JetBlue Airways Reports February Traffic
March 10 2017 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU) reported its
preliminary traffic results for February 2017. Traffic in February
increased 0.1 percent from February 2016, on a capacity increase of
0.7 percent.
Load factor for February 2017 was 82.6 percent, a decrease of
0.5 points from February 2016. JetBlue’s preliminary completion
factor was 95.6 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 72.3
percent. JetBlue’s preliminary revenue per available seat mile
(RASM) for the month of February increased approximately one and a
half percent year over year. Excluding the impact of winter storms
Niko and Orson, February RASM decreased approximately one half of a
percent.
For the first quarter of 2017, RASM is expected to decrease
between four and five percent year over year. March RASM is
expected to be negatively impacted by approximately six percentage
points due to Easter calendar placement.
JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS
February 2017
February 2016 % Change Revenue
passenger miles (000) 3,456,625 3,454,503 0.1% Available seat miles
(000) 4,182,711 4,155,111 0.7% Load factor 82.6% 83.1% -0.5 pts.
Revenue passengers 2,933,684 2,862,153 2.5% Departures 26,189
25,677 2.0% Average stage length (miles) 1,087 1,119 -2.9%
Y-T-D 2017 Y-T-D 2016 % Change Revenue
passenger miles (000) 7,319,818 7,010,365 4.4% Available seat miles
(000) 8,819,352 8,461,476 4.2% Load factor 83.0% 82.9% 0.1 pts.
Revenue passengers 6,224,212 5,809,363 7.1% Departures 55,518
52,709 5.3% Average stage length (miles) 1,082 1,111 -2.6%
(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®, and a leading carrier
in Boston, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Los Angeles (Long Beach),
Orlando, and San Juan. JetBlue carries more than 38 million
customers a year to 100 cities in the U.S., Caribbean, and Latin
America with an average of 1,000 daily flights. For more
information please visit jetblue.com.
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