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Exhibit 99.1
JETBLUE AIRWAYS REPORTS MAY TRAFFIC
New York, NY (June 10, 2015) -- JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for May 2015. Traffic in May increased 8.4 percent from May 2014, on a capacity increase of 7.8 percent.
Load factor for May 2015 was 85.7 percent, an increase of 0.5 points from May 2014. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor was 99.2 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 84.3 percent. JetBlue’s preliminary passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) for the month of May increased approximately one percent year over year. For the second quarter of 2015, PRASM is expected to increase between half and one and a half percent year over year.
JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS
May 2015 | May 2014 | % Change | |
Revenue passenger miles (000) | 3,468,055 | 3,199,276 | 8.4% |
Available seat miles (000) | 4,048,048 | 3,755,844 | 7.8% |
Load factor | 85.7% | 85.2% | 0.5 pts. |
Revenue passengers | 2,957,534 | 2,736,782 | 8.1% |
Departures | 26,594 | 24,952 | 6.6% |
Average stage length | 1,074 | 1,077 | (0.3)% |
Y-T-D 2015 | Y-T-D 2014 | % Change | |
Revenue passenger miles (000) | 16,551,261 | 15,038,202 | 10.1% |
Available seat miles (000) | 19,504,498 | 17,961,332 | 8.6% |
Load factor | 84.9% | 83.7% | 1.2 pts. |
Revenue passengers | 13,975,004 | 12,758,737 | 9.5% |
Departures | 126,604 | 117,799 | 7.5% |
Average stage length | 1,091 | 1,092 | (0.1)% |
(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 AirlineTM, and a leading carrier in Boston, Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood, Los Angeles (Long Beach), Orlando and San Juan. JetBlue carries more than 32 million customers a year to 89 cities in the U.S., Caribbean and Latin America with an average of 875 daily flights. Upcoming destinations include Grenada on June 11; Mexico City on October 1; Antigua on November 5, subject to receipt of government operating authority and Albany, NY on December 10, 2015. For more information please visit JetBlue.com.
CONTACTS
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