JBLU JetBlue Airways Corporation

JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for December 2015. Traffic in December increased 11.3 percent from December 2014, on a capacity increase of 9.5 percent.

Load factor for December 2015 was 83.0 percent, an increase of 1.4 points from December 2014. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor was 99.7 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 70.1 percent. JetBlue’s preliminary passenger revenue per available seat mile for the month of December decreased approximately five percent year over year.

           

JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS

  December 2015 December 2014 % Change Revenue passenger miles (000) 3,799,484 3,414,451 11.3% Available seat miles (000) 4,579,551 4,182,996 9.5% Load factor 83.0% 81.6% 1.4 pts. Revenue passengers 3,158,334 2,856,496 10.6% Departures 28,502 26,774 6.5% Average stage length 1,116 1,109 0.6%   Y-T-D 2015 Y-T-D 2014 % Change Revenue passenger miles (000) 41,710,627 37,813,488 10.3% Available seat miles (000) 49,258,118 44,993,900 9.5% Load factor 84.7% 84.0% 0.7 pt. Revenue passengers 35,100,986 32,078,316 9.4% Departures 316,505 294,800 7.4% Average stage length 1,092 1,088 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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