JBLU JetBlue Airways Corporation

JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for July 2016. Traffic increased 6.6 percent from July 2015, on a capacity increase of 5.5 percent.

Load factor for July 2016 was 87.8 percent, an increase of 0.8 points from July 2015. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor was 98.0 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 67.8 percent. JetBlue’s preliminary revenue per available seat mile for the month of July decreased approximately two and a half percent year over year.

 

JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS

        July 2016     July 2015     % Change Revenue passenger miles (000) 4,260,960 3,998,899 6.6% Available seat miles (000) 4,850,393 4,595,540 5.5% Load factor 87.8% 87.0% 0.8 pts. Revenue passengers 3,529,151 3,319,630 6.3% Departures 30,065 29,120 3.2% Average stage length (miles) 1,109 1,107 0.2%   Y-T-D 2016 Y-T-D 2015 % Change Revenue passenger miles (000) 26,789,697 24,092,238 11.2% Available seat miles (000) 31,476,054 28,251,669 11.4% Load factor 85.1% 85.3% -0.2 pts. Revenue passengers 22,307,606 20,272,194 10.0% Departures 196,589 182,501 7.7% Average stage length (miles) 1,104 1,093 1.0%  

(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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