JetBlue Airways Reports December Traffic
January 13 2020 - 4:30PM
Business Wire
JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) reported its
preliminary traffic results for December 2019. Traffic in December
2019 increased 5.7 percent from December 2018, on a capacity
increase of 4.4 percent. Load factor for December 2019 was 82.4
percent, an increase of 1.0 points from December 2018. JetBlue’s
preliminary completion factor for December 2019 was 99.3 percent
and its on-time (1) performance was 66.7 percent.
Fourth quarter revenue per available seat mile (RASM) is
expected to decrease approximately 2.7 percent year-over-year.
JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC
RESULTS
December 2019
December 2018
% Change
Revenue passenger miles (000)
4,603,228
4,354,643
5.7
%
Available seat miles (000)
5,587,522
5,352,847
4.4
%
Load factor
82.4
%
81.4
%
1.0 pts.
Revenue passengers
3,626,992
3,536,377
2.6
%
Departures
31,356
31,658
(1.0
)%
Average stage length (miles)
1,161
1,128
2.9
%
Y-T-D 2019
Y-T-D 2018
% Change
Revenue passenger miles (000)
53,616,780
50,790,104
5.6
%
Available seat miles (000)
63,840,680
59,880,815
6.6
%
Load factor
84.0
%
84.8
%
-0.8 pts.
Revenue passengers
42,727,694
42,149,989
1.4
%
Departures
368,355
366,619
0.5
%
Average stage length (miles)
1,140
1,096
4.0
%
(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 nearly 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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