal executive offices)		11101 (Zip Code)

(718) 286-7900

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

JetBlue Airways Corporation today issued a press release reporting December 2014 traffic results and including guidance for preliminary passenger revenue for available seat miles for the fourth quarter of 2014 and our expected realized fuel price per gallon. The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.



Exhibit 99.1		Press Release dated January 13, 2015 titled “JetBlue Airways Reports December Traffic”

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



	JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION (Registrant)

Date: January 13, 2015	By:	/s/ ALEXANDER CHATKEWITZ
		Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (principal accounting officer)

EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit Number	Description

Exhibit 99.1	Press Release dated January 13, 2015 titled “JetBlue Airways Reports December Traffic”

Exhibit 99.1

JETBLUE AIRWAYS REPORTS DECEMBER TRAFFIC

New York, NY (January 13, 2015) -- JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for December 2014. Traffic in December increased 5.6 percent from December 2013, on a capacity increase of 7.2 percent.

Load factor for December 2014 was 81.6 percent, a decrease of 1.3 points from December 2013. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor was 99.5 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 80.3 percent. JetBlue’s preliminary passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) for the month of December decreased six percent year over year. For the fourth quarter 2014, PRASM is expected to be relatively flat compared to last year.

For the fourth quarter 2014, we expect our realized fuel price per gallon, including the impact from hedging and fixed forward price agreements to be $2.70.

JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS



	December 2014	December 2013	% Change
Revenue passenger miles (000)	3,414,451	3,233,109	5.6%
Available seat miles (000)	4,182,996	3,900,924	7.2%
Load factor	81.6%	82.9%	(1.3) pts.
Revenue passengers	2,856,496	2,705,721	5.6%
Departures	26,774	25,151	6.5%
Average stage length	1,109	1,115	(0.5)%
	Y-T-D 2014	Y-T-D 2013	% Change
Revenue passenger miles (000)	37,813,488	35,836,030	5.5%
Available seat miles (000)	44,993,900	42,824,075	5.1%
Load factor	84.0%	83.7%	0.3 pts.
Revenue passengers	32,078,316	30,463,226	5.3%
Departures	294,800	282,133	4.5%
Average stage length	1,088	1,089	(0.1)%

(1) The U.S. Department of Transportation considers on-time arrivals to be those domestic flights arriving within 14 minutes of schedule.

JetBlue is New York's Hometown Airline^TM, and a leading carrier in Boston, Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood, Los Angeles (Long Beach), Orlando and San Juan. JetBlue carries more than 32 million customers a year to 87 cities in the U.S., Caribbean and Latin America with an average of 850 daily flights. Service to Cleveland will launch April 30, 2015. For more information please visit JetBlue.com.

CONTACTS

JetBlue Investor Relations

Tel: +1 718 709 2202

ir@jetblue.com

JetBlue Corporate Communications

Tel: +1 718 709 3089

corpcomm@jetblue.com

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