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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