JetBlue Airways Reports August Traffic - JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU)

JetBlue Airways Corporation 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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