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JETBLUE AIRWAYS REPORTS AUGUST TRAFFIC
New York, NY (September 12, 2019) -- JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for August 2019. Traffic in August increased 3.9 percent from August 2018, on a capacity increase of 6.1 percent. Load factor for August 2019 was 86.9 percent, a decrease of 1.8 points from August 2018. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor for August 2019 was 99.0 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 67.8 percent.

JetBlue continues to expect third quarter revenue per available seat mile (RASM) to range between -2.0 and 0.0 percent.

JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS
 
August 2019
August 2018
% Change
Revenue passenger miles (000)
4,905,835

4,720,305

3.9
 %
Available seat miles (000)
5,644,648

5,319,963

6.1
 %
Load factor
86.9
%
88.7
%
-1.8 pts.

Revenue passengers
3,897,825

3,908,398

(0.3
)%
Departures
32,638

32,576

0.2
 %
Average stage length (miles)
1,133

1,093

3.7
 %
 
 
 
 
 
Y-T-D 2019
Y-T-D 2018
% Change
Revenue passenger miles (000)
36,428,145

34,384,152

5.9
 %
Available seat miles (000)
42,760,776

39,833,204

7.3
 %
Load factor
85.2
%
86.3
%
-1.1 pts.

Revenue passengers
29,047,424

28,652,079

1.4
 %
Departures
247,348

245,015

1.0
 %
Average stage length (miles)
1,142

1,093

4.5
 %

(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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