EX-99.1 2 ex991-april2019trafficrele.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 Exhibit

JETBLUE AIRWAYS REPORTS APRIL TRAFFIC
New York, NY (May 10, 2019) -- JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for April 2019. Traffic in April increased 6.6 percent from April 2018, on a capacity increase of 7.4 percent.

Load factor for April 2019 was 85.1 percent, a decrease of 0.6 points from April 2018. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor for April 2019 was 98.6 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 73.4 percent. JetBlue continues to expect second quarter revenue per available seat mile (RASM) to range between 1.0 and 4.0 percent.

JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS
 
April 2019
April 2018
% Change
Revenue passenger miles (000)
4,586,591

4,301,561

6.6
%
Available seat miles (000)
5,392,113

5,020,145

7.4
%
Load factor
85.1
%
85.7
%
-0.6 pts.

Revenue passengers
3,666,482

3,603,368

1.8
%
Departures
31,152

30,885

0.9
%
Average stage length (miles)
1,156

1,098

5.3
%
 
 
 
 
 
Y-T-D 2019
Y-T-D 2018
% Change
Revenue passenger miles (000)
17,320,712

16,167,706

7.1
%
Available seat miles (000)
20,829,112

19,044,704

9.4
%
Load factor
83.2
%
84.9
%
-1.7 pts.

Revenue passengers
13,831,495

13,484,153

2.6
%
Departures
120,388

116,931

3.0
%
Average stage length (miles)
1,154

1,098

5.1
%

(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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