JETBLUE AIRWAYS REPORTS JUNE TRAFFIC
New York, NY (July 13, 2017) -- JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) reported its preliminary traffic results for June 2017. Traffic in June increased 3.2 percent from June 2016, on a capacity increase of 4.0 percent.
Load factor for June 2017 was 85.5 percent, a decrease of 0.7 points from June 2016. JetBlue’s preliminary completion factor was 97.5 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 60.6 percent. Second quarter revenue per available seat mile (RASM) is expected to increase approximately 7 percent compared to the second quarter of 2016. Second quarter RASM was positively impacted by 1.25 points due to lower completion factor and incentive payments related to the JetBlue co-branded credit card.
JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS
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| | June 2017 | June 2016 | % Change |
| Revenue passenger miles (000) | 4,078,977 |
| 3,953,711 |
| 3.2 | % |
| Available seat miles (000) | 4,772,790 |
| 4,587,583 |
| 4.0 | % |
| Load factor | 85.5 | % | 86.2 | % | (0.7) pts. |
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| Revenue passengers | 3,453,493 |
| 3,286,059 |
| 5.1 | % |
| Departures | 30,213 |
| 28,686 |
| 5.3 | % |
| Average stage length (miles) | 1,066 |
| 1,098 |
| (2.9 | )% |
| | | | |
| | Y-T-D 2017 | Y-T-D 2016 | % Change |
| Revenue passenger miles (000) | 23,532,265 |
| 22,528,737 |
| 4.5 | % |
| Available seat miles (000) | 27,825,578 |
| 26,625,661 |
| 4.5 | % |
| Load factor | 84.6 | % | 84.6 | % | 0 pts. |
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| Revenue passengers | 20,023,852 |
| 18,778,455 |
| 6.6 | % |
| Departures | 175,959 |
| 166,524 |
| 5.7 | % |
| Average stage length (miles) | 1,074 |
| 1,103 |
| (2.6 | )% |
(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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