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JETBLUE AIRWAYS REPORTS NOVEMBER TRAFFIC
New York, NY (December 12, 2018) -- JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for November 2018. Traffic in November increased 9.7 percent from November 2017, on a capacity increase of 10.6 percent.
Load factor for November 2018 was 83.5 percent, a decrease of 0.7 points from November 2017. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor was 99.3 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 71.2 percent. JetBlue expects fourth quarter revenue per available seat mile (RASM) to range between 1.5 to 3.5 percent.
JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS
November 2018 | November 2017 | % Change | ||||
Revenue passenger miles (000) | 4,106,313 | 3,743,967 | 9.7 | % | ||
Available seat miles (000) | 4,918,656 | 4,447,449 | 10.6 | % | ||
Load factor | 83.5 | % | 84.2 | % | -0.7 pts. | |
Revenue passengers | 3,385,594 | 3,189,477 | 6.1 | % | ||
Departures | 29,893 | 28,282 | 5.7 | % | ||
Average stage length (miles) | 1,102 | 1,066 | 3.4 | % | ||
Y-T-D 2018 | Y-T-D 2017 | % Change | ||||
Revenue passenger miles (000) | 46,435,461 | 43,160,419 | 7.6 | % | ||
Available seat miles (000) | 54,527,968 | 51,075,634 | 6.8 | % | ||
Load factor | 85.2 | % | 84.5 | % | 0.7 pts. | |
Revenue passengers | 38,613,612 | 36,607,744 | 5.5 | % | ||
Departures | 334,961 | 323,022 | 3.7 | % | ||
Average stage length (miles) | 1,093 | 1,070 | 2.1 | % | ||
(1) The U.S. Department of Transportation considers on-time arrivals to be those domestic flights arriving within 14 minutes of schedule.
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