JetBlue Airways Reports August Traffic
September 13 2016 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU) reported its
preliminary traffic results for August 2016. Traffic in August
increased 6.2 percent from August 2015, on a capacity increase of
5.7 percent.
Load factor for August 2016 was 87.4 percent,
an increase of 0.4 points from August 2015. JetBlue’s preliminary
completion factor was 98.7 percent and its on-time (1) performance
was 73.0 percent. JetBlue’s preliminary revenue per available seat
mile (RASM) for the month of August decreased approximately five
and a half percent year over year. For the third quarter of 2016,
RASM is expected to decrease between three and four percent year
over year.
JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS
August 2016
August 2015 % Change Revenue passenger miles (000)
4,211,755 3,966,602 6.2% Available seat miles (000) 4,820,083
4,558,901 5.7% Load factor 87.4% 87.0% 0.4 pts. Revenue passengers
3,505,253 3,283,266 6.8% Departures 30,162 28,903 4.4% Average
stage length (miles) 1,097 1,104 -0.6%
Y-T-D 2016
Y-T-D 2015 % Change Revenue passenger miles (000)
31,001,452 28,058,840 10.5% Available seat miles (000) 36,296,137
32,810,570 10.6% Load factor 85.4% 85.5% -0.1 pts. Revenue
passengers 25,812,859 23,555,460 9.6% Departures 226,751 211,404
7.3% Average stage length (miles) 1,103 1,095 0.7%
(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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leading carrier in Boston, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Los Angeles
(Long Beach), Orlando, and San Juan. JetBlue carries more than 35
million customers a year to 97 cities in the U.S., Caribbean, and
Latin America with an average of 925 daily flights. For more
information please visit jetblue.com.
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