0001158463-16-000136.txt : 20160913 0001158463-16-000136.hdr.sgml : 20160913 20160913094834 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001158463-16-000136 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160913 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20160913 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160913 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: 161882122 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 a8k-august2016traffic.htm 8-K AUGUST 2016 TRAFFIC Document


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): September 13, 2016
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.

JetBlue Airways Corporation today issued a press release reporting August 2016 traffic results and including guidance for preliminary revenue per available seat mile for the third quarter of 2016. The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.


Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)  Exhibits.
 
Exhibit 99.1
 
Press Release dated September 13, 2016 titled “JetBlue Airways Reports August 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: September 13, 2016
 
By: 
/s/ Alexander Chatkewitz
 
 
 
Alexander Chatkewitz
Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
(principal accounting officer)

 
 
 





  EXHIBIT INDEX

 
Exhibit Number
Description
 
 
Exhibit 99.1
Press Release dated September 13, 2016 titled “JetBlue Airways Reports August Traffic”


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 







 EX-99.1 2 a8k-august2016trafficpress.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 TRAFFIC PRESS RELEASE AUG 2016 Exhibit
Exhibit 99.1


JETBLUE AIRWAYS REPORTS AUGUST TRAFFIC

New York, NY (September 13, 2016) -- JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for August 2016. Traffic in August increased 6.2 percent from August 2015, on a capacity increase of 5.7 percent.

Load factor for August 2016 was 87.4 percent, an increase of 0.4 points from August 2015. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor was 98.7 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 73.0 percent. JetBlue’s preliminary revenue per available seat mile (RASM) for the month of August decreased approximately five and a half percent year over year. For the third quarter of 2016, RASM is expected to decrease between three and four percent year over year.

JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS
 
 August 2016
 August 2015
        % Change
Revenue passenger miles (000)
4,211,755
3,966,602
6.2%
Available seat miles (000)
4,820,083
4,558,901
5.7%
Load factor
87.4%
87.0%
0.4 pts.
Revenue passengers
3,505,253
3,283,266
6.8%
Departures
30,162
28,903
4.4%
Average stage length (miles)
1,097
1,104
-0.6%
 
 
 
 
 
         Y-T-D 2016
         Y-T-D 2015
         % Change
Revenue passenger miles (000)
31,001,452
28,058,840
10.5%
Available seat miles (000)
36,296,137
32,810,570
10.6%
Load factor
85.4%
85.5%
-0.1 pts.
Revenue passengers
25,812,859
23,555,460
9.6%
Departures
226,751
211,404
7.3%
Average stage length (miles)
1,103
1,095
0.7%
(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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