EX-99.1 2 ex991-may2019trafficrelease.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 Exhibit

JETBLUE AIRWAYS REPORTS MAY TRAFFIC
New York, NY (June 12, 2019) -- JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for May 2019. Traffic in May increased 5.7 percent from May 2018, on a capacity increase of 5.4 percent.

Load factor for May 2019 was 86.0 percent, an increase of 0.2 points from May 2018. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor for May 2019 was 99.7 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 77.6 percent. JetBlue expects second quarter revenue per available seat mile (RASM) to range between 2.0 and 4.0 percent.

JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS
 
May 2019
May 2018
% Change
Revenue passenger miles (000)
4,587,672

4,342,166

5.7
 %
Available seat miles (000)
5,335,414

5,060,948

5.4
 %
Load factor
86.0
%
85.8
%
0.2 pts.

Revenue passengers
3,689,933

3,639,008

1.4
 %
Departures
31,073

31,459

(1.2
)%
Average stage length (miles)
1,140

1,084

5.2
 %
 
 
 
 
 
Y-T-D 2019
Y-T-D 2018
% Change
Revenue passenger miles (000)
21,908,384

20,509,872

6.8
 %
Available seat miles (000)
26,164,526

24,105,652

8.5
 %
Load factor
83.7
%
85.1
%
-1.4 pts.

Revenue passengers
17,521,428

17,123,161

2.3
 %
Departures
151,461

148,390

2.1
 %
Average stage length (miles)
1,151

1,095

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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