JetBlue Airways Reports August Traffic
September 12 2019 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) reported its
preliminary traffic results for August 2019. Traffic in August
increased 3.9 percent from August 2018, on a capacity increase of
6.1 percent. Load factor for August 2019 was 86.9 percent, a
decrease of 1.8 points from August 2018. JetBlue’s preliminary
completion factor for August 2019 was 99.0 percent and its on-time
(1) performance was 67.8 percent.
JetBlue continues to expect third quarter revenue per available
seat mile (RASM) to range between -2.0 and 0.0 percent.
JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC
RESULTS
August 2019
August 2018
% Change
Revenue passenger miles (000)
4,905,835
4,720,305
3.9
%
Available seat miles (000)
5,644,648
5,319,963
6.1
%
Load factor
86.9
%
88.7
%
-1.8 pts.
Revenue passengers
3,897,825
3,908,398
(0.3
)%
Departures
32,638
32,576
0.2
%
Average stage length (miles)
1,133
1,093
3.7
%
Y-T-D 2019
Y-T-D 2018
% Change
Revenue passenger miles (000)
36,428,145
34,384,152
5.9
%
Available seat miles (000)
42,760,776
39,833,204
7.3
%
Load factor
85.2
%
86.3
%
-1.1 pts.
Revenue passengers
29,047,424
28,652,079
1.4
%
Departures
247,348
245,015
1.0
%
Average stage length (miles)
1,142
1,093
4.5
%
(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 42 million
customers a year to 100+ cities in the U.S., Caribbean, and Latin
America with an average of more than 1,000 daily flights. For more
information, please visit jetblue.com.
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