EX-99.1 2 novtrafficdecprasm2013.htm NOV 2013 TRAFFIC RELEASE Nov Traffic Dec PRASM 2013





JETBLUE AIRWAYS REPORTS NOVEMBER TRAFFIC

New York, NY (December 10, 2013) -- JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for November 2013. Traffic in November increased 0.9 percent from November 2012, on a capacity increase of 5.1 percent.
Load factor for November 2013 was 78.3 percent, a decrease of 3.2 points from November 2012. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor was 99.6 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 84.8 percent. JetBlue’s preliminary passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) for the month of November decreased two percent year over year. For the month of December, PRASM is expected to increase between 13 and 14 percent year over year.

JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS
 
 November 2013
 November 2012
        % Change
Revenue passenger miles (000)
2,703,553
2,678,368
0.9%
Available seat miles (000)
3,452,311
3,285,990
5.1%
Load factor
78.3%
81.5%
(3.2) pts
Revenue passengers
2,313,482
2,339,666
(1.1)%
Departures
22,810
21,690
5.2%
Average stage length
1,091
1,088
0.3%
 
 
 
 
 
         Y-T-D 2013
         Y-T-D 2012
         % Change
Revenue passenger miles (000)
32,602,921
30,695,535
6.2%
Available seat miles (000)
38,923,152
36,496,946
6.6%
Load factor
83.8%
84.1%
(0.3) pts
Revenue passengers
27,757,505
26,473,259
4.9%
Departures
256,982
241,183
6.6%
Average stage length
1,087
1,084
0.3%
(1) The U.S. Department of Transportation considers on-time arrivals to be those domestic flights arriving within 14 minutes of schedule.
As New York's Hometown AirlineTM and a leading carrier in Boston, Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood, Los Angeles (Long Beach), Orlando and San Juan, JetBlue carries approximately 30 million customers a year to 82 cities in the US, Caribbean and Latin America with an average of 750 daily flights. With JetBlue, all seats are assigned, all fares are one-way, and an overnight stay is never required. Upcoming destinations include Detroit, Mich. and Savannah, Ga. as well as Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, subject to receipt of government operating authority. For more information please visit JetBlue.com.




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