0001158463-16-000169.txt : 20161212 0001158463-16-000169.hdr.sgml : 20161212 20161212164345 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001158463-16-000169 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20161212 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20161212 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20161212 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: 162046701 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 november2016traffic8-k.htm 8-K NOVEMBER 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): December 12, 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
On December 12, 2016, JetBlue Airways Corporation issued a press release reporting November 2016 traffic results and including guidance for revenue for available seat miles for the fourth quarter and December 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 December 12, 2016 "JetBlue Airways Reports November Traffic"*

*Furnished herewith.
SIGNATURE
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 thereunto duly authorized.
  
 
 
JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION
(Registrant)
 
 
 
Date: December 12, 2016
 
By: 
/s/ Alexander Chatkewitz
 
 
 
Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
(principal accounting officer)






































EXHIBIT INDEX


99.1        Press Release dated December 12, 2016 "JetBlue Airways Reports November Traffic"*


*Furnished herewith.


EX-99.1 2 november2016trafficexhibit.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 NOVEMBER 2016 TRAFFIC RELEASE Exhibit


Exhibit 99.1

JETBLUE AIRWAYS REPORTS NOVEMBER TRAFFIC
New York, NY (December 12, 2016) -- JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for November 2016. Traffic in November increased 7.1 percent from November 2015, on a capacity increase of 5.2 percent.

Load factor for November 2016 was 85.4 percent, an increase of 1.5 points from November 2015. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor was 99.8 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 84.3 percent. JetBlue’s preliminary revenue per available seat mile (RASM) for the month of November was approximately unchanged year over year. For the fourth quarter of 2016, RASM is expected to decrease between one and two percent year over year. December RASM is expected to be positively impacted by approximately one percent by incentive payments related to our cobrand credit card agreement.
JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS
 
 November 2016
 November 2015
        % Change
Revenue passenger miles (000)
3,641,649
3,399,688
7.1%
Available seat miles (000)
4,264,682
4,052,314
5.2%
Load factor
85.4%
83.9%
1.5 pts.
Revenue passengers
3,120,368
2,879,581
8.4%
Departures
27,356
25,764
6.2%
Average stage length (miles)
1,072
1,090
-1.7%
 
 
 
 
 
         Y-T-D 2016
         Y-T-D 2015
         % Change
Revenue passenger miles (000)
41,647,933
37,911,143
9.9%
Available seat miles (000)
48,897,959
44,678,567
9.4%
Load factor
85.2%
84.9%
0.3 pts.
Revenue passengers
34,886,121
31,942,652
9.2%
Departures
307,635
288,003
6.8%
Average stage length (miles)
1,094
1,090
0.4%
(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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