0001158463-13-000015.txt : 20130312 0001158463-13-000015.hdr.sgml : 20130312 20130312170902 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001158463-13-000015 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130312 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20130312 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130312 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001158463 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: AIR TRANSPORTATION, SCHEDULED [4512] IRS NUMBER: 870617894 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-49728 FILM NUMBER: 13685013 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 27-01 QUEENS PLAZA NORTH CITY: LONG ISLAND CITY STATE: NY ZIP: 11101 BUSINESS PHONE: 7182867900 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 27-01 QUEENS PLAZA NORTH CITY: LONG ISLAND CITY STATE: NY ZIP: 11101 8-K 1 febtrafficmarchprasm2013.htm 8-K Feb traffic March PRASM 2013


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 12, 2013
JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State of Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
000-49728
(Commission File Number)
 
87-0617894
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
 
 
27-01 Queens Plaza North,
Long Island City, New York
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
11101
(Zip Code)
(718) 286-7900
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Item 7.01    Regulation FD DIsclosure

On March 12, 2013, JetBlue Airways Corporation issued a press release reporting February 2013 traffic results and including guidance for preliminary passenger revenue for available seat miles for the month of March 2013.  The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.


Item 9.01       Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)  Exhibits.
Exhibit 99.1
 
Press Release dated March 12, 2013 “JetBlue Airways Reports February Traffic”



SIGNATURES



          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

  
 
 
JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION
(Registrant)
 
 
 
Date: March 12, 2013
 
By: 
/s/ Donald Daniels
 
 
 
Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
(principal accounting officer)









EXHIBIT INDEX

 
Exhibit Number
Description
 
 
Exhibit 99.1
Press Release dated March 12, 2013 titled “JetBlue Airways Reports February Traffic”



EX-99.1 2 exh990213trafficrelease.htm FEB 2013 TRAFFIC RELEASE Exh990213trafficrelease



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    
CONTACTS:
Investor Relations
(718) 709-2202
ir@jetblue.com

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JETBLUE AIRWAYS REPORTS FEBRUARY TRAFFIC

NEW YORK (March 12, 2013) -- JetBlue Airways Corporation [NASDAQ: JBLU] reported its preliminary traffic results for February 2013. Traffic in February increased 2.6 percent from February 2012, on a capacity increase of 1.3 percent.
Load factor for February 2013 was 82.4 percent, an increase of 1.0 point from February 2012. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor was 96.1 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 68.8 percent. JetBlue’s preliminary passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) for the month of February decreased three percent year over year. For the month of March, PRASM is expected to increase between six and seven percent year over year.

JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS
 
February 2013
February 2012
% Change
Revenue passenger miles (000)
2,507,930

2,444,972

2.6
%
Available seat miles (000)
3,044,046

3,004,060

1.3
%
Load factor
82.4
%
81.4
%
1.0 pt.

Revenue passengers
2,166,729

2,122,904

2.1
%
Departures
20,082

20,053

0.1
%
Average stage length
1,091

1,076

1.4
%
 
Y-T-D 2013
Y-T-D 2012
% Change
Revenue passenger miles (000)
5,296,651

4,953,903

6.9
%
Available seat miles (000)
6,458,310

6,111,714

5.7
%
Load factor
82.0
%
81.1
%
0.9 pts.

Revenue passengers
4,554,420

4,287,091

6.2
%
Departures
42,627

40,706

4.7
%
Average stage length
1,090

1,076

1.3
%
(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 ™ with other focus cities in Boston, Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles (Long Beach), San Juan and Orlando. Known for its award-winning service and free TV as much as its low fares, JetBlue offers the most legroom in coach of any U.S. airline (based on average fleet-wide seat pitch) as well as super-spacious Even More Space seats. JetBlue is also America's first and only airline to offer its own Customer Bill of Rights, with meaningful and specific compensation for customers inconvenienced by service disruptions within JetBlue's control. Visit www.jetblue.com/promise for details. JetBlue serves 76 cities with 800 daily flights and plans to launch service to Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 2013, as well as Medellin, Colombia, subject to receipt of government approval. With JetBlue, all seats are assigned, all fares are one-way, and an overnight stay is never required. For information or reservations call 1-800-JETBLUE (1-800-538-2583), TTY/TDD 1-800-336-5530, or visit www.jetblue.com.
This press release contains statements of a forward-looking nature which represent our management's beliefs and assumptions concerning future events. When used in this document and in documents incorporated herein by reference, the words “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “indicates,” “believes,” “forecast,” “guidance,” “outlook,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” “targets” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions, and are based on information currently available to us. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements due to many factors, including, without limitation, our extremely competitive industry; volatility in financial and credit markets which could affect our ability to obtain debt and/or lease financing or to raise funds through debt or equity issuances; increases in fuel prices, maintenance costs and interest rates; our ability to implement our growth strategy, including the ability to operate reliably the EMBRAER 190 aircraft and our new terminal at JFK; our significant fixed obligations; our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel and maintain our culture as we grow; our reliance on high daily aircraft utilization; our dependence on the New York metropolitan market and the effect of increased congestion in this market; our reliance on automated systems and technology; our being subject to potential unionization; our reliance on a limited number of suppliers; changes in or additional government regulation; changes in our industry due to other airlines' financial condition; a continuance of the economic recessionary conditions in the U.S. or a further economic downturn leading to a continuing or accelerated decrease in demand for domestic and business air travel; and external geopolitical events and conditions. Further information concerning these and other factors is contained in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but not limited to, the Company's 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this release.