JetBlue Airways Corporation JBLU reported its preliminary traffic results for June 2019. Traffic in June increased 4.7 percent from June 2018, on a capacity increase of 4.8 percent. Load factor for June 2019 was 86.9 percent, a decrease of 0.1 points from June 2018. JetBlue's preliminary completion factor for June 2019 was 99.5 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 70.1 percent.
Second quarter revenue per available seat mile (RASM) is expected to increase approximately 3.1 percent year-over-year. This is consistent with our revised guidance range of 2.0 to 4.0 percent.
JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS |
|||||||||
June 2019 |
June 2018 |
% Change |
|||||||
Revenue passenger miles (000) |
4,607,576 |
|
4,398,796 |
|
4.7 |
% |
|||
Available seat miles (000) |
5,301,544 |
|
5,056,747 |
|
4.8 |
% |
|||
Load factor |
86.9 |
% |
87.0 |
% |
-0.1 pts. |
||||
Revenue passengers |
3,669,778 |
|
3,680,435 |
|
(0.3 |
)% |
|||
Departures |
30,815 |
|
31,344 |
|
(1.7 |
)% |
|||
Average stage length (miles) |
1,143 |
|
1,082 |
|
5.6 |
% |
|||
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
Y-T-D 2019 |
Y-T-D 2018 |
% Change |
||||||
Revenue passenger miles (000) |
26,515,960 |
|
24,908,668 |
|
6.5 |
% |
|||
Available seat miles (000) |
31,466,070 |
|
29,162,399 |
|
7.9 |
% |
|||
Load factor |
84.3 |
% |
85.4 |
% |
-1.1 pts. |
||||
Revenue passengers |
21,191,206 |
|
20,803,596 |
|
1.9 |
% |
|||
Departures |
182,276 |
|
179,734 |
|
1.4 |
% |
|||
Average stage length (miles) |
1,150 |
|
1,093 |
|
5.2 |
% |
|||
(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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